Example sentences of "[adj] as he is [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Careful as he is to cultivate bankers , Mr Murdoch borrows to avoid being controlled . |
| 2 | He comforted himself with the saying of Uncle Jan — ‘ the devil is never so black as he is painted ’ — and dreamed of what he might accomplish in the company of such a woman , in collaboration with her soft femaleness . |
| 3 | But as long as he is setting up things for other people , that 's fine by me . ’ |
| 4 | Ipswich 's other newcomer , German Andre Pollehn , will also be missing as he is committed to a long track meeting in his own country that day . |
| 5 | This is his favourite event , together with the Open — an event where he is as surprised as he is flattered by the support he gets from the British public . |