Example sentences of "as you had [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not so averse to the boy as you had led me to believe , eh ? ’ |
| 2 | To the best of my recollection I mentioned their existence as soon as you had expressed dissatisfaction with Northumberland Avenue . |
| 3 | Again you just looked at me , and I knew I had to do as you had done , so I stretched out my right hand and touched the bones , which were slightly sticky . |
| 4 | Christine paused most meaningfully … ‘ she said as you had given it to her , sir . |
| 5 | A month might go by in which you do not lose as much weight as you had hoped . |
| 6 | But I am mindful in the midst of my own troubles ma'am that you are not in good health for Miss Blagden has told me so and I am sorry to hear it and to think of you unable to leave your room and I am sorry too that the Rome winter does not prove as gentle as you had hoped . |
| 7 | When you actually tackle the problem case it will not be as bad as you had thought . |
| 8 | I was you I I arrived as you had left er so |
| 9 | The responsibility for bearing human beings was too great for a human being to bear : to bring a child into the world was a terrible thing to do unless you could be sure that there was someone at the end to take it out with at least as much love and care as you had brought it in with . |
| 10 | It was taking out a girl with a trail of boasts littering the streets behind you , although you both returned as virginal as you had set off but usually much colder . |
| 11 | You will say I ought to have informed you I would not part with the boy in such circumstances as you had taken trouble to describe but until I saw the girl I was not sure in my own mind what to do and only made it up when confronted with her and not taking to her at all . |