Example sentences of "[verb] as he [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 31 | It had happened by accident , almost , just buying the furniture he liked as he saw it , odd pieces here and there , and then choosing the carpet and curtains in the expensive London store where he had happened to be making inquiries about another crime . |
| 32 | And the plate screamed as he wrenched it upwards . |
| 33 | He smiled as he said it . |
| 34 | He smiled as he said it , but Lisa did not smile back . |
| 35 | He smiled as he said it . |
| 36 | Jake smiled as he said it , knowing perfectly well that no such thought had ever entered her head . |
| 37 | He smiled as he said it , that careless smile she loved so much . |
| 38 | ‘ I wish these bloody mobile phones had never been invented , ’ he said as he fished it out . |
| 39 | ‘ Brrrr — ’ he said as he held it up , ‘ Brrrr — I 'm a car driver , Brrrr — ’ |
| 40 | I found it curious that when everyone had finished Robert still had a plateful of food before him and we had to wait as he ate it and Lili talked and smoked her endless cigarettes . |
| 41 | Some of the Scots around him cheered as he raised it . |
| 42 | It unrolled as he tugged it across the bedroom floor , and inside was the blood-soaked corpse of Maria Shill . |
| 43 | ‘ Who give it me ? ’ he asked as he pulled it over his head . |
| 44 | Mungo realized as he said it that no policeman would ever admit to anything being exciting . |