Example sentences of "as [noun prp] have do [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the same spirit Athens purified Delos in 426 — as Pisistratus had done in the previous century : control of Delos , the birthplace of Apollo the father of Ion , helped to justify control of Ionia . |
| 2 | As Thorfinn had done at the start of his reign , in Fife . |
| 3 | In place of Aristotle 's association of time with motion and his appeal to the uniform daily revolution of the heavens as its basis , St Augustine turned , not as Plotinus had done to the concept of the ‘ world-soul ’ , but to the human mind for the ultimate source and standard of time . |
| 4 | Then he raised his wings and lifted himself up as Slorne had done to the very top of his cage . |
| 5 | County clubs , meanwhile , can help by welcoming former players , be they great or small , and in particular by forming old player associations , as Somerset has done in the last few seasons , as some have been doing for decades . |
| 6 | Not everyone destroyed the puppies in their dogs ' litters , as Kalchu had done with the red bitch 's , and there were any number of dogs that belonged to no one — wandering through the village , scavenging what they could find , breeding and multiplying . |
| 7 | The whole tone of the letter appears designed to urge Cuthbert to hold a synod — as Boniface had done among the Franks — the implication being that he had not recently done so . |