Example sentences of "in [noun] as he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carrie sighed in resignation as he carried her out on to the small landing and leaned his shoulder against the bedroom door . |
| 2 | Now , resentment exploded in Cardiff as he rounded on Rohmer . |
| 3 | Even then you should have caught a glimpse of Nigel in orbit as he roared to victory in the British Grand Prix … |
| 4 | Endill watched in horror as he began hitting the handle , swinging against it with all his might . |
| 5 | But the moment Renaud reached the Saracen lines , he was put into irons ; the Christian defenders then watched in horror as he was dragged before the castle and tortured in front of them . |
| 6 | Willie watched him in horror as he picked up the wriggling worms and put them inside the tin . |
| 7 | Friends on the ground watched in horror as he was towed along for 20 seconds before managing to pull an emergency handle to free himself from the snagged chute . |
| 8 | Shoppers in Manchester 's Moss Side watched in horror as he crashed into parked cars . |
| 9 | Pascoe scratched his nose ruminatively then stopped in horror as he realized who he was imitating . |
| 10 | He had such a talent for self-dramatisation that I would n't have put it past him , on finding that plunger , to have invented the whole thing — except that I had watched in horror as he deliberately forced the wretched mestizo over the edge , thrusting at his face with that dummy hand until he had disappeared into the gorge below . |
| 11 | Staff and customers watched in horror as he poured the petrol over himself and set himself alight . |
| 12 | The dealer would try to persuade the new client to reinvest not just the £500 he got from selling his Rolls Royce shares , for instance , but as much money in addition as he could be persuaded to part with , regardless of how far this was in his interest . |
| 13 | Canadian hooker Karl Svoboda has flankers Gord Mackinnon and Al Charron in support as he cuts a swathe through the Eagles defence . |
| 14 | Finn stood there helplessly for a moment , his own breath coming in gasps as he looked into the wild eyes of his superior . |
| 15 | He stared in disbelief as he watched Dorothy grab the boy and hold his head under the surface of the pool until he lay unmoving , like a small rag doll . |
| 16 | Connors left the Brazilian shaking his head in disbelief as he hit winners at will and showed the kind of form that rocketed him to the semi-finals last year . |
| 17 | She closed her eyes again , wondering how long , and then opened them wide , staring in disbelief as he withdrew from her , his act far from complete , got up and with the purest gesture of impatience she had ever seen , threw an Oriental robe of some kind in garish , tribal colours , around his shoulders . |
| 18 | He was trying to pull her back down to the ground and laughing in disbelief as he did it . |
| 19 | He heard the mestizo curse in fear as he saw the snake . |
| 20 | She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank . |
| 21 | Britain 's javelin maestro confesses he has no idea when he will be back in action as he struggles with a stubborn injury to his throwing shoulder . |
| 22 | She watched in disappointment as he reached for his clothes . |
| 23 | ‘ Now it is they who are trying to manipulate us , ’ one reformist said in disgust as he was leaving a caucus meeting . |
| 24 | ‘ Just look at them , ’ Matchsticks muttered in disgust as he watched his fellow passengers . |
| 25 | ‘ We 're done , ’ Thomas exclaimed in disgust as he left the Cabinet room . |
| 26 | He launched himself out of the chair to rescue a rapidly cooling cup of coffee , grimacing slightly in disgust as he indicated the pot . |
| 27 | Nathaniel Sherman peered at his watch , his face puckering in concentration as he calculated the time necessary to allow the buffalo to move into the most favourable range . |
| 28 | She moaned in pleasure as he touched her breasts . |
| 29 | Although he had set his loaded rifle at his shoulder in readiness as he entered the thicket , before he could squeeze the trigger the wounded seladang was upon him . |
| 30 | Perhaps he had someone other than John Barnes in mind as he paraded outside the ground , but the prophecy held true enough as Liverpool 's Chosen One produced his own version of the Second Coming . |