Example sentences of "as he have [vb pp] on " in BNC.

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1 He was keeping to the awnings , and a passing squall , just as he had foreseen on his departure from Dolmetta that morning , approached from the interior and sailed grandly overhead , steeping the baked stones of the port in a blissful freshness for an interval ; the snails would be coming out , he thought .
2 As he had done on the journey to Rhodes , from that time onwards Nicholas gave up his will , his designs , and his planning , and lived from hour to hour simply to work as he was bidden .
3 Just as he had done on over 100 occasions during the previous three years , the seller sold some animal food to the buyer .
4 He looked as icily cold as he had done on the other two occasions she had met him .
5 He straightened , whirling round on her suddenly , much as he had turned on Victor Nicholson all those years ago .
6 The plaintiff had not consented to run the risk of injury as he had checked on whether the car was covered for passenger 's insurance .
7 Such time as he had spent on commercial subjects ( in vacations , etc ) had produced a profound dislike for them .
8 Alistair spent a long time on the covering note to Sixsmith — almost as long as he had spent on Offensive from Quasar 13 .
9 Which was true , though that morning , as he had spied on the French , Sharpe had recognized in himself the undeniable pleasure of doing his job well .
10 Chambers accepted with as little formality as he had shown on coming in .
11 The closest he came to exercise was to open one eye every so often , if someone entered the room , or to open both eyes , smile , and wag his tail as he 'd done on one occasion when confronted by a housebreaker !
12 Instead of returning to the dressing-room to change as she normally did , she made her way through the backstage area back into the club , determined that he should n't simply disappear without trace as he 'd done on the previous evenings .
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