Example sentences of "as he [verb] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God , thought Dalziel as he had frequently thought for the past twenty years , you 're the most miserable-looking bugger I ever saw . |
| 2 | As he had previously received mediastinal irradiation he was treated with combination chemotherapy that resulted in long term survival ( >five years ) . |
| 3 | Robbe-Grillet showed himself to be willing to embrace this psychological/subjectivist mode of analysis as readily as he had previously accepted Roland Barthes 's imprimatur as the model chosiste . |
| 4 | In November 1259 the barons in Council raised the annual salary of the Justice of the Forests south of Trent from 100 to 200 marks a year , and his colleague for the northern forests was in August 1260 granted an annual salary of 60 marks , instead of having to pay an annual farm of the same sum as he had previously done . |
| 5 | Highlighted by his 333 at Lord 's , his Test average shot up from 36.90 to more than 40 — no mean achievement as he had already played more than 130 Test innings . |
| 6 | Judge John Petrie said although the offence was very serious he felt it would be unjust to jail McAteer again as he had already served a sentence in connection with this ongoing dispute . |
| 7 | In 810 he even boasted that he might visit Charles in Aachen , as he had already made deep inroads into Frisia . |
| 8 | Every time Dustin saw his name in block letters on the marquee of a movie house , he was assailed with thoughts of his own mortality , a subject that constantly obsessed him , especially as he had already seen into the abyss . |
| 9 | Though , as he had already noted , Matthew was aware that to one stratum of society the choice between Annabel 's or Regine 's could be seriously serious . |
| 10 | She was of course interested in his progress , but as he had already told them , a mother substitute had been appointed to give the child his direct physical care . |
| 11 | He saw no inconsistency between such temporary infatuations and the matrimonial ideal he presented now to Hooton , as he had already discussed it with Helen : ‘ I am not at all sure that there is anywhere a loftier , while there could be no sweeter , perfection than that of a household ’ . |
| 12 | But a great man , a potens , in Charles 's kingdom could quit the scene as completely as he had momentarily seemed to dominate it : if he died leaving only young sons , or no sons at all , or if he moved to another Carolingian kingdom , Charles might redistribute his honores as he put it , voluntarie — " in accordance with my will " . |
| 13 | As he had just said , he did genuinely want to help . |
| 14 | As he had just broken it . |
| 15 | The Judge held the air of someone very world-weary , and this was accurate to some extent , as he had just re-read the case notes , and sensed today was going to be another long day . |
| 16 | He was not available for comment , however , as he had just flown off to Australia . |
| 17 | Was that because those could n't blank themselves , as he had just done ? |
| 18 | As he had just left her . |
| 19 | Birkenhead , the chairman of the committee , which had produced rather limp conclusions , is reported to have broken an awed silence to announce that if the Prime Minister spoke to the House as he had just spoken to the Cabinet he would do so with unanimous support and triumphant outcome . |
| 20 | Odd that he had n't noticed how long the fingers were or with what apparent gentleness they had taped the plastic bags over the girl 's hand to preserve , as he had tonelessly explained , conscientious in his role of instructor , any evidence under the fingernails . |
| 21 | As he had finally got back to Mrs Lorimer 's and was washing his face , he was wondering how much of the dirty water of the drug scene had washed over Rose and Steve . |
| 22 | He was extremely gentle with Sarah Morgan , as he had implicitly promised her daughter , but it was a desperately painful experience , and , he began to fear , not a useful one . |
| 23 | It arrived at his desk , as he had privately hoped , simply because he was the long-stop for security/intelligence matters that nobody else wanted to field . |
| 24 | As he had also made birdies at the first and third , he was four under par , eclipsing even Raymond Floyd 's start . |
| 25 | Gregory converted the try and as he had also kicked a penalty goal early in the match Nottingham were on their way . |
| 26 | The solicitor acting for the College sought to argue that the Rybak case did not help Mr Sen as he had also acted on the advice of a solicitor . |
| 27 | Now the Thames was a thread of silver below them , and Fenna flew as he had never flown before . |
| 28 | This was no sudden decision on his part , as he had never intended to stay longer than two years after the 1974 election . |
| 29 | Yanto broke out of his protective screen and ran as he had never ran before . |
| 30 | It was also free of DTI civil servants as he had quietly ascertained while they waited for their lunch to arrive . |