Example sentences of "as he had once " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he had once said , he did not really have the temperament of a gunner . |
| 2 | I was happy because I was now ‘ on the inside ’ , doing war-work and feeling , for the first time , that we were really a partnership ; and I was proud that I had grown more confident , and mature enough to take Leslie as he was , and no longer demanded — as he had once said that I did — that he be the White Knight . |
| 3 | He had virtually no bite , as he had once overheard Adam say to Bridget , and heard it with helpless chagrin . |
| 4 | Her name was Gail Danski , a prim-looking chick , but not so prim when you got her into a dark corner , as he had once discovered when taking her home after a school dance . |
| 5 | It was the same kind as he had once been kept in for so long . |
| 6 | Life , as he had once said to the Zoo Curator , was wonderful and a man had best enjoy it while he may . |
| 7 | As he had once said to John , you took Comfort as she was or you ignored her , and he enjoyed her enough to put up with her . |
| 8 | The school he 'd wanted me to go to so that I could be as clever as he had once been and go to Oxford the way he 'd done and not waste it as he had been foolish enough to do . |
| 9 | He seemed to love her as fiercely as he had once loved Ryan , Shiona thought to herself with a little inner shiver . |