Example sentences of "[adv] as he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kirov 's anger dissipated somewhat as he played the recording over a couple of times . |
| 2 | " What list is that ? " asked Matthew idly as he shut the car door . |
| 3 | ‘ Bugger ! ’ he said aloud as he watched the car 's tail-lights disappear into the driving rain . |
| 4 | The King , in the Declaration of Breda , had promised that no man would be molested for differences of religious opinion , so long as he kept the peace . |
| 5 | Warner v. Browne the lessor engaged not to turn out the tenant so long as he observed the conditions , and in this case [ the company 's agent ] engages that the tenant shall hold until the company require to pull down the buildings . |
| 6 | So long as he speaks the truth it can t be folly — that 's what you 're going to say , is n't it ? |
| 7 | Peace did not reign for long as he provoked the ultimate chop for himself by one day taking his scissors to all of the models ' heads and cropping them . |
| 8 | Mr Robinson could have a wide brief as well , so long as he keeps the chancellor 's confidence . |
| 9 | So long as he had the support of Sir Rufus Stone , he could thumb his nose at Cotton . |
| 10 | So long as he remembered the frailty of Dad 's grip on life , Dad 's fingers would never loosen and let go . |
| 11 | ‘ Subject to this Part of this Act — ( a ) after the termination of a protected tenancy of a dwelling-house the person who , immediately before that termination , was the protected tenant of the dwelling-house shall , if and so long as he occupies the dwelling-house as his residence , be the statutory tenant of it ; … |
| 12 | I therefore do not regard those authorities as affecting what I would conclude was the clear language of section 2(1) ( a ) of the Act of 1977 , that a statutory tenant remains a statutory tenant so long as he occupies the dwelling house as his residence . |
| 13 | They were shocked that the UK chose the stark warning ‘ Smoking Kills ’ as one of the rotating warnings on the back of cigarette packets , especially as he followed the health community 's advice and dropped the attribution to the Chief Medical Officers and increased the overall size of the warnings . |
| 14 | My opinion is that , as long as Willsford is among the leaders coming to the last two fences and six furlongs , his speed will be a potent weapon , especially as he carries the minimum weight . |
| 15 | He holds the trouser tightly outwards as he puts the unaffected leg into it , crosses this leg over the other again , and puts his shoe on . |
| 16 | The granite control he exerted over his features said it all as he clipped the keys to his own ring . |
| 17 | Kevin Phillips ' snarl says it all as he leads the Neath tribe 's celebrations after winning the 1990 Schweppes Cup Final . |
| 18 | Lancaster 's voice had suddenly become animated and loud as he recalled the sting of his betrayal . |
| 19 | Charlie began to kiss her again , this time more gently as he felt the corner of a beer crate jab into his buttocks . |
| 20 | ‘ Why , you must both come with us , ’ said Fräulein Müller to Karelius ' gratification , the more so as he glimpsed the chagrin in Lapointe 's dark face . |
| 21 | … to see Mr. Wats , keeper of the Apothecaries Garden of simples at Chelsey ; where there is a collection of innumerable rarities of that sort : Particularly , besids many rare annuals the Tree bearing the Jesuits bark , which had don such cures in quartans : & what was very ingenious the subterranean heate , conveyed by a stove under the Conserveatory , which was all Vaulted with brick ; so as he leaves the doores & windowes open in the hard(e)st frosts , secluding onely the snow , & c . |
| 22 | The smugness in his voice was here too , in the studied way he licked upper and lower lips with his tongue before he spoke , and tapped the fingertips of each hand together as he judged the broken man at his feet . |
| 23 | The cab drew to a halt , and Grunte , who was ten minutes early , let the meter tick away as he watched the girls bending and stretching to the commands of a whistle-blowing games mistress . |
| 24 | He stepped back a pace , smiling broadly as he saw the young woman who stood before him , looking slightly surprised . |
| 25 | He unwound his Uzi , readying it one-handed as he used the other to support himself as he rounded the corner . |
| 26 | Just as he practised the violin every morning between nine thirty and ten thirty , so I always had the sense he practised his lovemaking on me , getting ready for the real thing , only this with me was not it : I was not it . |
| 27 | Just as he spoilt the old humanity , he now tries to spoil the new one . |
| 28 | Occasionally , such a player realises this and finds he has the nerve to win the tournament , just as he had the nerve to win the tournament that took him to Augusta in the first place . |
| 29 | Just as he had the ability to compartmentalize his life , so he also seemed able to slough off the weight of the past and begin again . |
| 30 | He had spoken the compliment as though he really meant it , just as he had the first time he 'd said it . |