Example sentences of "[adv] do as he be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this stranger was who he claimed to be , he supposed he 'd better do as he was told . |
| 2 | During that time he was ordered by gang members to shave off his beard to change his appearance and was again threatened that his family would be harmed if he did not do as he was told . |
| 3 | Émile Chaillot displayed the deep impatience of a bureaucrat towards an artist who is not doing as he is bid . |
| 4 | Tournaments were frowned upon by the church but in banning them Henry was not doing as he was told by the Pope ; rather he was , as so often , following in the footsteps of his grandfather , Henry J. They were clearly a threat to public order . |
| 5 | True to form , Muldoon simply did as he was told to do irrespective of the rights or wrongs of the decision . |
| 6 | He cheerfully did as he was told ; taking her command literally he heaped as many logs on as the large fireplace would take . |
| 7 | Conor rarely did as he was told , was never on time , was always involved in some new scheme , but had absolutely no worries whatsoever about obligations , responsibilities or debts , because , as he always insisted , ‘ it 's all sorted ’ . |