Example sentences of "as he [vb past] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes skimmed her face , his expression unreadable , as he seated himself in the armchair opposite her . |
| 2 | 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 … ’ |
| 3 | As he stowed everything in the boot , Ashley noticed dark smudges beneath his eyes . |
| 4 | ‘ Donald is desperately ill ! ’ was the first thing she said , as he met her in the hall . |
| 5 | He turned the car , his hands moving swiftly and expertly as he manoeuvred it in the narrow lane . |
| 6 | Actually , thought Henry , as he checked himself in the mirror , no one , not even the police , would be stupid enough to imagine that Elinor could be the victim of a crime passionnel . |
| 7 | Henry replied , in an open letter , ‘ It is I ’ , and over the course of no fewer than 63 pages drew a factual , logical and haunting picture of the plight of his beloved Combsburgh , as he perceived it in the winter of 1830/31 . |
| 8 | ' ’ Where God erecteth his church , the devil in the same churchyard will house his chapel ’ , ’ he quoted , as he joined her in the limo . |
| 9 | ‘ In that case , ’ Maggie said happily , snuggling against him as he put her in the car and came to sit beside her , ‘ I wo n't argue . ’ |
| 10 | He looked , he thought as he examined himself in the mirror , more than usually hideous . |
| 11 | My text here is Evans-Pritchard 's unrivalled study of the witchcraft beliefs of the Zande people of the southern Sudan as he found them in the late 1920S and early 1930S living under the generally benign rule of the British raj . |
| 12 | Extraordinary as those visits were — and as warmly welcomed as he found himself in the diverse Kesparates of Yzordderrex — the city state was an autocracy of the most extreme kind , its excesses dwarfing the repressions of the country he 'd been born in . |
| 13 | Clive spilled some of the powder as he heaped it in the spoon , and could not hold it steady over his lighter flame , but finally he got it liquefied . |
| 14 | ‘ Right , ’ he said as he settled himself in the chair . |
| 15 | ‘ And you are … ? ’ he asked Ashley as he welcomed her in the hallway . |