Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] he [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as the first ring sounded he knew she was not there , that the sound of the telephone was reverberating through empty rooms , as lost and desolate as wind crying across a salt marsh , as hopeless as he felt his own heart to be . |
| 2 | Then , as he was trying to think of something to say to her ( all the speeches he had prepared had somehow been predicated on the fact that , although in distress , she would be lovely , well dressed , and as sweet-smelling as he remembered her ) , an emaciated individual in a green jacket pushed his way rudely between them . |
| 3 | Secondly , he was disturbed by the fact that spiritual truths did n't stir his emotions or grip his imagination as much as he felt they should . |
| 4 | That was as much as he felt he could cope with for a while , but he was soon to be ‘ prevailed upon by government ’ to become chairman of British Steel in double harness with the Tate $ Lyle job . |
| 5 | And he 'd never tell us , he , he 'd never , he 'd always tell us as much as he thought we could accept . |
| 6 | It contained a large white marble bust of the Shah 's father , Reza Shah , who had dominated his son as much as he had his country . |
| 7 | He knew the machine like an old friend ( it would probably be the personality he 'd miss most ) , but he still could n't trust it as much as he trusted himself . |
| 8 | As much as he trusted anybody . |
| 9 | He knew then that she still wanted him as much as he wanted her . |
| 10 | A deep responsive pulse seemed to begin pounding deep in her stomach , and she knew that she wanted him every bit as much as he wanted her , that every fibre of her being was throbbing with the compulsive drive of passionate need and desire . |
| 11 | That way people could stare at him as much as they wanted to and as much as he wanted them to ; then at the crucial moment he would lift his face and turn those famous eyes on his chosen suitor for the evening . |
| 12 | Dr Arnold lauded the Reference team as much as he did his favourite orchestra , who sat down and played his works without any rehearsals or having read the music . |
| 13 | He would settle accounts with his landlady , who hated his guts as much as he hated hers , then he would pack , then he would go home . |
| 14 | He was good at his job , though not as good as he thought he was , and his smugness irritated Wycliffe . |
| 15 | ‘ He told me that all his life he was such a shit , and he finally realized he could make someone as happy as he made me , ’ recalls Joey . |
| 16 | ‘ Jack Scamp is a south-of-the-river villain who was never as tough or as important as he thought he was . |
| 17 | It was true ; his headache had come back again but it was n't that bad , not as bad as he got them in term-time . |
| 18 | Yeah cos if it was as bad as he said it was , I mean he would only stand up for one or two hours at a time , whereas he 'd been up since nine , he was still sitting up at one o'clock when I arrived there |