Example sentences of "as he [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He liked the softness of silk , the slippery feel of it under his hands as he slowly undressed a woman in a shadowed bedroom . |
| 2 | The act of writing can be difficult at times , but he predicts that he 'll soon become the first Parkinson 's Disease patient to abandon drugs altogether as he slowly leaves a life of disability behind him . |
| 3 | Evans ascribed this seal to the Syro-Hittite class as he also did a specimen found at Vari , south of Athens on the Greek mainland . |
| 4 | If the all-important win is achieved in the Berwickshire race , Stark will find himself uniquely double-handed , as he also has a stake in the national final of the £6,000 Land Rover Gentleman 's point-to-point championship at Towcester on 11 May . |
| 5 | Now he 'll be remembered as the hunt marshall who went too far … caught on video … as he delibrately pushed a protester into the path of a hunt vehicle . |
| 6 | Weird , Diane was thinking , as he then put a foot on the animal 's side and pressed down . |
| 7 | There was a fine blue sky with great white clouds in the distance , and even the restless tiger had stopped still and was dozing , his great eyes staring out peacefully on the world as he occasionally licked a paw and groomed himself . |
| 8 | Richard was Rosalind 's young man , and Peggy liked him , especially as he sometimes brought a bag of sweets for her . |
| 9 | As he never held a hospital or university appointment , his work was slow to gain recognition . |