Example sentences of "[adv] as [pron] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You certainly have mastered your anatomy , ’ she told him admiringly as he slid his hands across the small of her back to find that ecstatic erogenous zone that never failed to set her on fire . |
| 2 | Her mocking laughter stopped suddenly as she saw his face go deathly white . |
| 3 | In acknowledgement of British decency , it must be said that Gandhi possessed the supreme advantage in his campaigns of knowing that , so long as he confined his activities to non-violent protest , he was not risking death at the hands of the authorities . |
| 4 | But Sartre 's courageous intervention against French and other colonialisms could not have a corresponding theoretical impact so long as he retained his historicist Marxist framework . |
| 5 | ‘ A good governor does as he pleases on his world , just so long as he pays his tithes in treasure and people . |
| 6 | She raced from the barn and fled towards the house with a very red face , especially as she heard his amused and taunting laughter . |
| 7 | Last night , Johanna 's father broke down as he revealed his daughter had mysteriously taken down her 50 Christmas cards from her bedroom wall only hours before disappearing . |
| 8 | His large adam 's apple moved up and down as he swallowed his nerves . |
| 9 | His brow creased ominously as he pulled his lean length upright . |
| 10 | The kindly gentleman seemed very English to me , and we often took tea together as he recalled his adventurous exploits in Tibet . |
| 11 | Ruth shook inside as she watched his eyes darken furiously . |
| 12 | He was backing away as he whined his protest . |
| 13 | He smiles broadly as he describes his nomination for the Best Actor award alongside Nick Nolte for Princes of Tides , as ‘ wonderful , fabulous and an honour . |
| 14 | Despite the elegance , it was a completely masculine presence , and he dominated the room as easily as he had his own office . |
| 15 | ‘ No reason , ’ he said easily as he sipped his tea , his eyes watching her steadily over the rim of the mug . |
| 16 | This obscures the true nature of Eliot 's life , just as it diminishes his poetry . |
| 17 | She leaned forward to see Matilda 's reaction to Guy 's brutal logic just as he turned his head slightly in her direction , as though he sensed her watching him . |
| 18 | Drink had made George sentimental and he turned his mouth down lugubriously as he remembered his steady and the down payment on the furniture . |
| 19 | Need ? ’ he persisted mildly as he folded his arms along the fence and rested his chin on top . |
| 20 | Maggie put her hands up to push him away but as soon as they touched his skin her palms seemed to take on a life of their own , moving over the strong muscles , her fingers wanting to curl in the crisp black hair that lightly covered his chest . |
| 21 | James Halden returned just as she was finishing the last frill , and she jumped up as soon as she heard his steps on the stair . |
| 22 | She remembered the call , now ; remembered it as soon as she heard his accent . |
| 23 | Hasan was waiting for him at the top of the stairs , and , as soon as he heard his guardian 's tread , the little boy sat up , sniffed the air and stretched out his hands like a cat , waking after sleep . |
| 24 | As soon as he realised his mistake he tried to go into reverse , but once America sent troops to Saudi Arabia the dictator was trapped : only then did he make Kuwait the 19th province and drop all talk of withdrawing . |
| 25 | As soon as he finished his speech , he fled from the Chamber like a fly-by-night quack doctor , disappearing before his patent medicine is tasted . |
| 26 | I realised I 'd made a mistake as soon as he tightened his arms around my neck . |
| 27 | David became a Sunday Times colour magazine figure almost as soon as he received his gold medal at the Royal College dressed in a gold lame jacket with a gold lame shopping bag . ’ |
| 28 | But as soon as he got his glasses back on again , they had all smoothed the hazy , unfocussed grins off their faces and seemed intent on their own affairs . |
| 29 | As soon as he got his hands on them he cut the sleeves off the grey dress and adapted those of the white one , then stripped off , and donned first the white dress and then the grey one as a sort of sleeveless cowl of a suitably penitential colour and finally the hood and " thus , as far as was then possible to him , he contrived a confused likeness to a hermit " . |
| 30 | could n't wait to get away as soon as he got his bloody present , he was |