Example sentences of "[adv] as he [verb] [pron] " 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 | She was great with him so long as he kept her occupied . |
| 3 | Lord Denning MR said : Every member of the community is entitled to carry on any trade or business he chooses and in such manner as he thinks most desirable in his own interests , so long as he does nothing unlawful : with the consequence that any contract which interferes with the free exercise of his trade or business , by restricting him in the work he may do for others , or the arrangements which he may make with others , is a contract in restraint of trade . |
| 4 | It is not that she possesses dazzling charm or an especially brilliant intellect , but he enjoys her company so long as he thinks their friendship is platonic . |
| 5 | Such a government , Lawrence asserted , ‘ would be child 's play for a decent man to run , so long as he ran it like Cromer 's Egypt , not like the Egypt of the Protectorate . |
| 6 | It does n't matter Charlotte , so long as he colours it in |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | At that point the creditor could still refuse to have the man released from prison and insist of his being kept there , so long as he paid him a groat a day . |
| 9 | The head said that that would be the case and that Balbinder would stay for as long as he needed their help . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Darlington Tory association chairman Bill Smith said in Saturday 's story that Fallon could have the constituency nomination so long as he wanted it . |
| 12 | Fry claimed he was sacked by Flashman but the latter responded by saying Fry has a job at Underhill for as long as he wants it . |
| 13 | The homosexual male is fine — is pretty good news , in fact , on the whole — so long as he knows he 's homosexual . |
| 14 | The town itself is peculiarly built , so that a person may live in it for years , and go in and out daily without coming into contact with a working-people 's quarter or even with workers , that is , so long as he confines himself to his business or pleasure walks . |
| 15 | But Garvey did not care what Gabriel believed , so long as he conducted himself on stage like the Angel Gabriel . |
| 16 | ‘ A good governor does as he pleases on his world , just so long as he pays his tithes in treasure and people . |
| 17 | When he stands alone in such a place confronted by several police officers , usually some of high rank , the dice are loaded against him , especially as he knows there is no one to corroborate him as to what exactly occurred during the interrogation , how it was conducted and how long it lasted ’ . |
| 18 | Fernandez remembered North breaking down as he told him , sitting in a parked car one night , that Buckley was dead ; David Jacobsen , the last hostage to be released as a result of the arms transfers , recalled North in tears on the aeroplane to Germany , wishing that the other hostages had been freed with him . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | His large adam 's apple moved up and down as he swallowed his nerves . |
| 21 | He was secure enough to turn his back , to show me the two foul moons of his backside , heaving up and down as he ground her into the floor . |
| 22 | Izzie left them deep in animated conversation — the monk laughing out loud as he realized he was being lured into an acting profession — and went inside the house to find Gabriel . |
| 23 | His brow creased ominously as he pulled his lean length upright . |
| 24 | The horrors of Neuve Chapelle had been convincing enough as he described them , yet they turned artificial with this knowledge of repetition . |
| 25 | Amends were made when the same combination sent Stewart back soon afterwards , and poor Atherton 's comeback lasted three balls only as he touched one which went across him . |
| 26 | But Bruneau was far in advance of his time and there are still many Haydn and Mozart sonatas I can hear only as he played them . |
| 27 | In ready response , his embrace grew masterful , and they clung together as he kissed her face and neck repeatedly , each time catching her lips with more desire and more breathless pleasure . |
| 28 | The kindly gentleman seemed very English to me , and we often took tea together as he recalled his adventurous exploits in Tibet . |
| 29 | The words ended on a grim note , while a small frown drew his brows together as he regarded her . |
| 30 | He turned at the sound of her voice , anger ebbing away as he saw who it was . |