Example sentences of "his [noun pl] as he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He let the bat dangle from his fingers as he searched the horizon for the ball , like a fighter pilot seeking out his enemy above the clouds . |
| 2 | He twirled the rose between his fingers as he looked around . |
| 3 | It glistened in his fingers as he bent to study it . |
| 4 | Barely able to control her shivering delight and excitement as his lips and tongue rhythmically stroked her swollen nipples , while his hands sensuously caressed her body , she shuddered violently as she felt the warmth of his skin against her own soft flesh , the gentle pressure of his fingers as he stroked her thighs . |
| 5 | Those pants of his were around his knees when he slammed through the double doors of the brownstone , and around his ankles as he stumbled at speed up the first flight of stairs . |
| 6 | She was never to learn of his plans as he sailed for New York the next day and never returned . |
| 7 | He was concentrating on demolishing the last of the lime and liquorice sweets he had brought with him in his haversack from Partick , and he trod purposefully on the wet red leaves with his hiking-boots as he strode along . |
| 8 | A sigh of relief whistled through his teeth as he stuck his head into the pantry . |
| 9 | She could only see the glint of the whites of his eyes , and the gleam of his teeth as he smiled at her . |
| 10 | Treasurer Lipsky , the community 's dentist , ground his teeth as he bowed to her adamantine will . |
| 11 | There was only the French chef Pierre , whistling between his teeth as he pounded something aromatic in a pestle , and a couple of aproned maids bustling about with what looked like preparations for breakfast . |
| 12 | And there was Elder Seth , baring his teeth as he pushed her face into the asphalt . |
| 13 | A tatami , a triple-woven rush mat , had been placed on the sand , and as he walked towards it Alexei saw that the slave had raked over his footprints as he had departed , leaving the surface smooth and even . |
| 14 | There was considerable applause from his listeners as he advanced his familiar protectionist argument . |
| 15 | Then he was in the hold , chilly waters around his knees as he sank through the bottom of the boat itself . |
| 16 | Servette spy Pont 's clipboard remained unused on his knees as he watched from the grandstand . |
| 17 | The man stumbled forward onto the bridge , then got up and trudged on again , wiping his dirtied hands against his thighs as he went and glancing up briefly , fearfully , as the big house loomed over him . |
| 18 | As he was talking , he was sliding out of bed , still trying to face his wife , but finally leaping up with a glad cry and rushing for the door , clad only in his pyjama top , his penis smacking against his thighs as he ran , as she noted . |
| 19 | Dog at his heels as he went off down the road . |
| 20 | And leaping into the saddle he raced back to Grimspound , Nero at full stretch , the Devil laughing and snapping at his heels as he went . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He thrust his hands deep into his pockets , hunching his shoulders as he continued , ‘ I met her at the party I threw to celebrate taking over control of the company . |
| 23 | Dr Gysi made his attempt at power before 2,700 demoralised party delegates at this weekend 's emergency congress as if delivering an impassioned plea in court , throwing up his arms and heaving his shoulders as he made a point . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Kenneth rotated his shoulders as he drove , trying to ease the nagging pain in them that too much drink the night before always seemed to give him these days . |
| 26 | With a shudder , she tightened her arms around the wide strength of his shoulders as he trailed small , teasing kisses from her lips , along her jawline , and up into the spread curtain of her hair . |
| 27 | She saw the tension leave his shoulders as he hunkered down to look . |
| 28 | Like a novice swimmer suddenly caught in a flood-tide , she was swept along , clinging fiercely to his shoulders as he found her lips , invaded her mouth , his tongue entwining with hers . |
| 29 | Tiny clouds swirled about his legs as he walked . |
| 30 | I , Jessel , saw the heaviness in his legs as he walked up the lane . |