Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] he [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | hinting that he had plenty in the bank . |
| 4 | THE Environment Secretary , Mr Chris Patten , yesterday wrote to Mr Neil Kinnock , the Labour Party leader , demanding that he dissociate himself from proposals designed to stop the growth of second homes . |
| 5 | The myth that a man makes has transformations according as he sees himself as hero or villain , as young or old , but it is essentially the same myth ; Tom Jones is not the same person , but he is the same myth as Squire Western ; Midshipman Easy is part of the same myth ; Falstaff is elevated above the myth to dwell on Olympus , more than a national character . |
| 6 | She looked at him thoughtfully , wondering if he had something on his mind . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not sure whether I should be flattered or otherwise , ’ her host drawled , and she decided on the spot that she hated men with sophisticated wit — was he saying that he took it as a compliment , or not , that he only got one mention at lunchtime ? |
| 8 | She was relieved to see that her son 's tour of the palaces had left his eyes shining and he greeted her with something approaching his normal smile . |
| 9 | Fran must have made some noise , some movement , some tiny betraying gesture , because he swung round , his face hardening when he saw her in the doorway . |
| 10 | Wants you to be — ’ Nutty paused , not quite sure what he wanted them to be , but knowing that he wanted them to be something other than they were . |
| 11 | Paros had been a failure ; but Miltiades ' son Kimon pursued a similar line in the 470s and 460s , showing that he saw himself as the heir to his father 's policies as well as his debts ( for which see Plut . |
| 12 | This is noticeably similar to scene one where he repeatedly violates the maxim of quantity to avoid admitting that he knows nothing about Chetwyn : In both scenes , Anderson attempts to avoid divulging information which could compromise his academic credibility . |
| 13 | He was still talking as he propelled her through the door and back along the corridor towards the exit , barely pausing for breath , and giving her no chance at all to interrupt . |
| 14 | Peter took the end of a candle from his pocket , and his hand was shaking when he lit it with a match . |
| 15 | She began screaming and he punched her in the face and ran off . |
| 16 | ‘ Where are we going ? ’ she asked , gasping as he dragged her towards the barn . |
| 17 | Even as he carried her out of the lighted kitchen his lips continued to caress her and she was not in any way close to recovering as he placed her on her feet in her own room . |
| 18 | His head was spinning as he led her into the reception building . |
| 19 | I remember him chuckling when he told me about the big farm men who came to have their teeth extracted . |