Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun] as he " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very considerations which make many so anxious to establish that value judgements are objective , a sense of the urgent social need of common rules , disquiet at the anarchic consequences of everyone doing as he likes , have had the effect of raising irrelevant doubts about that objectivity . |
| 2 | His perspective of them changes as he stares . |
| 3 | He understood a little of my behaviour as he was a photographer , who also provided me with many useful photographs . |
| 4 | Harry 's breath felt like the blast from a sauna door against the back of my neck as he cropped pungent cedar shoots along the way . |
| 5 | Then the ledge below , the rock edge ripping his hands , and his shoulders almost jerked out of their sockets as he fought his boots flat for a hundredth of a second against the cliff face . |
| 6 | ‘ And Svend ? ’ she asked , trying to fight down the growing awareness of Rune 's hard body so close to her own , the feel of his hand against her waist , the slight rubbing of their thighs as he measured his pace to match her own . |
| 7 | Mr Mallory heard the mutter of their liturgy as he passed : ‘ … |
| 8 | Mungo could feel the heat of its energy as he reached out to touch the edge of the beautiful destroyer … |
| 9 | He grasped her around the waist , his hands warm and hard through the thin silk of her dress as he steadied her , and Fran felt her heart run wild . |
| 10 | ‘ Give me a chance to put it right , ’ he murmured , and at the same time his fingers traced a delicate pattern over the inner skin of her wrists as he lightly caught hold of her and drew her closer . |
| 11 | Swivelling , almost blinded by the plunging edifice of her emotions as he struck at their foundations , she groped towards the door . |
| 12 | It was the first time they had met although he had known of her existence as he had of all the handful of people who lived , as the Lydsett villagers said , ‘ t' other side of the gate ’ . |
| 13 | the beads of her back as he talked in the dark . |
| 14 | His fingers were like a circle of steel around the bones of her wrist as he began moving again . |
| 15 | She watched as he crossed the meadow and felt the familiar jolt in the pit of her stomach as he came near . |
| 16 | ‘ Hilary 's not like that , ’ said Rose , struggling with a handful of vowels , but watching him from the corner of her eye as he made his way nonchalantly up the path . |
| 17 | Watching from the corner of her eye as he curled his fingers round it , she was both pleased and astonished by the look of surprise that crossed his face . |
| 18 | HAMLET , with his doublet all unbraced , no hat upon his head , his stockings fouled , ungartered and down-gyred to his ankle , pale as his shirt , his knees knocking each other … and with a look so piteous , he takes her by the wrist and holds her hard , then he goes to the length of his arm , and with his other hand over his brow , falls to such perusal of her face as he would draw it … |
| 19 | She sensed his glistening cheek brush her hair and his breath warm the side of her face as he bent forward to murmur in her ear . |
| 20 | At church , at the pub , or sitting by Dermot 's roaring peat fire , she would catch a glimpse of her father as he once was , before his life turned sour — expansive , smiling , good-humoured . |
| 21 | He suffered from a bad stutter , and the delighted hilarity of his classmates as he stumbled through simple texts was agony . |
| 22 | But she could see it all the same , in the tremors that shook the broad plain of his chest as he struggled to contain his fury . |
| 23 | He exposed the paucity of his case as he went on and every now and again he made a tantalising admission that he — rather surprisingly — agreed with certain aspects of the policy embodied in our forthcoming legislation . |
| 24 | She could only see the glint of the whites of his eyes , and the gleam of his teeth as he smiled at her . |
| 25 | ‘ What is there to get excited about ? ’ said Morris easily , the flesh beneath his chin folding over the top of his collar as he leaned back into the cushions . |
| 26 | His initial unease is indicated in his hesitant reference to being on the way to an engagement ( p. 65 ) , and his fear and powerlessness at the end of the scene reflects itself in his abandonment of his turn as he " decides abruptly to leave " ( p. 73 ) . |
| 27 | Wind whipped at Duvall 's hair and the lapels of his greatcoat as he squinted out into the rain-slashed darkness , trying to see what in hell had happened . |
| 28 | She heard the slap-slap of his brush as he filled in a large area of sky . |
| 29 | Barely able to control her shivering delight and excitement as his lips and tongue rhythmically stroked her swollen nipples , while his hands sensuously caressed her body , she shuddered violently as she felt the warmth of his skin against her own soft flesh , the gentle pressure of his fingers as he stroked her thighs . |
| 30 | Somewhere on another plane of existence she knew that he was pacing himself , tuning himself to her slower needs : that his tiny muted cries of painful frustration were evidence of his consideration as he aroused her to an aching , trembling plateau of desire . |