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 . |