Example sentences of "as he [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had met Graham , or Green as he had referred to him throughout the interrogation , for the first time at the Windorah . |
| 2 | This was particularly annoying as he had wanted particulars of Gale asplenii folio [ i.e. Comptonia peregrina var aspleniifolia ] for the revised seventh edition of the Dictionary . |
| 3 | Looking back , it seemed to Freddie that she had simply wanted him and him alone — as he had wanted her . |
| 4 | But he might at least be " useful " , as he had wanted , and part of that usefulness lay in the fact that , on one level at least , his poetry could have a public and national purpose — although , when the war had been won , he no longer cared to draw attention to those aspects of it . |
| 5 | He had had what all men wanted , exactly as he had wanted it . |
| 6 | If she had slept with him , he had meant , and agreed to move in with him as he had wanted . |
| 7 | The injury was a severe setback for Roebuck as he had gained a taste of international rugby when he toured France and Canada with the Wallabies at the end of 1989 . |
| 8 | As soon as he had gained control , Sandys brought about another change in the Virginia Company 's way of running things ; he told the Company 's governor in the colony to have an assembly elected from among the colonists to give him advice and to act as the legislative body to pass any local laws needed inside the colony . |
| 9 | I think we despised him in our highhanded way because as he had joined the Met service after the end of the war , he had never actually been in uniform . |
| 10 | He had stripped off his shirt as soon as he had joined in . |
| 11 | With little desire to talk , she walked beside Tom to his car — the sports car this time , as he had exchanged keys with Bill a few minutes ago . |
| 12 | Was he perhaps not quite as indifferent to her as he had pretended after all ? |
| 13 | She played with him as he had played with , played her . |
| 14 | A nurse in a pale blue designer trouser suit ( how unlike the dear old National Health ! ) gave Frank a dirty look , as he had rushed out in T-shirt , jeans and trainers . |
| 15 | He continued to urge Canterbury 's supremacy over York , and in the general settlement of 1107 , Archbishop Gerard promised at last to show him the same obedience as archbishop as he had owed as bishop of Hereford . |
| 16 | Not just Giles 's spite-filled revenge , but the expression in Nathan Bryce 's eyes as he had gazed down from the dais . |
| 17 | After animadverting bitterly on the demands made on his old bones , as he had heaved the lady 's portmanteau into the boot , he had climbed laboriously into the gig without even offering to assist her to do the same . |
| 18 | At the last minute Reg Seekings had to drop out as he had injured his hand when a detonator exploded prematurely . |
| 19 | We did not therefore send off the telegram he had drafted to Molotov , more especially as he had received from Eden a cold and almost minatory minute just before the Cabinet began . |
| 20 | As a result , he got the same response as he had received at Munich : ‘ Sorry , no vacancies ’ . |
| 21 | He could not afford to antagonize Anselm , but — with motives very similar to those which led Anselm to maintain the rights of his see as he had received them from his predecessors — he had no intention of abandoning any rights enjoyed by his father and brother . |
| 22 | As soon as he had received news of the death of Professor Khan he had requested a meeting with the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council , at the Chairman 's earliest convenience . |
| 23 | I had to accept the fact that he was an individualist , and that for him the only tolerable war was one in which he felt he was making some personal contribution — personal , but never ‘ glory-seeking ’ , as he had made clear in 1940 , not least by being prepared to postpone obtaining his commission . |
| 24 | As he had made a special point of emphasizing ; there was absolutely no room for friendship or personal favours in this business . |
| 25 | He is a retired reverend , and I thought that , as he had made the effort , it might be nice to ask him to say a prayer to round off the proceedings . |
| 26 | Sensibly , but with some sensitivity , her boss made the same points to Muriel as he had made in his reference , asking her at the same time if these conflicts had ever arisen out of the office with family friends or neighbours . |
| 27 | Then , having deposited the folder of foolscap pages on Whitaker 's desk , the Head of Serials made as rapid a departure as he had made an entrance . |
| 28 | Although he was not as ill as he had made out to Elaine , he still felt a bit under the weather . |
| 29 | In particular , as a first step towards clearing the area , he was suggesting that , as Macmillan had advised , the Cossacks should be handed over to the Soviet authorities , although , as he had made clear to Tolbukhin 's HQ , he could not do this without Gen McCreery 's authorization . |
| 30 | However , as he had made a start , he was determined to continue come what may … |