Example sentences of "[vb past] as [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The older man 's bushy grey brows rose as he shot her a penetrating glance . |
| 2 | He tried a grin , but winced as it hurt him . |
| 3 | One of his hands closing over the slender curve of her hip made her lower body stir involuntarily , the increasing urgency of the gyrating movement explicit , both statement and summons , and Maria heard the harsh breath he drew as he absorbed it . |
| 4 | Rachel 's pulses thundered as she allowed him to lead her to the dance-floor beneath the flashing lights . |
| 5 | Ruth 's fingers trembled as she obeyed him . |
| 6 | Her voice trembled as she said it . |
| 7 | When , in the last days of November , a telegram arrived she knew what it must contain and trembled as she held it in her hand . |
| 8 | Her whole body trembled as he took her in his arms . |
| 9 | Feel graceful , elegant and composed as you do them . |
| 10 | ‘ I rescued your other shoe , ’ he added as he brought it out from behind his back . |
| 11 | Soft-centred milk chocolates that came as one bit them seemed almost as exciting as dancing with someone you knew you were about to sleep with used to be . |
| 12 | ‘ How — er — how did you know that I lived here ? ’ she muttered as he led her inside the lift , reaching across to push the correct floor button . |
| 13 | Birds , nesting in the ivy , squeaked as she disrupted them . |
| 14 | ‘ Laura , darling ! ’ he murmured as he gathered her more tightly into his warm embrace . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , that 's in the past , ’ David murmured as he cuddled her . |
| 16 | The friar turned as someone tapped him on the shoulder . |
| 17 | She turned as he reached her , hardly out of breath after his steep climb . |
| 18 | ‘ I have a taxi waiting , ’ he stated as he escorted her out of the hotel , explaining , ‘ It is not permitted to drink and drive at all in Czechoslovakia . ’ |
| 19 | Here and there a fight broke out , girls screeched as someone goosed them , lovers clung together and ignored all that went on around them , pickpockets worked their art furiously and everyone set out to enjoy themselves . |
| 20 | He settled himself on the sofa as he always did , looking fit and rested as he eyed her speculatively . |
| 21 | Graham frowned as he passed it , partly at its loud white-lettered tyres and obtrusive styling , but partly because it reminded him of something ; something to do with Slater , with Sara even . |
| 22 | Newman frowned as he worked it out . |
| 23 | He frowned as he handed her a cup of tea . |
| 24 | Travis frowned as he handed her a mug of soup . |
| 25 | Alix 's menagerie of coils could fix that , but her hands shook as she used them . |
| 26 | Eventually when the letter came in its blue envelope with the pious SAG printed across the seal , the hands so firm holding a gun or tool shook as he took it . |
| 27 | HIS hands shook as he made me coffee . |
| 28 | His hands shook as he held it . |
| 29 | He yawned as he did it , and banged about a bit , so I felt that I had to go . |
| 30 | He cackled as he told me of his plan . |