Example sentences of "[vb pp] 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 | Ron Todd , Transport and General Workers ' Union general secretary , was applauded as he reaffirmed his union 's commitment to unilateralism . |
| 3 | ‘ That I did for Mr Lambert , ’ but the rebuff was cancelled as he brushed her fingers using the back of his hand . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | His body stiffened as he watched her . |
| 6 | This is done as he lifts his rear leg to kick the attacker . |
| 7 | It was a sensual onslaught that made her brain whirl , and she was still dazed as he released her and looked down into her dazed eyes . |
| 8 | The following night Mr Newman went to the address , but was ambushed as he left his car and attacked so violently that half his face was battered beyond recognition . |
| 9 | ‘ Tell yer what I 'm prepared ter do , ’ the totter said as he scratched his ear . |
| 10 | Of course , the terrible irony of this is shown later , when Eddie betrays his cousins and the truth of his own words is applied as he ruins his life and finally loses it as a result of being disloyal . |
| 11 | Powell 's first major national title was secured as he held his service to clinch the set 7–5 and the match 2–0 . |
| 12 | " Many happy returns , " he said to himself , then suddenly gulped as he put his hand to his mouth and looked around . |
| 13 | However the link was not lost , and the hope grew in Israel that one day God would raise up a prince of the Davidic line for whom the Spirit would be no passing enduement , to be bestowed and with drawn as he joined his predecessors in disobedience . |
| 14 | The author 's study is preserved as he left it , along with his collections of books , armour and historical records . |
| 15 | I used to sit transfixed as he told us stories about some of these DPs , as they were called . |
| 16 | His eyes narrowed as he studied her face . |
| 17 | ’ Milton-Humberside 's eyes narrowed as he sipped his lethal cocktail of Foster 's lager and concentrated lime juice — a drink for gamblers , heartbreakers , hell-raisers . |
| 18 | This time it was his eyes that were narrowed as he watched her as closely as any cat after a mouse . |
| 19 | The blue eyes narrowed as he regarded her for a moment . |
| 20 | Her heart swelled as he turned her towards him . |
| 21 | Then she had gasped as he entered her and her poor heart burst with joy . |
| 22 | His breathing gradually slowed as he propped himself against one edge of the desk , drinking . |
| 23 | Several times she caught him looking at her unguardedly , and heat flared in his eyes , to be instantly banked as he brought it under control with his iron will . |
| 24 | She was always accompanied by her green parrot , who showed his pleasure , or displeasure , when her guests arrived as he followed her about . |
| 25 | Petion 's jawline was set as he forced his emotions under control , and Ace envied him that , for if anyone had asked she would have had to admit she was terrified . |
| 26 | Mitch has found out that Blanche is not as well behaved as he thinks she is . |
| 27 | Leonora felt utterly flattened as he left her to go upstairs . |
| 28 | Suddenly there was a rush of water and he was there and she grabbed at him and then the world and white water spun as he entered her again , deeply , thoroughly , moving so desperately that she moaned against his mouth . |
| 29 | In their extreme forms the ‘ techniques ’ school would have it that an actor 's performance is detached from his own feelings during performance , that he represents a distillation of what he understands of the character 's feelings ; the Stanislavkian actor , on the other hand , becomes emotionally involved as he performs his role . |
| 30 | Her voice and her looks told him exactly how little she wanted to be away from him , and his hands tightened as he rubbed his lips lightly against hers . |