Example sentences of "his [noun sg] as he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One great foot actually touched his shirt as he lay under the charging animal with his camera still running ! |
| 2 | Beneath his jacket he knew his torso to the hip was similarly unmade ; he felt pieces of his flesh falling inside his shirt as he moved . |
| 3 | AN ARMED bank robber was mugged of his loot as he made his getaway . |
| 4 | The tall fronds seemed to form a guard of honour for His Excellency as he entered the church . |
| 5 | He opened the car door and dropped his cigarette end on to the concreted surface where it glowed with vulgar ruddiness on the silver sharpness of the frost till he ground it under his foot as he stepped out . |
| 6 | The nationalized industries , it is claimed , deprive the consumer of choice and limit the taxpayer 's freedom to spend his money as he chooses because of the industry 's monopoly position and reliance on state subsidies . |
| 7 | However , perhaps the most surprising aspect of Lord Cross 's speech is the apparent complacency with which he viewed the implications of his decision as he understood them . |
| 8 | Ross slowly withdrew his arm from about her shoulders , a muscle beating tightly in his jaw as he rose to his feet and walked across the room to where some bottles and cut-glass decanters stood on a tray . |
| 9 | I was suddenly filled with great anger and , without thinking , I turned round and delivered the most beautiful right hook to his jaw as he stood there grinning . |
| 10 | He looked up , frowning , and started almost out of his skin as he saw four heads gawping in . |
| 11 | was just right , slid over his skin as he gave out |
| 12 | James himself , watching from the shore with the rest of his ‘ invasion committee ’ , could not restrain his admiration as he watched his last hope of regaining his throne go up in smoke . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He said he had fought in vain to control his bike as he hurtled through Mathers Cross , which leads the riders towards Portrush and into the fastest section of the nine-mile long circuit . |
| 15 | He used it to his advantage as he used everything . |
| 16 | The time was 6.30 a.m. , the bunks on either side of the hut were now showing signs of life and the Sergeant made his noisy way towards the door at the far end of the hut , banging on each bed with his stick as he went . |
| 17 | The Colonel prodded the dry ground with his stick as he spoke . |
| 18 | So we share his horror as he observes in himself , experiences almost passively — as if it were happening to someone else — the emergence of the tempting desire to murder Duncan ( ‘ suggestion ’ still had the sense of diabolic temptation ) : There , with amazing speed , and as if parenthetically ( ‘ whose murder yet ’ ) we become privy to the secret that sets him apart from the others on stage , the goal to which all his energies will ultimately be directed . |
| 19 | But , in pantomime fashion , he let it fumble from his hands and Clarke could hardly believe his luck as he rolled the ball from into the empty net . |
| 20 | Derry made a disappointing start — keeper Dermot O'Neill dropped Tommy Byrne 's harmless cross after five minutes , and Tony O'Connor could n't believe his luck as he lobbed the ball into the unprotected goal . |
| 21 | CHELMSFORD City manager Joe O'Sullivan could not believe his luck as he named an unchanged side in advance of today 's Beazer Premier clash with Bashley at New Writtle Street . |
| 22 | Norman seemed to have hold of a headed back-pass from central defender Gary Bennett , but he allowed the ball to slip from his grasp and challenging striker Mark Gall could hardly believe his luck as he dribbled towards an empty net to tap home . |
| 23 | The florist had removed his big green apron but the Brigadier had to force him to take off his trilby as he brought him in the door , muttering under his breath , ‘ This is a State office , you know very well … ’ |
| 24 | His look as he glanced across at her resembled so much that of a shamefaced small boy that she found it hard to control a smile . |
| 25 | The rain had soaked into his cloak as he slept , and it hung in heavy damp folds on his shoulders . |
| 26 | He looked at his watch as he took her pulse . |
| 27 | Little bear is very hungry , pull the string and watch his watch as he licks the honey from the jar And moves his ears and legs to the music . |
| 28 | Guido straightened and thrust his hands into his trouser pockets , snatching a quick glance at his watch as he did so . |
| 29 | The Commando who had sent the bomb on its way was looking at his watch as he sat down to finish his meal . |
| 30 | Here an elderly mullah was nodding his turban as he instructed a party of young novices on the Koran and the Hadiths , the sayings of the Prophet . |