Example sentences of "[pron] as his [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was off-balance — nothing she could do to prevent herself from turning towards him as his grip pulled her in . |
| 2 | Rachel 's heart skipped a beat at her first sight of him and if she had been trying to delude herself that David had asked her along purely for the sake of her new friends she was forced to dismiss it as his gaze met hers . |
| 3 | Beauty to him came from the soul , as we say , and he saw it as his task to exteriorise it in some way that harmonized with the subject matter . |
| 4 | ‘ The king my father learned of my regard for yourself from Sir Thomas Vaughan who saw it as his duty to inform him , ’ Edward told her with notable reluctance . |
| 5 | Returning to the audience , an exuberant Florian had abandoned assumed modesty and was pausing to accept congratulations from all sides , but when Maria would have risen to add hers as his passage brought him close to their table , a light touch on her bare arm stayed her . |