Example sentences of "[noun pl] as he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet she could n't lose herself in the story ; the movements of Luke 's hand as he made lightning sketches , the lazy , sinuous stretching of his legs as he shifted his position impinged upon her concentration , and she found herself reading the same page over and over . |
| 2 | Kenneth sighed with pretended regret , putting his feet up on the low wall of the terrace and rocking his seat back on its rear legs as he shaded his eyes with one hand . |
| 3 | Intuitively , she knew that the little Prince was lying and the dejected lag in his steps as he left her room told her that there was a weight on his spirit . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | To his credit , not a flicker crossed his eyes as he said it . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Yet we consoled ourselves with what we took to be a furtive glint of triumph in Ranteallo 's eyes as he accepted our pig money , and swore to us that he would not burn the house down before we could make it back from filming the king 's burial in the death-cliffs . |
| 9 | I can see it in his eyes as he takes his seat beside me and says , deadpan : " Cue Bruce . " |
| 10 | He looks me straight in the eyes as he takes his hand from my glass . |
| 11 | Isabel had one quick glimpse of the fire smouldering in fitzAlan 's eyes as he lifted his head , then his mouth came down on hers in a kiss of such male dominance that she went completely limp . |
| 12 | A beady glint appeared in Manolo 's clear blue eyes as he got his first scent of blood money and began to turn into a shark . |
| 13 | Laughter gleamed in his eyes as he met her belligerent stare . |
| 14 | 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 … ’ |
| 15 | Humour gleamed in the dark grey eyes as he understood her . |
| 16 | He smiled , mockery dancing in his dark eyes as he studied her furious face . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | An amused smile touched Guido 's eyes as he let his gaze flicker over the rumpled high-necked cotton pyjamas she was wearing . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Glimmering light caught Wynra jathuk 's eyes as he watched his son and listened to Scathach 's softly spoken words . |
| 22 | There was a glimmer of amusement in his dark eyes as he slid his fingers down to the pulse drumming wildly at the base of her throat . |
| 23 | She looked straight into his faded blue eyes as he slid his books towards her . |
| 24 | There were tears in his eyes as he turned his face to Tallis . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He nodded his thanks as he took it and flipped another cigarette butt into the toilet . |
| 27 | Immediately , Dora put her expression to rights , even squeezing out a polite smile of thanks as he set her glass in front of her , the epitome of a well-bred Englishwoman who never reveals her feelings before servants or foreigners . |
| 28 | ‘ And Svend ? ’ she asked , trying to fight down the growing awareness of Rune 's hard body so close to her own , the feel of his hand against her waist , the slight rubbing of their thighs as he measured his pace to match her own . |
| 29 | ‘ Christ 'ent it bloody 'ot , ’ Billy Tolboys breathed the words as he took his arm from around Mary 's waist and expertly swung the heavy stone jar on to his shoulder and took a deep swig . |
| 30 | Now , " he said , placing a creaky arm across my shoulders as he led me through to the parlour , " I want you to meet Vron . " |