Example sentences of "as he have [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took the Canal Turn as fluently as he had on the first circuit , then swept towards Valentine 's Brook . |
| 2 | Hazel ; looking at them , felt almost as insecure as he had on the river bank . |
| 3 | " Why are they doing all this work so early in the morning ? " she asked Captain Duro when he appeared on deck looking as spruce and polished as he had on the first day she met him . |
| 4 | If she made no response , he might well climb over the wall all the same , as he had on the previous night ; on the other hand if she went to him and they were caught his offence would be deemed the worse , for being found on Roscarrock property was one thing , but being caught dallying with a servant girl was another . |
| 5 | Later , after she had visited Joy for the last time and he had filled her arms with fruit , as he had on every visit , she made her way to the cemetery . |
| 6 | He no longer felt as confident and secure as he had on his arrival . |
| 7 | He might also have said , as he had on countless occasions , that although he had constantly looked to the British for advice , he distrusted them acutely . |
| 8 | He looked exactly as he had on the day of their last meeting , the day of his departure to the United States : calm yet concerned , sensitive yet restrained , the perfect model of the thinking politician . |
| 9 | The warrant officer was speechless , but not for long and he thundered at him as he had on me a few minutes before . |
| 10 | He breathed the name against her cheek , just as he had on the night of the party . |
| 11 | Just as he had with Ann , Tommy had taken over at Christopher 's . |
| 12 | That was the frightening part , losing control , just as he had with Mary , not being able to do anything about it — not knowing when it would happen again . |
| 13 | He 's had 10 times the number of commission bids for Vung Tau as he had for Nanking — ‘ and this is a much smaller cargo ’ . |
| 14 | He 'd have quite liked to have spent the night on the couch in Polly 's living room , as he had for the last few months of their marriage , but it had not been offered as an option and he supposed it was just as well . |
| 15 | He had written for the ‘ Manchester Guardian ’ on the subject during the seasons of 1933/4/5 , then in 1937 he began writing for the ‘ Glasgow Herald ’ — not reporting on county cricket as he had for the ‘ Guardian ’ but instead turning his impeccable knowledge of the game to the study of the nature of the game itself . |
| 16 | To keep a pony in the middle of a town , and keep him fit , was hard work , as he had to be exercised every day , and the surrounding neighbourhood was hardly a horseman 's paradise . |
| 17 | He struggled on , as he had to . |
| 18 | He said , just as he had to both his other passengers : " Home for Christmas , eh ducks ? |
| 19 | I asked Toby why he thought John had reacted as violently as he had to the whole business of our falling in love . |
| 20 | Brief introductions were made and Porter explained about their last cell-mate , just as he had to the prison delegation . |
| 21 | He explained , as he had to everyone else , how his act had come about : Miss Wilkinson 's charades , the visit to Madame Tussaud 's . |
| 22 | Osvaldo came up as he had to , his face contorted with the tearing pain . |
| 23 | But he had given patient thought to the matter , just as he had to the rest of the alien anatomy ; and he had ventured on what I can only call an abstraction of the human face . |
| 24 | ( 149 ) How could he exert authority over them — make them toe the line , as he had to — if he knuckled under … |
| 25 | Perhaps that would explain it , why he 'd lost his composure with Antonini , why he 'd reacted as he had to the woman . |
| 26 | Before I had completed a question about whether he would like to be Chancellor , MacGregor broke in to say with a smile , as he had to : ‘ But I am enjoying being at transport . |
| 27 | According to Le Matin , Joffre ( responding in much the same way as he had to General de Langle earlier ) , said ‘ let him do what he wants ’ and then went back to sleep . |
| 28 | He must have had as fine a view of the burgeoning industry of Glasgow , as he had of the stars when he peered up at the heavens from the University Observatory at Dowanhill . |
| 29 | It was the first time they had met although he had known of her existence as he had of all the handful of people who lived , as the Lydsett villagers said , ‘ t' other side of the gate ’ . |
| 30 | El Cid now became an honoured member of Alfonso 's court — but he no longer held the high office of Ensign as he had during Sancho 's reign . |