Example sentences of "as he [is] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We was in t'workhouse together and 'e 'll do as 'e 's told , which is more than a lot of 'usbands does . ’ |
| 2 | His student visa is only valid as long as he 's enrolled at a school , so we went to Clive and tried to get him expelled . |
| 3 | An act of love occurs , for which the john , or the trick as he 's called , for some reason , will be swiftly remunerated . |
| 4 | Bishop of Gibraltar , or rather Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe as he 's called nowadays , ’ supplied the Archdeacon . |
| 5 | Gary as he 's called is still trained by the Pitmans on the Lambourn Downs … |
| 6 | As he 's said of his ill-fated time at Virgin Records , ‘ I had to keep telling people they 're not going to make me into the next Sting . ’ |
| 7 | Mark is one , as he 's said , and ( ) is another — your list messages sent to him bounce back to me . |
| 8 | He goes as he 's ridden ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ As he 's sent his love to us all , take your share , Jo . ’ |
| 10 | As shown with Elizabeth and Harry , the man feels very much threatened , as he 's lost his job , by retiring , and it now looks as though he is losing his wife as well . |
| 11 | This must be particularly pleasing for Glass as he 's wanted to put Peake 's fantasy trilogy on stage for some time . |
| 12 | Steady sums , increasing over the years as he 's become more pious . |
| 13 | He says it is natural for an artist to be concerned with the environment , as he 's exposed to it so often when working outside . |
| 14 | Just as soon as he 's made his greetings and told his news . ’ |
| 15 | This chap with the leg or something who wants to see you said something about being or having been a patient , but not being here as one now , and as he 's loaded with flowers for you and I did n't know how Old Red would take it , I used the sterilizer . ’ |
| 16 | Some fathers say that their child does as he 's told while the mother complains that she has no control . |
| 17 | ‘ He 'll do as he 's told ! ’ |
| 18 | And because Pooh has learned this correlation , just as he 's learned that bees correlate with honey , Eeyore can tell Pooh that thistles are off simply by sighing , without using any language at all . |
| 19 | ‘ Can I get him to come up to Rainbow , Nurse Charles , as soon as he 's finished ? ’ asked Juliet . |
| 20 | He remembers before especially some idiot handing him a photo of his friend Jochen Rindt 's grave through the window of his car , and he remembers after , the sound of a chopper as he 's wafted off to hospital , but not the accident itself . |
| 21 | John Bitumen ( or Raging Bullshit as he 's known amongst his colleagues ) , is never one to sit on the fence ( vandalising it is more to his nature ) . |
| 22 | After paying the price of fame brought by The Godfather and beating the booze Al Capuccino — as he 's known on set — says his three-year-old daughter has given him a new meaning to life . |
| 23 | David Archer — or boss as he 's known locally — is the local area co-ordinator for the scheme . |
| 24 | So far as he 's let , he knows his mind very well , he determines and he does . |
| 25 | In other words the courts are not required to be so vigilant in his case as he is presumed to have negotiated the terms of his contract . |
| 26 | Cam is denied the colour and glamour of Barbados as he is kept at work on a tally of the cargo as it is landed : later , a talk with the captain helps him to see this and other causes for resentment in a different light . |
| 27 | WAVE OF SUPPORT : Tebbit greets delegates as he is given a standing ovation after his onslaught on John Major yesterday |
| 28 | This is his favourite event , together with the Open — an event where he is as surprised as he is flattered by the support he gets from the British public . |
| 29 | As he is dragged away by men in white coats to the Gerry Marsden Home For The Incurably Sad And Pathetic , sexy Simes appeals one last time to the kids — ‘ Do you lot think a rock 'n' roll band can ever change anything ? ’ |
| 30 | A moment of discomfort for Allan Lamb during his 93 , as he is hit on the helmet by medium-pacer Shane Thomson |