Example sentences of "as he had [vb pp] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , he got the same response as he had received at Munich : ‘ Sorry , no vacancies ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Ah ! ’ he observed , as he had done at Bantry Bay , ‘ None but my brave English could do so brave an action ! ’ |
| 3 | He started successfully there , as he had done at Hawtrey 's , winning academic prizes and achieving a fair success at games . |
| 4 | She had been standing on the bank above him with her booted feet apart , her hands jammed into the pockets of her tight-fitting breeches , and for a fleeting instant he looked at her appraisingly as he had done at the reception . |
| 5 | There was a bit less hair on his scalp but he looked as fit as he had done at their previous brief meetings . |
| 6 | He took her arm as he had done at the house , his hand under her elbow , her weight against him , and she was powerless to alter the facts . |
| 7 | As he had looked at her Vass 's expression had sobered . |
| 8 | When at last a reluctant taker was found he asked to be recalled almost as soon as he had arrived at his post . |
| 9 | It had not been as he had dreamed at that time with the beloved of his youth : fame and glory , honour and victory . |
| 10 | He was engulfed once more in an indescribable peace , and knew again , as he had known at dawn on the outskirts of Zweeloo , that he belonged to life , that the primal desire of man is to come into being , to achieve this peace . |