Example sentences of "as [v-ing] [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simple as sneezing to put him on the defensive . |
| 2 | The white boys admire the cheek of the black lad who nicks their Kentucky'n'chips , as well as wanting to beat him up for it , just as many of them secretly envy and try to emulate the black street style which at another level they experience as so invasive . |
| 3 | E. McTaggart , in The Nature of Existence , refers to Russell as having led him ‘ to accept the view that the self is known to itself by direct perception ’ . |
| 4 | Edwards denies this is the case , but in the September issue of Climber and Hill Walker , Mark Edwards was reported as having said he would not report any of his new routes ( or indeed whole areas of development ) until they received a second ascent . |
| 5 | Levein was widely reported after Hearts ' game with Dundee United 48 hours before the squad announcement as having said he would ‘ probably get in if Gordon McQueen is unfit . ’ |
| 6 | They went as far as offering to pay him a retainer on top of his rep salary for two years . |