Example sentences of "[noun pl] as he [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her sweet words were still echoing in his ears as he came slowly back to reality . |
| 2 | Luke settled back in the chair , crossing his long legs as he stared sideways at her . |
| 3 | There were no lights on in the basement flat and precious little illumination spilling into the enclosed yard from above ; he banged and scraped his hands on table legs and chair legs as he groped around , and he even cracked his head a couple of times . |
| 4 | Benjamin stared down at his wife , blinking his eyes as he swayed unsteadily before her . |
| 5 | She then discovered that she cared not at all for the dangerous glint that suddenly appeared in his eyes as he stared down into her still blush-pinkened skin . |
| 6 | The Curator did not see the look in Mr Wolski 's eyes as he glanced back to the window and stared again at the wolves outside , who had turned to face the icy wind with narrowed yellow eyes . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd have done that anyway , whoever you were , ’ he returned dismissively , but derision glinted in his eyes as he went on , ‘ What 's worrying you , Maria ? |
| 8 | He tossed her shorts away , then sat up and looked at her with desire-darkened eyes as he tugged down the zip on his own shorts and flung them away . |
| 9 | But she did n't need to see it to sense the burning anger that poured from his eyes as he looked up at her . |
| 10 | Hodai shaded his eyes as he looked back . |
| 11 | Mockery danced in his eyes as he looked across at her finally . |
| 12 | Her heart was thudding as she persisted , watched the narrowing of his eyes as he gazed down at her . |
| 13 | There was , perhaps , relief , almost elation , in her eyes as he sat down beside her and took her hand . |
| 14 | Acting with the flair of a seasoned thespian , he forced tears into his eyes as he spoke again , in a quavering voice . |
| 15 | He rubbed his eyes as he stood there , staring at the two strangers . |
| 16 | Then she met his eyes as he smiled down at her , and she knew instinctively that all would be well . |
| 17 | But he did reconsider next day , when he saw her watching the passage of the porter from the refectory before noon , and following him with her eyes as he turned in between infirmary and schoolroom , where the two small stony cells were built into the angle of the wall , close to the wicket that led through to the mill and the pond . |
| 18 | Branson was not able to inspire the same sense of esprit de corps among the hastily assembled team of Event journalists as he had always done among the staff at Virgin , and the magazine quickly became rife with internecine dispute and conspiracy theories . |
| 19 | Dog at his heels as he went off down the road . |
| 20 | The faint hope offered by Springfield 's diagnosis of Brett 's condition , lent wings to his heels as he raced off down the road towards the vehicles parked at the front gates under Fenton 's care . |
| 21 | He picked up the power drill from the slick surface of his desk , noting the empty in/out trays as he did so . |
| 22 | THE nondescript chap in the grey overcoat smiled his thanks as he picked up his new camera . |
| 23 | Duncan at L.A.B. dropped off my gear at the shops as he did n't have my address , when I went to get it only half was handed over . |
| 24 | He pulled a high stool from beneath the breakfast bar , the denim jeans he was wearing tightening over his muscular thighs as he sat down . |
| 25 | ‘ You 're not fucking likely to get that ! were Sid 's last words as he walked off in the direction of the latrine . |
| 26 | ‘ Call us when you find something else you 're interested in doing , ’ were his final words as he turned away . |
| 27 | Then there was no more need for words as he slid deep within her , conquering the unchartered territories of her body and of her soul with one powerful thrust . |
| 28 | CLIPPED tree branches as he swooped in too low ; |
| 29 | He had missed her moment — he knew he had missed it — ; yet his eyes softened suddenly , and you could almost see the shadow fall from his shoulders as he twinkled down at Laura where she knelt before her dying fire . |
| 30 | She saw the tension leave his shoulders as he hunkered down to look . |