Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul Burrough was the happiest , as his was the only fish caught in his section , resulting in him scooping the same cash as the winner . |
| 2 | Then Bernard suggested taking part himself , an idea which was vetoed however , as his was not the name associated with the company . |
| 3 | She believed she lay before him as golden-white as he , the amber budded on her breasts , the fleece of her groin indigo-black , dosed and secretive as his was not . |
| 4 | Her life was as important to her as his was to him . |
| 5 | She stared into fitzAlan 's hard , relentless eyes , and behind her fear that tiny flicker of resentment flared into sudden blazing life with the force of a rage as hot as his was cold . |
| 6 | Then , serious again , he continued soberly , ‘ Anyway , as I wuz sayin' , I do n't think we 've anythin' to worry about as far as this Angel One fella 's concerned . |
| 7 | He finds himself ‘ considering the idea of flight ’ , and the idea of defeat : ‘ 1 suppose that , thinking of my own harassment and Raymond 's defeat , I had begun to consider Yvette a defeated person as well , trapped in the town , as sick of herself and the wasting asset of her body as I was sick of myself and my anxieties . ’ |
| 8 | They could not be let into it , but there was a duty to entertain them , and , as I was told , not to stare . |
| 9 | Charles wanted his protégé in and as I was the resident ( and unpopular ) Baroque sculpture specialist , I happened to be in the way . |
| 10 | It was a book of photographs of London between the wars — a slightly tactless gesture as I was only eleven when World War Two was declared , but the sentiments were , I sensed , sincere , so I was touched by their kindness . |
| 11 | If you have already thought up a sensible solution to my problems , that puts you one up on me as I was then , because I was completely flummoxed by the whole thing . |
| 12 | It took courage to do this as I was fearful the ants might swarm over the spade and run all the way up the handle to my hands . |
| 13 | I found myself lying to her , although my lies seemed to me to represent the truth as soon as I was out of Aisha 's house . |
| 14 | It 's a long day out , but a most rewarding one , as I was to discover . |
| 15 | ‘ As I was blind , it was arranged for me to stay at the organiser 's house . |
| 16 | Contacts : yes , these , as I was to discover , were of prime importance : they were part of the game . |
| 17 | He was probably just as shit scared as I was . |
| 18 | I soon forgot about the heavy object as I was finding it very difficult to keep awake . |
| 19 | The man standing behind her spoke as I was turning to walk away . |
| 20 | As I was leaving the house Pat shouted after me , ‘ Piper , your friend Taff who shares the trench with you in the orchard has been transferred to one of the Commando units around the village . |
| 21 | As I was leaving the front of the house two jeeps arrived with wounded aboard , one of whom I recognised straight away . |
| 22 | I could feel the blast on my back as I was pitched forward , landing face down on the ground unable to move and gasping for breath . |
| 23 | One evening as I was walking through the village , I heard a voice coming from the gable end of a cottage , ‘ Bonsoir , Monsieur . |
| 24 | I realised that they were all as shit-scared as I was and were content to stay where they were . |
| 25 | As I was ushered into Mark Shand 's spacious flat in South Kensington I saw lying on the living table a book called Living Dangerously . |
| 26 | Right to the centre , as I was about to cross pall Mall . |
| 27 | Whilst I saw myself as the hero 's faithful sidekick got up as I was in cowboy gloves with real leather fringes , two guns in holsters buckled on and tied around the leg for fast draws , ten gallon hat and waistcoat , Skippy insisted that I be the daughter of the murdered rancher whose cattle were being rustled . |
| 28 | As I was swept along by the noisy laughing crowd out into the tropical evening I persistently wanted to know what had happened to the dog . |
| 29 | As far as I was concerned it was a nightmare , and merged in my memory with actually being evacuated ; the kids going down to Ladywell station in a crocodile on one side of the road , clutching oranges and bars of chocolate , and the mothers on the other , weeping and wailing and shouting to us across the street , lots of dwarfs and lots of Snow Whites . |
| 30 | The wild bunch were giggling helplessly as I was escorted , proud and unprotesting , to the exit . |