Example sentences of "for [noun pl] as he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was an exacting colleague , and college meetings lasted for hours as he reminisced about the past ; but it was his way of educating the fellows in the traditions of the college . |
| 2 | But there remained the problem which had been gnawing at his mind for months as he waited for his enemy to come home : how was he to get into the castle itself ? |
| 3 | Herr Nordern groped for words as he stared at the envelopes with Steinmark written across them . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He could still recall the sense of dread that hung over him for days as he waited to be thrashed for that escapade . |
| 6 | She did not speak — she knew better — but walked into the kitchen , thinking furiously , among other things , that her treasure had not looked so happy and fulfilled for years as he did sitting opposite to his American servant girl — and what could that mean , and did she approve ? |