Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [vb infin] as he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Vlado told me that I must do as he asked — but I could simply make myself appear a fool by reporting news of no consequence . |
| 2 | Although we have a joint account , he is the one who has taken it into overdraft and I do n't see why I should do as he suggests . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't know anything about the Bamford Hunt , ’ Meredith said , suddenly finding him unattractive and pushy , his manner hectoring , and disliking both the way he assumed she would agree with him and the arrogance he displayed in failing to give any reason why she should do as he asked . |
| 4 | Well you might find as he 's got a good , good disciplined school he 'll Unless of course he 's of the opposite |
| 5 | And he had pigs ' eyes , was all that she could think as he said , ‘ Let me call you back , ’ into the phone and then cradled it before standing and , still holding her arm and not much caring about how it would hurt , moving to close the office door . |
| 6 | Without a murmur she would do as he bid . |
| 7 | Eva , who was more used to giving than receiving orders , determined she would do as he said . |
| 8 | Kate knew she would do as he suggested . |
| 9 | What it says is Man deþ swá hé byþ þonne hé mót swá hé wile , ‘ Man does as he is when he may do as he wishes ’ , or more colloquially ‘ you show what you 're like when you can do what you like ’ . |
| 10 | It is not right he should live as he does in this house , with nobody but strangers to talk to . |
| 11 | " Jane , " he 'll ask as he signs an expense claim , Why did you invest in this trip to see Pierre Broger in Paris ? " |
| 12 | Sinatra seemed to reach a point where he thought he could do as he liked . |
| 13 | He could do as he liked with his own property , could n't he ? |
| 14 | As it was , she became more and more incensed as she tried to break out of his limpet-like hold , the result being that when she did manage to break free she was so outraged — just because she was a female contracts officer , the boss 's son thought he could do as he liked with her — that she verbally tore into him . |
| 15 | But no desert when it comes to wild life , for this is the Flow Country where David Bellamy brought to popular attention how deep he could sink as he cavorted from tuft to tuft of floating bog . |
| 16 | In some cases , where the childhood has been unhappy or deprived , there is no such happy occasion to build upon ; in such instances I start by asking the patient to tell me what he could see as he lay in bed at night — this often brings its own feelings of security to even the unhappiest child . |
| 17 | Except , of course , she could never — ever — tell them what that folly had led to — even if , looking back , she could now honestly say that she had done nothing to provoke it , that she could have expected anger from Havvie at her changing her mind , but never that he would do as he did . |
| 18 | ‘ Hey lads , ’ he would shout as he pushed his head through the door , ‘ Did I tell you about the cover from ‘ What Difference … ’ ? |
| 19 | ‘ Excuse me ! ’ he would scream as he slashed at her throat , ‘ I am here ! |
| 20 | To test for this intention we would have to establish whether he would act as he did in situations where he had no reason to believe that he could thereby induce the false belief in question . |
| 21 | ‘ God love us , ’ he would mutter as he stumbled upstairs , ‘ and now would n't that be a thing ? |
| 22 | ‘ It 's naughty of me , I know , ’ he would say as he put the phone down . |