Example sentences of "[noun] as he [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What can be deduced from this is that religion as he understands it involves belief in an ordered moral government of the whole universe and in the fact that religious and ethical ideals should inform all our actions . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes … yes , it 's been a long day , ’ she admitted , her cheeks flushing and her heart beginning to beat in a crazy rhythm as he held her tightly against his hard , tall figure for a moment . |
| 3 | Instead , the arm he held captive fell back to her side as he loosed her , and he stood staring into the distance , his face set in grim lines . |
| 4 | Mister Johnny sat on a stool , his cheek pressed into the cow 's smooth , swollen side as he milked her . |
| 5 | She was n't even aware of having spoken the words aloud until she saw his face tauten with some undefinable emotion as he held her from him . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're a bit quiet , ’ said Meredith as he drove her back to Rose Cottage that evening . |
| 7 | You were glad when someone suggested that the butter or the jam should be cut up into rations even though you did see the hard selfishness in his eyes as he said it and felt sick because you knew that normally he was neither hard nor selfish . |
| 8 | He held her eyes as he said it , making her heart skid inside her , the touch of his gaze suddenly so soft , so caressing , that it suffused her entire body with a glow of sensuous pleasure . |
| 9 | To his credit , not a flicker crossed his eyes as he said it . |
| 10 | His mouth found her parted lips with a sudden impatient roughness , and even in her drowning state of mindless arousal she thought she detected a flicker of surprise in his eyes as he felt her shudder against him . |
| 11 | He smiled a harsh smile and held her eyes as he told her , ‘ You may be able to offer Kirsty a comfortable single-parent home in London , but I can offer her a great deal more than that … ’ |
| 12 | Humour gleamed in the dark grey eyes as he understood her . |
| 13 | He smiled to soften the order , but there was no mistaking the glint of determination in his dark eyes as he held her firmly in front of him . |
| 14 | He closed his eyes as he set it down on its place , flattening it open under his left hand , and laid the index finger of his right hand upon the exposed page . |
| 15 | There were tears in Johnny 's eyes as he watched him turn into the laneway and out of sight ; he had a feeling he would never see him again . |
| 16 | Her own sleep the light , fragmented pre-waking kind by this time , Maria realised what was happening at once and merely gave him a sleepily complacent smile , pleased to see the disturbance in his eyes as he regarded her suspiciously . |
| 17 | Paul stared dreamily at the stables , the horses , and the grooms and coachmen busily rubbing them down ; and compared reason with romance , phenomenology — a word he had not previously heard used — with the behaviourism of the mind as he knew it . |
| 18 | Approaching the signal box he mounted the steps , the hand-rail creaking as he used it for support . |
| 19 | Why could n't she treat him with the same cool indifference as he showed her ? |
| 20 | Mr. Russ must have been a bit of a psychologist as he had us singing ‘ Summer Suns are glowing ’ quite often at morning assembly . |
| 21 | Anthony Gallagher wept in the dock as he heard he 'd been found not guilty of causing the deaths by reckless driving . |
| 22 | Behind her she could hear the sudden roar of the car engine as he pulled away from the kerb , then the steady throb as he slowed it alongside her . |
| 23 | He nodded his thanks as he took it and flipped another cigarette butt into the toilet . |
| 24 | The court heard Gooch break down in tears during the interview as he said he could n't remember what happened . |
| 25 | Now , " he said , placing a creaky arm across my shoulders as he led me through to the parlour , " I want you to meet Vron . " |
| 26 | All she later remembered was the strength of his hands on her shoulders as he forced her back against the bark of an apple tree and held her there , imprisoned . |
| 27 | He set her down beside the car , his arm firm around her shoulders as he steadied her and opened the door to put her gently inside . |
| 28 | Fernando refilled her teacup , letting out a sigh of disbelief as he did it . |
| 29 | He was trying to pull her back down to the ground and laughing in disbelief as he did it . |
| 30 | A fresh tide of light was rising through them both , the erotic becoming a visionary toil as he watched it sweep over their skin , its brightness intensifying with every thrust . |