Example sentences of "[verb] as he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He saw the man 's limbs , tightly clenched as he drove his horse towards the Cutcherry guns , suddenly relax as if something inside him had snapped . |
| 2 | With a muffled shriek , she pushed at his weight with her hands and knees , half laughing as he squashed her flat again and controlled her flailing arms with a glitter of laughter in his eyes . |
| 3 | He was laughing as he possessed her once more , and the laugh died on the point of a knife . |
| 4 | The older man 's bushy grey brows rose as he shot her a penetrating glance . |
| 5 | His brows rose as he turned his brown eyes upon her . |
| 6 | The Vicar was reluctant to accept as he knew nothing of this , but Mr Baker insisted he should accept as was his right . |
| 7 | He reminded himself of the details and exulted as he saw what he could do with it . |
| 8 | Jack was by now mumbling as he hauled his way up the slope to face further pain and humiliation . |
| 9 | Wild pleasure streaked to every nerve-end in Caroline 's body , the reaction intensifying as he moved his mouth to the other breast , scorching such shafts of response through her that she caught his dark head in her hands , convulsively raking her fingers through the silky curls of his hair , arching herself up to his touch . |
| 10 | ‘ All right , all right , ’ John Williamson grumbled as he made his way to the table and sat down . |
| 11 | ‘ Ye can see me now , more 's the pity , ’ he grumbled as he pushed his way to the back , treading on a few feet in the process . |
| 12 | Ron Todd , Transport and General Workers ' Union general secretary , was applauded as he reaffirmed his union 's commitment to unilateralism . |
| 13 | Boyd was calling up the stairs for Hank to come down , and she watched silently , as if at the movies , while he emerged from his ground-floor bedroom , walked past her without looking at her , and held out his hand to the reporter , who winced as he felt its grip . |
| 14 | One of his hands closing over the slender curve of her hip made her lower body stir involuntarily , the increasing urgency of the gyrating movement explicit , both statement and summons , and Maria heard the harsh breath he drew as he absorbed it . |
| 15 | She sat there , quivering as he took her in his arms , kissing her so sweetly that she thought the pain of love would tear open her heart . |
| 16 | His voice drops as he asks it . |
| 17 | ‘ That I did for Mr Lambert , ’ but the rebuff was cancelled as he brushed her fingers using the back of his hand . |
| 18 | Boy thought he would like to see the city under heavy snow ; then it would look like a real map , all in black and white , the river a thick black ribbon , or , if frozen as he knew it had once been , a clean white ribbon , the only space in the city without streets , names , lights or indeed owners . |
| 19 | Ronni looked into his eyes and smiled at the compliment , inwardly shuddering as he took her in his arms and proceeded to lead her in time to the music . |
| 20 | He stopped as he heard her gasp , then went on steadily , ‘ But I have a question to which I 'd like to know the answer . |
| 21 | His body stiffened as he watched her . |
| 22 | Her whole body trembled as he took her in his arms . |
| 23 | His sad face trembled as he shook his sincere , hurt head and sat down . |
| 24 | She was still some way behind her father 's horse , whom she saw her father checking as he realized there was no way through . |
| 25 | ‘ Whether Dickens himself shall turn out to be the hero of his own life , ’ Ackroyd wonders as he begins his story , echoing Pip in Great Expectations , ‘ or whether that station will be held by others , these pages must show . ’ |
| 26 | At the bottom of the escalator we meet the ticket inspector riding down and frowning as he approaches us . |
| 27 | He did n't speak as he led her through a stone-floored hallway to a sweeping staircase . |
| 28 | ‘ I do nt think we should compromise here , ’ he says as he lures her out of her bra , and the narrator repeats the theme as his camera pans round to give us an eyeful of the picture man getting down to nipple level . |
| 29 | Alison 's favours break down the boundaries of class ; any man who can lay her in his bed is like a lord , as Absolon says as he anticipates her kiss : Kolve 's interpretation of potentially religious images within the tale is fine as far as it goes , and can justly be quoted against the allegorizers , but there is at least one aspect of the tale that refers irreducibly to a moral frame within which the tale is set : recurrent swearing of oaths by " " Seint Thomas of Kent " " , which reminds us of the framing narrative with its realistic and morally symbolic journey towards Becket 's shrine in Canterbury and the judgement of the tale-telling game just as much as John 's calling upon St Frideswide locates the tale effectively within Oxford . |
| 30 | He liked gentlemen to behave as he expected them to behave . |