Example sentences of "as he [verb] [pron] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mr Connon , ’ he said as he busied himself with the kettle and the jar of instant coffee , ‘ I did n't really have a chance last night to explain myself to you very fully . |
| 2 | Was he , she wondered , proclaiming a confidence he did not feel , as he left her with instructions to telephone at once if she needed him . |
| 3 | His face was beaded with perspiration and as he wiped it with his handkerchief he dislodged a few locks of his heavily greased hair . |
| 4 | They awoke in each other 's arms as usual , but when Damian made love to her there was an edge to it , an urgency that frazzled her , made her pleasure sharply intense , pain mingling with her cries as he took her with him into the dark , hot void they shared . |
| 5 | Guido sighed and seemed to relax a little , as he told her with a light smile , ‘ In fact , I 'm very pleased . |
| 6 | As he regaled me with his adventures on the road , I began to feel more normal . |
| 7 | Not an ounce of her resisted , as he consumed her with kisses and slow-moving caresses . |
| 8 | The moon and man stepped up to Le-eyo together , and the god became confused , saying ‘ Man , die and remain away ; moon , die and return ’ as he sprinkled them with the reversed charms . |
| 9 | On thirty seven minutes though , Paul Biddle should have made it two nil as he found himself with just the Fairmile goalkeeper to beat , but stupidly played it wide for Brian Marland , but his final pass was poor and Fairmile 's Kevin Shepherd was able to clear the ball from the danger area . |
| 10 | Soon as he injects her with the antidote to polywhatnot , she 'll leave him to find his own way home . ’ |
| 11 | Later , as he rode home in the cool night air , a vision of old Bert 's delighted face as he presented him with the larger fish invaded his mind 's eye , and filled him with contentment . |
| 12 | Helen and Edward now met frequently on the Common , and she visited her father 's grave with him as he tended it with wild flowers . |
| 13 | She could hear the horse groan as he squeezed it with his calves . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm looking for a partner for this new act , the Double-Take Brothers , ’ he explains as he busies himself with tea-bags and mugs of boiling water in the back offices of Hat Trick , the Soho production company responsible for putting together the series . |
| 15 | Luke Calder sat down on the settee , pulling Fran down next to him as he favoured her with a smile that would have made a lesser woman fall in a grateful little heap at his feet . |
| 16 | The heat haze rose from the ground as he flagellated himself with a cat o' nine chains . |
| 17 | Christine fought for her balance as he grasped her with hooked fingers . |