Example sentences of "[noun sg] as he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Connon had enough of himself left to give Jenny a sardonically accusing glance as he left the room with the doctor . |
| 2 | Roman pulled her close to his side as he thanked the man , tipping him lavishly . |
| 3 | Forty years later , I sat in the drawing-room of his home at Sevenoaks in Kent , watching him shake his head vigorously from side to side as he contemplated the ruins of his own efforts to resolve the Palestine problem . |
| 4 | This time Allen and Dicks were cautioned , Allen fortunate not to be shown a red card as he harangued the referee . |
| 5 | He looked over the card as he delivered the oath , which he knew by heart , and saw the incongruous green of an army uniform through the glass of the doors . |
| 6 | There he stood before the official inquiry in his crisp , bemedalled marine uniform , his voice breaking with emotion as he lectured the assembled politicians on what was in the nation 's interests as if he himself had just invented patriotism . |
| 7 | In Moscow , the screen-watcher was unaware of all this drama and emotion as he tracked the Citation across north-west Russia and into St Petersburg . |
| 8 | WARRINGTON General Hospital consultant Barry Taylor shook with emotion as he described the savage injuries of the bomb wounded . |
| 9 | Through the club magazine , Tryline , it will also be an additional communication vehicle for their work and Will Carling has been asked to be the first honorary president of the club as he lead the very team which embodies the aspirations of the club itself . |
| 10 | He hardly paused in his stride as he led the way up two flights of stairs and , outwardly calm but instinctively wary , Merrill followed . |
| 11 | There was even a slight swagger in his stride as he entered the Star Dressing Room . |
| 12 | Going through Joe 's mind as he mounted the stairs were thoughts which were very similar , except that he expressed his in a slightly different way . |
| 13 | Longer-term trading considerations may be far from the Chancellor 's mind as he tackles the more urgent problems of balancing the books by squeezing maximum contributions from energy supply , but a quick tax fix is no substitute for a well-defined investment strategy to ensure the best balance is struck between available supply and demand . |
| 14 | If he was slightly puzzled as to why the familiar car that Louis 's mother drove had n't yet passed them , he put it from his mind as he enjoyed the walk home . |
| 15 | Abudah , Abudah , Abudah , the name jogged up and down in his mind as he passed the crumbling houses , the rusted railings , the impoverished trees and the occasional blank , black face at curtainless windows . |
| 16 | He pushed it out of his mind as he approached the Blue Boar . |
| 17 | Yet when he was asked what went through his mind as he confronted the gunman , he replied with a joke . |
| 18 | I could hear Kaptan whimper as he pushed the dead woodchuck frantically from him . |
| 19 | He heard the mestizo curse in fear as he saw the snake . |
| 20 | He grabbed for his staff and a stone knife , his face melting with fear as he watched the skins over the door . |
| 21 | Flushing to the roots of his hair , Joseph dipped his head in greeting as he realized the more circumspect Chuck had done . |
| 22 | Nathaniel Sherman peered at his watch , his face puckering in concentration as he calculated the time necessary to allow the buffalo to move into the most favourable range . |
| 23 | He would n't have time to save himself ; the splash as he entered the stream would be the most satisfying sound she would hear in a long time . |
| 24 | The man tumbled on forward and over the edge of the track , a scattering of rocks heard through his scream and the splash as he hit the water eighty feet below . |
| 25 | He launched himself out of the chair to rescue a rapidly cooling cup of coffee , grimacing slightly in disgust as he indicated the pot . |
| 26 | ‘ We 're done , ’ Thomas exclaimed in disgust as he left the Cabinet room . |
| 27 | ‘ No friends anywhere , ’ Tweed repeated , twisting the wheel as he followed the lonely road through the limestone gulch . |
| 28 | He nodded and I could read more than one emotion in his face ; not just the dread of breaking the news to the famous owner but the distress of a horse-lover as he witnessed the plight of the beautiful animal . |
| 29 | She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank . |
| 30 | Although he had set his loaded rifle at his shoulder in readiness as he entered the thicket , before he could squeeze the trigger the wounded seladang was upon him . |