Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [adv] as he " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be impossible to persuade anyone to act as trustee unless the discretion entrusted to him were very liberally conferred , and it is now possible for a trustee to delegate to an agent , not merely pieces of business requiring especial skill , but the whole business of the trust , and escape liability so long as he acts in good faith . |
| 2 | The tsar had been enthusiastic about change so long as he remained in the orbit of Elena Pavlovna , but in St Petersburg his convictions or his courage deserted him . |
| 3 | Drink had made George sentimental and he turned his mouth down lugubriously as he remembered his steady and the down payment on the furniture . |
| 4 | He took a sandwich as casually as he could , covering the embarrassment of his capitulation by asking : ‘ What were those foreign words you said a moment ago ? ’ |
| 5 | El-Jorr felt the loss as keenly as he would have mourned his cowboy boots or his 4 × 4 Chevy with the Texas plates — the card was a basic prop of his all-American image . |
| 6 | ‘ He 'll mention the Echo as often as he possibly can , ’ Graham said dryly , and defiantly filled his glass with whisky for the second time . |
| 7 | Benjamin seized his torch , brought the flame as near as he could and examined not the wounds , but rather the dead priest 's shabby , bloodstained tunic . |
| 8 | Jack drove the car as near as he could towards the station building and switched off the faltering engine . |
| 9 | Aiming the shotgun as steadily as he could with his right hand despite the throbbing pain of his wounded bicep , Grant reached down and across his body with his left . |
| 10 | It was the difference between a vast public enterprise , and a local farmer making a living as economically as he could . |
| 11 | The gaoler was appointed , made his living as best as he could from bribes , favours , anxious relatives and profits from the already meagre food allocation — and was allowed to get on with it . |
| 12 | Then he hurled it off the roof as far as he could , shouting at the top of his voice a threat to all evil spirits : warning them that tonight was the night they must leave the village for good . |
| 13 | Sir Anthony had concluded his business with the plump lawyer as far as he was able to overcome his distaste for discussing deals or mentioning money , and he was holding back the brambles for her , as it were , letting her into their company , and she butted through , a young dog again , let out for a walk . |
| 14 | And all of the family starting to watch the boy more closely as he sailed or forced himself through one limit after the other — a talent , it was beginning to seem , in every pocket . |
| 15 | ‘ Hello , ’ said Mrs. Hennessy , turning off the vacuum cleaner once again as he came into the room . |
| 16 | The only thing to do now was finish the plane and get back to Gibbet Hall as quickly as he could . |
| 17 | His men , who knew the law as well as he , looked at him expectantly . |
| 18 | He went along the passage as silently as he could , and , safely in his room , flung himself on his bed without undressing . |
| 19 | Having said that , he enjoyed the depth of conviction to be heard at a conventicle and slipped away to a service on the muirs above the village as often as he was able to do so . |
| 20 | 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 " . |
| 21 | No one has ever conducted the big man-hunt scene as well as he . |
| 22 | But when you 're a £2.5m striker who 's living up to his price-tag as spectacularly as he has done , there are always going to be people out to bring you down a peg or two . |
| 23 | Tory backbencher Richard Body sees farming rather differently as he commutes from his Lincolnshire constituency . |
| 24 | Shearer took the ribbing as philosophically as he took the tackles , then assured anxious witnesses the goals would return . |
| 25 | Juron stared up the tube as far as he could see , and nodded . |
| 26 | ‘ He can sit in a dug out watching our A team as comfortably as he can sit in London , not being involved for five days . ’ |
| 27 | If Ellwood went to the house , Zeno got him out of the place as fast as he could . |
| 28 | Despite the elegance , it was a completely masculine presence , and he dominated the room as easily as he had his own office . |
| 29 | As always , the risk element was the icing on the cake as far as he was concerned He breathed in the fine night air and hummed the tune of Colonel Bogey in time with his silent footsteps . |
| 30 | Darlington Tory association chairman Bill Smith said in Saturday 's story that Fallon could have the constituency nomination so long as he wanted it . |