Example sentences of "as he [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mr Connon , ’ he said as he busied himself with the kettle and the jar of instant coffee , ‘ I did n't really have a chance last night to explain myself to you very fully . |
| 2 | A devout Catholic , he has said this will be his last season as he devotes himself to his family . |
| 3 | ‘ Harry not back yet ? ’ he asked , as he seated himself by the open fireplace . |
| 4 | His eyes skimmed her face , his expression unreadable , as he seated himself in the armchair opposite her . |
| 5 | He looked too big for the room as he seated himself in one of the armchairs . |
| 6 | The sun was on his back as he swung himself over her and her long legs parted in expectation . |
| 7 | ‘ I ’ , ‘ me ’ or ‘ mine ’ are words that are frequently heard in the classroom , as a child proudly announces that he has ‘ built a big tower ’ or ‘ got one like that ’ , or as he asserts himself by virtue of possession , ‘ That 's mine ’ . |
| 8 | She had changed her clothes — as he had himself in a sprint through his hotel — to a pale coffee-cream skirt and russet blouse under a hip-length waterproof jacket . |
| 9 | In January 1312 , as soon as he felt himself to be beyond the reach of the barons , the favourites were restored . |
| 10 | The drum grew louder in the final roll , the flautists blew steadily , keying up anticipation , and the rattle fell silent as Dulé took one step with his other foot and left the ground , then hand over hand into the air shinned up the free-standing ladder till he alighted at the tenth rung and hung there like a heron on a breakwater at home , it seemed to Kit , even as he asked himself in wonder , what unearthly magic 's here ? |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | He turned to meet the Doctor 's gaze as he righted himself into an undignified crouch . |
| 13 | In conversation this is a rare moment of levity , as he describes himself as ‘ a bit of a miserable bastard ’ . |
| 14 | The fame of Ian Dury — godfather of punk , creator of Sex ‘ n ’ Drugs and Rock ‘ n ’ Roll and , as he describes himself in rhyming slang , ‘ Britain 's best-known raspberry ripple ’ — has not yet reached every corner of the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford . |
| 15 | But as he drove himself into a last titanic effort to surface into the light , the pain began to divide and concentrate itself in three separate areas of his body ; his head , his right arm and his chest . |
| 16 | As he said himself of this time , ‘ I yearned to live a semi-bohemian lifestyle , an unstructured life ; but a consecrated one ; some kind of calling . ’ |
| 17 | As he prided himself on his fair and honest trading , and the high standards which he always maintained except in extenuating circumstances , the ginger-haired totter had decided he should do the right thing by her . |
| 18 | As the kiss lingered , she was made aware of his hardness as he pressed himself against her . |
| 19 | It excited her to feel a man like him shudder as he pressed himself against her , to feel his weakness underneath all that Parisian aplomb . |
| 20 | Actually , thought Henry , as he checked himself in the mirror , no one , not even the police , would be stupid enough to imagine that Elinor could be the victim of a crime passionnel . |
| 21 | John smiles apologetically at me as he arranges himself at her bedside . |
| 22 | When a woman entered the room T J H Laurence , as he signed himself in typical British stiff-upper-lip fashion , would immediately stand up , his old-fashioned courtesy drawing amused glances from classmates . |
| 23 | He kept on his coat , fully buttoned , as he eased himself into an armchair by the sitting-room fire . |
| 24 | In fact , thanks largely to Sir Robin Day — ‘ the Grand Inquisitor ’ , as he calls himself in the title of his new book — the impression that the average viewer probably has of politics on television is that it is predominantly adversarial . |
| 25 | She made herself as comfortable as she could , listening to the sounds Travis made as he zipped himself into the sleeping-bag and made himself comfortable . |
| 26 | After a moment 's hesitation she sat in one of the large armchairs , half expecting to be pushed on to the settee , but he allowed her to sit alone , only raising an eyebrow as he lowered himself into the matching chair . |
| 27 | He looked to belong to a different generation from that of Dysart and Ockleton , his face flushed and lined beneath a mane of grey hair , his chest heaving desperately as he lowered himself into the wheelchair . |
| 28 | As he adapted himself to this reputation , Deems indeed grew subtle in his affairs , until man and reputation became one . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ Fucking bastard ! ’ he shrieked at the wheelhouse as he dragged himself up the slimy wall , earrings gleaming . |