Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv prt] as [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Fred Proctor asked him to sit down as he had been speaking long enough . |
| 2 | Dot listened as the grown-ups continued to grumble along as they had done for as long as she could remember , like the harmless rumble of gunfire faraway . |
| 3 | It was a pity , that ; he would have liked to have heard her groan again , perhaps even to cry out as she had that night when The Man had played his games with her . |
| 4 | He 'd made it clear enough after all that he did n't expect her to hang about as he had another date . |
| 5 | At the last minute Reg Seekings had to drop out as he had injured his hand when a detonator exploded prematurely . |
| 6 | After four days of unrelenting attack , including aerial bombardment of civilian targets , the Nationalists had managed to break through the Basque lines but were unable to push on as they had planned . |
| 7 | After the Baltic Exchange explosion , the Government agreed to move in as it had done before in Northern Ireland , to act as ‘ insurer of last resort ’ , and the necessary legislation is in the Reinsurance ( Acts of Terrorism ) Bill published on 5 May this year . |
| 8 | I just assumed they were trying to cut back as they had been a bit too lavish . |