Example sentences of "as he [vb past] see " in BNC.
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1 | Murray reached for the mop but Richard pulled it away and squeezed it out in the bucket as he had seen the maids do . |
2 | The first great movement of the Holy Spirit was felt at a meeting held in Mr John Montgomery 's field in Edenderry where a young man was describing the work of God as he had seen it in Ballymena . |
3 | He could describe the men only as he had seen them , masked , in shapeless tracksuits . |
4 | He had reached for the Ruger as soon as he had seen the taxi pull up , and he had had the Ruger in his grip when the front door opposite had opened , and he had loosened the grip when he had seen that the target carried no cases , only had his daughters ’ hands in his . |
5 | He had seen these ample fields , as he had seen Cezanne 's geometric brown and green undergrowth in more than one mental hospital day room . |
6 | Oliver held up the bottom of the pocket with one hand , as he had seen the Dodger hold it , and pulled the handkerchief lightly out of it with the other . |
7 | He had seen to her as he had seen to her mother . |
8 | She pulled him past her , and as he went he let his hand float out casually behind him , as he had seen it done , and was overjoyed to feel her small , damp hand fall solidly into his palm . |
9 | He told it , exactly as he had seen it , not concealing that there were curious and doubtful points in it which even witnessing could not make plain . |
10 | As he had seen no change in her , so she could see little difference in him . |
11 | Antoine 's brown eyes lost that blind unfocused look ; she noticed a faint smile wander over his face as he began to see more clearly . |
12 | The slightly fatherly attendant said he was sure she was safely asleep , as he 'd seen her returning from the washroom at the end of the car and climbing up to her bunk . |
13 | As soon as he 'd seen Buzz safely on the plane to Nice , he planned to drive back to London , where he would telephone Annabel in New York before seeing Miranda . |
14 | Lorton had known who they were as soon as he 'd seen them ; he had been expecting the police , though not quite as soon as this , and in any case salesmen rarely travelled in pairs . |
15 | He 'd known Lucy 's room as soon as he 'd seen it . |
16 | He tittered nervously as he tried to see through the glare of the flames . |