Example sentences of "as he [vb past] when [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man on the horse saw and wondered , just as he had when he came to a bend in the road outside the city and saw the panorama of classical buildings and shining Avon . |
| 2 | He had n't concentrated on one thing for years now as he had when he 'd started collecting stamps at the age of nine , so careful , so worried , so never leaving anything for a minute that could be done straight away by him . |
| 3 | Travis , when she met him , looked as dreadful as he had when he 'd called to pick up his car yesterday . |
| 4 | Rachel walked behind him , dishevelled , weary and full of resentment that Damian Flint should look as cool and immaculate as he had when he 'd first arrived . |
| 5 | He started to back away , just as he had when he saw my dad . |
| 6 | And although there was all these figures and er and he explained what was best , I mean he was purely a financial I mean he he as he said when we went in cos it does n't make no difference , I I I 'm not attached to anything . |
| 7 | He was out again early ; too early even for the car to have been ticketed yet , as he found when he got in and turned the engine over to be sure that the cold and damp of the early hours would n't leave him with any last-minute problems . |
| 8 | He even painted their absences , painting empty cradles , or the mother attached to an unseen cradle by a cord which she is pulling , as he did when he painted Madame Roulin 's portrait at Arles . |
| 9 | ‘ If he says he needs a fresh challenge every six to 12 months , as he did when he left Leeds , he is only expressing the natural motivation every top sportsman requires . |
| 10 | She 'd never seen anyone move as fast as he did when he put poor old Dan Pearson on his back . |
| 11 | Yet when asked how long it takes each week to prepare and construct the next sequence , Dr Postlethwait is accustomed to laugh heartily ( as he did when I asked him ) and reply , " Oh , about fifty hours . " |