Example sentences of "as [pron] [verb] with his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But to me as I struggled with his detoxifying diet , he was a disembodied , stern sounding voice , a god who had handed down the law . |
| 2 | The associative process did not work with Rufus in quite the same way as it did with his erstwhile friend , Adam Verne-Smith , for Adam was an ‘ arts ’ person and he a scientist , so that Greek or Spanish names , for instance , evoked none of it . |
| 3 | He responded to my curiosity concerning the transmutation of metals by allowing me to assist him as he experimented with his alembic and his aludel . |
| 4 | Helen watched from across the room , unable to eat , virtually retching at the sight of Changez balancing a plate on his knee , garland trailing in his dal , as he ate with his good hand , nimbly using the fingers he had . |
| 5 | It 's a hard fact of life , but a landlord must be free to do as he likes with his own land . |
| 6 | And now , for the first time , he thought that he could smell the North Sea , that potent but half-illusory tang evoking nostalgic memories of childhood holidays , of solitary adolescent walks as he struggled with his first poems , of his aunt 's tall figure at his side , binoculars round her neck , striding towards the haunts of her beloved birds . |
| 7 | The graveyard , was Clary 's base , where he would establish himself , as he spoke with his fellow partners in life , about mindless things , which seemed funny , to what seemed low life citizens . |
| 8 | He could do as he liked with his own property , could n't he ? |
| 9 | Simmons dispossessed Meek from the restart and , as he did with his first goal , secured his hat trick by scoring from the centre spot . |
| 10 | He seemed burdened with melancholic thoughts and dark visions as he wrestled with his pursuing demons . |