Example sentences of "as [subord] he have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He well recalls a couplet about him in The Times : ‘ He was right , dead right , as he walked along ; but he was just as dead as if he 'd been wrong . ’ |
| 2 | Upon his return to Saragossa , El Cid was treated as a hero in exactly the same way as if he had been a Moslem . |
| 3 | He had carried her in his arms as naturally as if he had been doing so for years , and she had felt right there . |
| 4 | More important , perhaps , he was in normal uniform , which grounded him as surely as if he had been chained to the nearest hangar door . |
| 5 | So now she got up carefully , her nightdress clinging damply to her body , and laid the sheet back over her sleeping husband with as much respect as if he had been dead . |
| 6 | It was almost as clear as if he had been there . |
| 7 | As regards ( a ) , the Act further provides that a transfer by the deceased 's personal representative , even if he is not a member of the company , is as valid as if he had been . |
| 8 | I thought this would sort of save Steve having to write a letter as as he 'd been er instructed to do . |
| 9 | I fancied that except for a few corrugated iron roofs it still looked the same as when he had been here . |
| 10 | He had slipped up in using Tweed 's name because it had sounded as though he 'd been one of the casualties . |
| 11 | He fell into the chair as though he 'd been hit with a medicine ball and said very little while Malc 's parents discussed what we should do . |
| 12 | He felt as though he 'd been pounded hard by something . |
| 13 | The first , that with so much burnt umber on his hands he looked as though he 'd been playing with his own shit . |
| 14 | He sounded as though he 'd been expecting my call . |
| 15 | Leo was probably fun to be with , a great companion , a good friend , she thought , then gave a wry chagrined smile as he turned towards her as though he 'd been aware of her presence all along — and she might have known he would n't do anything so obliging as to walk off . |
| 16 | He sighed tiredly , as though he had been working for a full day with stone and timber , and tried to listen to James Menzies , who was well away , drinking whisky with Allan and simmering with the news from the west , where the lists had been torn down from the church doors at Fortingall and Kenmore , and from Blair Atholl : the Duke 's factor had had to meet a crowd of more than a thousand and the Duke had signed a paper swearing not to impose the Act . |
| 17 | He made himself wake finally and lay under the covers feeling weak and hot , as though he had been spending energy incessantly all night . |
| 18 | As they wept around his coffin , one relative who said she had dressed the body , said : ‘ It looked as though he had been tortured . ’ |
| 19 | Now , in the sudden silence , Tug felt as though he had been stripped naked and pushed out into a football crowd . |
| 20 | When he woke , sweating and exhausted , with his heart thudding as though he had been running , it was properly morning . |
| 21 | And George stepped back and stared after him , feeling as though he had been slapped , and behind him Mike murmured , ‘ I told you , Dr. Briant . |
| 22 | It felt as though he had been fed through a mincing machine . |
| 23 | ‘ It 's you , ’ he greeted me without delight and as though he had been expecting someone else . |
| 24 | He sounded embarrassed , as though he had been caught in some misdemeanour . |
| 25 | A vagrant was discovered yesterday in Linz , the skin on his face and hands severely burnt almost as though he had been in a fire . |
| 26 | Hazel and Blackberry turned and scuttled up the nearest run as though he had been a ferret . |
| 27 | Strawberry gave a kind of choking squeal , as though he had been wounded . |
| 28 | Dressed in a white shirt and trousers , and with his white hair and a face apparently never submitted to the sunshine , he looked as though he had been rolled in flour preparatory to cooking . |
| 29 | His body was arched as though he had been forced to retreat . |
| 30 | He looked terrible , his face blotched and patchy , his eyes red , as though he had been up all night . |