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Example sentences of "[subord] he have [adv] [vb pp] [adv] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Although he had always worked hard to maintain good relations with the tsar and the central government , he was not a professional courtier .
2	He still shot a 68 , driving better than he 'd ever done before , using a club acquired from Eamonn Darcy only a month before .
3	The intensity was more than he had ever felt before .
4	His latest speech seemed to go further than he had ever gone before in advocating force to achieve the kind of England he wanted .
5	Gazzer felt closer to Marie now than he had ever done before , and it mattered to him very much that she should take him seriously .
6	The same hand tapped Charlie on the shoulder a moment later , and off he ran , faster than he had ever run before , despite having to carry a rifle in one hand and a pack on his back .
7	Importantly for Nicholson , this quirk in the social order was all that was needed to give him the kick-start he required , and it also provided him with more money than he had ever earned before .
8	He spoke more seriously than he had ever spoken before .
9	This year , the phoenix has risen from its ashes , a phoenix in brighter plumage than he has ever worn before .
10	The Emperor Domitian condemned him , so he had evidently seemed so , to a Roman .
11	Once he had even got as far as adding ‘ before you … ’ and then tailed off into his private grumbles .
12	The cool cream , and the expert manipulation of her dancing fingers produced a hard-on like he 'd never had before .
13	He looked as if he had just stepped straight out of one of those bespoke tailors in Saville Row in London 's West End .
14	He looked as if he had just stepped out of a drawing room in the shires .
15	Of similar vintage I can recall Billy Lane turning up for an open match on the Swadlincote waters , looking as if he had just stepped out of a time warp .
16	Ray Shepherd looked up at them as coolly as if he had just driven in to work on a routine day .
17	Beside him Gosse looked down , as if he had already seen where this led .
18	If he had indeed come up here determined to end his life , then he might have climbed over the guard rail , leaving a scrap of thread behind as he did so .
19	The same applied to her cousin Bean but Jazz , if he had never ridden before , had a natural balance that made him look positively accomplished beside the other two .
20	He could have kicked around forever in the States , and if he had never come here he might have never gotten anywhere .
21	There was a feverish blush to his cheeks , as if he had seldom found so receptive an audience for his speculations .
22	The Santerres were waiting for us with Bowyer who looked as if he had really settled in , shirt open at the collar , stubby feet enclosed in buskins whilst his fat face was flushed with drink and his breath smelt like a wine press .
23	‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery .
24	Singer 's face was flushed as if he 'd just got out of a hot bath .
25	If he 's already gone home tomorrow morning will do just as well . ’
26	When I quip that he sounds as if he has just come round from anaesthetic , Eva says , ‘ He has . ’
27	He made 829 runs in four matches ( he missed the Lord 's Test through illness ) in 1976 , which was statistically his best performance , and if he has never made quite so many since that must just be because of the demands , physical and psychological , of playing so much top cricket .
28	The question is , if he has subsequently borrowed more from the testator , up to what point he has been released from his debts .
29	Cursin " he was " cos he 'd just settled down to his kipper .
30	Rory had driven up and slipped into her bed like lightning , because he had already cooked up the plan to try and entice Jessica Roberts to go with him to Galway , and needed to sweeten Rosie for another evening 's absence .