Example sentences of "as he [adv] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he rarely lifts his head off the pillow — yours usually , I believe , my sweet — I fail to see how he 's qualified to judge . ’ |
| 2 | And that was exactly what the radiologist was doing as he slowly ran his sensor over my stomach . |
| 3 | A faint , derisive smile curved Dane 's lips as he slowly shook his head . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , ’ he whispered urgently , as he slowly pushed her head down again . |
| 5 | To forestall his next movement ( such as his taking her in his arms ) Franca moved rapidly round the table , took a firm hold of his shoulder , and , as he instinctively lowered his head , kissed his hot blushing cheek . |
| 6 | ‘ Boom , Boom , ’ says the boogieman , as he coolly shoots his lady down , rams her into his car , steers off to his house , gets a bang out of watching her walking the floor , and then settles down for a bit of baby talk . |
| 7 | ‘ Tell you what ? ’ he asked as he hastily clamped her hand still and moved it back to his chest . |
| 8 | Rune 's eyes swept across her open face and she saw his jaw tighten momentarily as he clearly read her distress . |
| 9 | He 'd offered to swap stories about what had happened once they had each paired off at the party , but Graham was n't going to tell , and told Slater so as he carefully wrote her name by the side of the numbers : Sarah Fitch . |
| 10 | Yanto recalled talk at the Blue Boar about recent good runs of fish and was full of anticipation as he carefully picked his way across one of the rock bridges . |
| 11 | Marcus Felstead whistled a Christmas medley to himself as he carefully packed his suitcase . |
| 12 | ‘ Can you hear me , Beth ? ’ he called again as he hurriedly extracted his golfing slacks from the rack . |
| 13 | The Prince , momentarily forgetting his orders for Sharpe to change into Dutch uniform , dominated the luncheon conversation as he eagerly expressed his wish that the French would attack before the Duke returned from his meeting with the Prussians , for then the Prince could defeat the enemy with only the help of his faithful Dutch troops . |
| 14 | You sense that this is a mean vindictive man from the start of his scheming , also a clever and strong one as he gradually catches his prey in his snares . |
| 15 | Pain relief is important in myocardial infarction , but let that not be an excuse for filling a patient with opiates and then forgetting about him for the next 2 hours as he quietly rots his myocardium in some corner of the accident and emergency department . |
| 16 | He had mistaken it for an ashtray and I watched from the back seat as he painstakingly flicked his ash on to the small pile of dead matches and cigarette ends that he 'd accumulated in the bowl of the vent . |
| 17 | The bemused , husky whisper was cut off as he lightly pressed his finger to her lips , effectively blocking speech , taking expert advantage of her parted lips by gently forcing them wider with his finger before bending his head and covering her open mouth with his . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , ’ Luke went on , his eyes half closed as he gently swilled his brandy round his glass , ‘ Stella 's my stepmother . |
| 19 | His touch was as she remembered it , warm and gentle , but as he gently returned her foot to the ground she again felt shy — absurdly and ridiculously shy , when she could never remember being so taken by shyness before — and she just had to look away from him while she collected herself . |