Example sentences of "as he [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those were the facts , as far as he knew them up to this moment . |
| 2 | The little girls squealed with delight as he swung them round in a circle , before setting them back gently on to the sand . |
| 3 | The kiss went on forever , and she offered no resistance as he swung her up into his arms and dropped her gently on the bed , coming down with her . |
| 4 | Feeling hurt and bewildered , she looked away , then squealed in alarm as he swung her up into strong arms . |
| 5 | He knew he would n't be able to and now , as he swung himself out of bed , Ray Plummer wondered why he had n't just sat in front of the television until the time came . |
| 6 | He watched her throw back her head and laugh at something the policeman said , then move very close to him as he wrote something down in his book . |
| 7 | ‘ I rescued your other shoe , ’ he added as he brought it out from behind his back . |
| 8 | Father Peter asked as he led them out of the church . |
| 9 | Now , " he said , placing a creaky arm across my shoulders as he led me through to the parlour , " I want you to meet Vron . " |
| 10 | ‘ Ooh , me bones do n't half ache today , ’ grumbled Jackie one chilly morning towards the end of November as he heaved himself up under his blanket and lit his bit of candle . |
| 11 | He was n't going to be as heavily built as his father , but was lithe and agile , and she loved to watch him going after gulls ' eggs out by Blackbottle Rocks , his long legs braced against the cliff face and the muscles in his neck and back standing out like cords as he heaved himself up over a ledge . |
| 12 | ‘ You 're a bit quiet , ’ said Meredith as he drove her back to Rose Cottage that evening . |
| 13 | The only sounds in the room were the scratching of his pen-nib as he made each entry , and the chink of coins as he counted them out of the cash box — and the heavy breathing of Marcus Judge , who sat at the other side of the desk , his eyes fixed upon his son . |
| 14 | With some wild , unplanned , unfocused idea of shaming him with feminine helplessness , she stayed mute as he drew her into his arms , and remained passive as he gathered her up to him . |
| 15 | This is an interesting book even for non-Southern devotees as he takes us through from the most menial shunting operation with grimy British Rail survivors to sleek passenger workings with shiny green locomotives . |
| 16 | She could feel the warm strength of his body against hers as he ushered her out of the cabin , one hand against her back as the lift doors opened . |
| 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 | ‘ I do nt think we should compromise here , ’ he says as he lures her out of her bra , and the narrator repeats the theme as his camera pans round to give us an eyeful of the picture man getting down to nipple level . |
| 19 | Billie heard the housekeeper ask Adam in the kitchen as he followed her through for a new packet of cigarettes . |
| 20 | ‘ At a loose end , Deveraugh ? ’ she queried disdainfully as he followed her out of the tent . |
| 21 | The sarcasm in her tone was not lost on David and he grimaced as he followed her out of the office . |
| 22 | ‘ Keep it ! ’ she blazed as he tossed it on to the terrace by the front door . |
| 23 | Eager hands reached out to help him as he eased himself out of the car . |
| 24 | All she later remembered was the strength of his hands on her shoulders as he forced her back against the bark of an apple tree and held her there , imprisoned . |
| 25 | A mixture of fear , at being touched by a man at all — and something else , quite different — swept through Sally-Anne so that she began to tremble as he walked her through to the parlour . |
| 26 | She did not , thought Henry bitterly , as he dragged himself out of bed and weaved his way to the bathroom over Elinor 's discarded knickers , go to classes in being thin , or classes designed to allow the participants to hold one idea in their heads for more than five minutes . |
| 27 | He glared at her as he dragged her along by the hand at top speed . |
| 28 | He hated it especially now as he dragged it out of its corner in the garage , squeezed it between his Vauxhall Viva estate car and the twins ' tricycles , and rolled it on to the uneven surface in front of the garage doors . |
| 29 | ‘ You know I ca n't , damn you , ’ she conceded anguishedly , appalled by her vulnerability as he drew her down into his arms . |
| 30 | ‘ Nico , ’ she 'd sigh , as he drew her down to the sand , ‘ my Nico . ’ |