Example sentences of "he [verb] as [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she heard him come back she refrained from looking out of her window , nor did she go down to the corridor outside his room when , a little later , she heard him groaning as he always did in the grip of a nightmare . |
| 2 | ‘ Tell you what ? ’ he asked as he hastily clamped her hand still and moved it back to his chest . |
| 3 | He drove as he always drove in those days , well , but far too fast . |
| 4 | He ducked as something heavy whizzed past his head . |
| 5 | ‘ But yes , ’ he replied as he attentively opened the passenger door of his Skoda for her . |
| 6 | Yes , you are ! ’ he repeated as she fervently shook her head . |
| 7 | ‘ Where 's Terry ? ’ he demanded as he expertly spooned instant coffee into numerous cups . |
| 8 | He felt as he always did on the moor , and especially on this spot and on Big Allen , peaceful , without care , without self almost , at one with nature and the past , and as if nothing that happened down there could hurt or vex him any more . |
| 9 | He looked as he always had , with the same lopsided grin . |
| 10 | He paused as he always did at the foot of the stairs , his left hand holding the lamp , his right hand resting on the banisters . |