Example sentences of "as he [vb past] [pron] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as soon as he heard it was in Hampstead , he smelt a rat . |
| 2 | But Ginsberg realised that it was a conditional matter , and the task of sociology as he saw it was to discern and specify the conditions under which it could continue . |
| 3 | Even such dancing as he saw there was out of doors and quite different from what was later to occupy him . |
| 4 | He just sat there jiggling his bloody spectacles and saying that as far as he knew it was n't . ’ |
| 5 | Derek felt taken aback , as he knew he was meant to be , by this sudden revelation . |
| 6 | I realized he wanted to call the servants , as he knew he was not strong enough to fight Heathcliff alone . |
| 7 | He knew he would get no more out of her , just as he knew she was getting impatient . |
| 8 | He 'd made no attempt to hold back as he knew there was more to come . |
| 9 | No , he had n't but as far as he knew there was no music on there still . |
| 10 | Dexter nodded to himself as he understood what was happening . |
| 11 | She was still some way behind her father 's horse , whom she saw her father checking as he realized there was no way through . |
| 12 | His dark eyes shone as he realized he was part of a British medical team that could and would meet any emergency that came along . |
| 13 | Mortimer continued to shoot upwards with his automatic , a manic grin on his face as he realized he was finally being granted his quick and glorious death . |
| 14 | Izzie left them deep in animated conversation — the monk laughing out loud as he realized he was being lured into an acting profession — and went inside the house to find Gabriel . |
| 15 | He stuffed his shoes and ties and books into every plastic bag I could find before stopping himself , as he realized it was undignified to disfigure the house before deserting it . |
| 16 | The quotation he give was sixty five and as he said which is true they double every five years . |
| 17 | As he said it was Christmas rush I think , you know ? |
| 18 | Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there |
| 19 | Piggy wanted a sign from the adult world as he thought they were civilised even though they were at war . |
| 20 | Not so much as he thought he was . |
| 21 | ‘ Jack Scamp is a south-of-the-river villain who was never as tough or as important as he thought he was . |
| 22 | He was good at his job , though not as good as he thought he was , and his smugness irritated Wycliffe . |
| 23 | Tony Visconti explains why , although he was making an album with David at the time , he refused to produce the ‘ Space Oddity ’ single as he thought it was passè because the moon shot was about to take place , and the lyrics ‘ sounded like a nick from Simon and Garfunkel ’ . |
| 24 | Retirement was n't as good an idea as he thought it was going to be . |
| 25 | Just as he discovered it was yet another Mars Bar wrapper , he slipped and pitched forward . |
| 26 | Sean was intent on not coming back as he believed he was in the right , but he did feel very upset . |
| 27 | As he declaimed we were weaving our way through the late-afternoon shoppers who thronged the centre of the town . |
| 28 | As he progressed there is little doubt that he would have found his path increasingly hampered by obstacles . |
| 29 | And yet soon as he died they were all there . |
| 30 | As he walked he was stuffing them into his mouth . |