Example sentences of "[noun prp] as he [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're a bit quiet , ’ said Meredith as he drove her back to Rose Cottage that evening . |
| 2 | Manescu asked Irina Serov as he met her as she dropped to the ground from the branch of a tall fir . |
| 3 | It seemed to Alexei as he considered it that a great deal of effort must be required to sustain such a relationship , and he could not imagine how his father could be bothered with it , or how the women could be content . |
| 4 | His eyes flared over Maggie as he nodded her to a seat . |
| 5 | He stroked the Gullwing as he passed it and then unlocked the Ferrari 's passenger door to let Billie in . |
| 6 | Ellwood and Luke were crouched over Piper as he told them about the slow , magical dance of the cosmos . |
| 7 | Startled squaddies received Abba tapes and videos from the would-be Santa Claus as he reassured them they were not forgotten . |
| 8 | Startled squaddies received Abba tapes and videos from the would-be Santa Claus as he reassured them they were not forgotten . |
| 9 | In learning exactly what they do , as well as what they think and feel , we get to know the two young men who affirm , for him , the indestructible spirit of man ( which , to Masefield , was above all symbolised by Troy as he saw it ) . |
| 10 | His voice was a breath ; he did not look at Lachlan as he drew him forward beside him . |
| 11 | ‘ Please do n't cross the white line , ’ Kragan warned Frick as he handed him a set of noise excluders . |
| 12 | Alone and friendless , she had struck up a casual friendship with Dermot as he showed her Dublin . |
| 13 | The door went EEEEEEEAAAAAAAW as he pushed it open . |
| 14 | I looked at Jean-Claude as he gave me these instructions and I saw a side of him I did not recognize . |
| 15 | You look young for a doctor , ’ cried Fawcett as he handed me a whisky . |
| 16 | So did Sean as he took it from Carmella . |
| 17 | On the subject of the Lions , Finlay Calder wondered whether it might prove a mistake taking both Wade Dooley and Peter Winterbottom to New Zealand as he considered them to be past their best . |
| 18 | ‘ And you are … ? ’ he asked Ashley as he welcomed her in the hallway . |
| 19 | My text here is Evans-Pritchard 's unrivalled study of the witchcraft beliefs of the Zande people of the southern Sudan as he found them in the late 1920S and early 1930S living under the generally benign rule of the British raj . |
| 20 | When they met up with the rest of the Carlisle Flint team Kate tried to ignore the studiously impassive face of Mike Booker as he greeted her . |
| 21 | Then Mr Vulcan returned from London as he said he would to arrange the funeral . |
| 22 | And so it went : a nice enough American bewailing the passing of London as he wanted it to be . |
| 23 | ‘ But you have a most delicate flavour all of your own , ’ said Pascoe as he ushered him out . |
| 24 | ‘ All political figures are mad , ’ said Reid as he joined us on the veranda . |