Example sentences of "as he [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matt 's pretty fit from all those outdoor movies where they put olive oil on his pectorals ( though not as fit as he ought to be ) and the two of us gave the crew a bit of a hard time , said union rules did n't apply in the Jungle , and so on . |
| 2 | Not as alive as he used to be , ’ runs the caption to one cartoon . |
| 3 | And here he was , a man turned sixty , still upright , but no longer handsome or as jolly as he used to be . |
| 4 | Alain Prost is not as quick as he used to be but was smarter , and Nigel Mansell is not the smoothest driver around but he has a lot of ‘ mechanical talent ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Not as alive as he used to be ’ |
| 6 | So they have to pretend he 's still ill and just as disagreeable as he used to be ! ’ |
| 7 | He is not so light-hearted now as he used to be — too much responsibility . |
| 8 | Do we really need him now , there 's no way he 's going to be as good as he used to be , and he 's probably the size of Mick Quinn now anyway : - ) |
| 9 | Cos he is n't home as much as he used to be . |