Example sentences of "as he [vb past] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | His heart lurched as he saw her for the first time for nine years , now in her new role as a woman . |
| 2 | Jobless Shepherd told a court his labrador Flash was savaged by a pit bull terrier as he took her for a late-night walk after drinking at a local club . |
| 3 | ‘ Mark you , Southey ! — I will do my Duty , ’ he wrote from London five days later , as he steeled himself for his promised return to Bristol and the renewal of his relationship with Sara . |
| 4 | As he said it for the first time a smile flickered across his face , and in that instant his features were totally transformed . |
| 5 | ‘ Like a bologna sandwich ? ’ he asked her , as he made one for himself . |
| 6 | But as soon as he cursed himself for being taken in last night by Isabel 's distress , two insistent memories shook his belief that it had been an act put on for his benefit : the way she had clung fiercely to his hand when they had passed the dungeons , her grip almost painfully strong , and the stricken expression on her face when he had ordered her to strip . |
| 7 | Approaching the signal box he mounted the steps , the hand-rail creaking as he used it for support . |
| 8 | But even as he braced himself for the end , Robin took a remarkable last photograph of himself for his family . |
| 9 | Ronni felt her blood leap and burn within her as he held it for a moment , squeezing gently , then , almost as though the gesture was an afterthought , allowing his thumb to graze lightly against the burning peak . |
| 10 | Suragai 's hands were already scratched and bleeding , and he was cursing quietly in his own tongue as he positioned himself for another rescue attempt . |
| 11 | His eyes were ice-bright , and pierced her like twin blades as he regarded her for a long moment . |
| 12 | The blue eyes narrowed as he regarded her for a moment . |
| 13 | This back parlour , Hope thought , as he entered it for the third time that day , is like a little theatre : Act I , Colonel Moore ; Act II , Amaryllis ; Act III |