Example sentences of "as he [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | They awoke in each other 's arms as usual , but when Damian made love to her there was an edge to it , an urgency that frazzled her , made her pleasure sharply intense , pain mingling with her cries as he took her with him into the dark , hot void they shared . |
| 32 | As he took her on a guided tour of the eight-bedroomed mansion , the Prince asked her to organize the interior decoration . |
| 33 | She sat there , quivering as he took her in his arms , kissing her so sweetly that she thought the pain of love would tear open her heart . |
| 34 | Her whole body trembled as he took her in his arms . |
| 35 | Ronni looked into his eyes and smiled at the compliment , inwardly shuddering as he took her in his arms and proceeded to lead her in time to the music . |
| 36 | So did Sean as he took it from Carmella . |
| 37 | ‘ Afraid of the dark ? ’ he said gently , as he shepherded her to the door . |
| 38 | He distinguishes among them , cursorily , as he cites them in order . |
| 39 | In January 1312 , as soon as he felt himself to be beyond the reach of the barons , the favourites were restored . |
| 40 | Guido sighed and seemed to relax a little , as he told her with a light smile , ‘ In fact , I 'm very pleased . |
| 41 | He cackled as he told me of his plan . |
| 42 | Ellwood and Luke were crouched over Piper as he told them about the slow , magical dance of the cosmos . |
| 43 | So it was a short story as he told it to himself , of an English runaway crossing the frontier from Kuwait , and failing in spite of many beatings to satisfy his interrogators until the arrival of the Colonel at the Public Security base at Basra . |
| 44 | You will remember ; but here is his story , as he told it to me on my last visit . |
| 45 | The drum grew louder in the final roll , the flautists blew steadily , keying up anticipation , and the rattle fell silent as Dulé took one step with his other foot and left the ground , then hand over hand into the air shinned up the free-standing ladder till he alighted at the tenth rung and hung there like a heron on a breakwater at home , it seemed to Kit , even as he asked himself in wonder , what unearthly magic 's here ? |
| 46 | Earlier , I 'd had the good fortune to place my left ear point-blank to old Gavel Basher 's larynx as he asked everyone in a 20-mile radius ( or so it seemed ) to be seated . |
| 47 | ‘ Mark you , Southey ! — I will do my Duty , ’ he wrote from London five days later , as he steeled himself for his promised return to Bristol and the renewal of his relationship with Sara . |
| 48 | 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 … ’ |
| 49 | Barnett steadied the heavy tumbler of neat whisky with both hands as he brought it to his lips . |
| 50 | At the beginning of the novel we are reasonably sympathetic towards Pip but as the novel progresses we become less sympathetic towards him , as he becomes a snob , embarrassed of his family in Joe , and we feel that he does n't deserve sympathy as he brought it on himself . |
| 51 | Several times she caught him looking at her unguardedly , and heat flared in his eyes , to be instantly banked as he brought it under control with his iron will . |
| 52 | Where are you taking me ? ’ she demanded as he tugged her after him . |
| 53 | It unrolled as he tugged it across the bedroom floor , and inside was the blood-soaked corpse of Maria Shill . |
| 54 | A futile gesture , as he lifted her off the ground , and before she could react she was being carried unceremoniously to the house . |
| 55 | Such a government , Lawrence asserted , ‘ would be child 's play for a decent man to run , so long as he ran it like Cromer 's Egypt , not like the Egypt of the Protectorate . |
| 56 | ‘ We are a scientific community , ’ he said as he led them into a dismal cavernous hall , ‘ and also a spiritual one . ’ |
| 57 | As he led them into his large and sunny sitting-room , his scalp gleamed in the light . |
| 58 | The rest clambered into their saddles , and followed him unquestioningly as he led them at a canter downslope to where the hills opened out and patches of ground could be seen where the snow was melting . |
| 59 | ‘ Pringle 's used to have a Directors ' Dining Room , with their own cook , ’ Wilcox explained as he led her through the drab corridors of the administration block , and out across a yard where fresh snow was already covering the footpath that had been cleared . |
| 60 | He did n't speak as he led her through a stone-floored hallway to a sweeping staircase . |