Example sentences of "[adv] as he [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the sonnet just quoted , for instance , Shakespeare presents the Poet in a humiliating situation , indifferent to the behaviour of the Mistress with other men just so long as he gets some share of the action . |
| 2 | He knew how to hold the Conservative Party together , and , so long as he judged this right , to hold it loyal to Lloyd George . |
| 3 | Diplock LJ 's statement in Mowatt that the harm foreseen need not be GBH so long as he foresaw some physical harm , however minor , was approved in Sullivan [ 1981 ] Crim LR 46 ( CA ) , followed in Jones , above , and approved again in Savage , above ( HL ) , and Parmenter . |
| 4 | Nowhere near big enough for him to finance the war on his own , especially as he gives such a lot to charity . |
| 5 | He clambered up and intercepted her at the kitchen door , enfolding her and drawing her in to his body so that his warmth flowed through to her , just as he had that day when he 'd found her on the beach , lost and afraid ; like him , a victim of the past . |
| 6 | Spencer thus condemned any attempt to change women 's position in society , just as he opposed any state intervention to safeguard the position of the poor and weak . |
| 7 | Just as he did this , the government had a change of heart and decided that there would after all be a Private Members ' ballot . |
| 8 | As soon as he had any money he spent it on going to Central America or Thailand by the cheapest possible means to look at some new underground . |
| 9 | As soon as he said this , I did n't believe him . |
| 10 | And as soon as he put some funnels and that down it rods pressure came back . |
| 11 | He also became disenchanted with the amount of the correspondence ; his replies become shorter and shorter until , in September 1937 , his secretary wrote , " Mr Eliot also asked me to say that he is intending to write to you as soon as he has several consecutive free hours " . |
| 12 | Mr Lewis 's smile seemed to broaden slightly as he said this . |
| 13 | Ranulf gulped noisily as he saw all the colour drain from the Prince 's face . |
| 14 | That is , as far as he trusts any woman . |
| 15 | Not , strangely , of Hampshire , well as he served that county as committee member , guide , counsel , and lifelong follower . |
| 16 | But no , even as he thought this , he realized the hopelessness of the task ahead of him . |
| 17 | Gary , even as he spoke these words , had an uncomfortable vision of Nutty 's harsh determination , and felt slightly uneasy . |
| 18 | She remembered him laughing kindly as he said this , because he liked Joe , he liked Joe very much ; but at the same time he felt guilty about him , because in a way he had made use of him as a sort of cover . |
| 19 | Fairham swallowed hard as he saw another portion of the carcass cut away by a powerful blow . |
| 20 | Yet as he developed this , the government emerged as the Pharisees , weighing down the people with unjust laws , and the right claimed by Jesus to satisfy his disciples ' hunger became the right of East Germans to satisfy their hunger for truth . |
| 21 | Stonily as he said this , it could only give the CO another opportunity for a barb . |