Example sentences of "[was/were] [pron] [adv] [adv] [adj] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were they not as bright as we had supposed ? |
| 2 | Nor were they always as intransigent as was implied by Cook 's famous slogan ‘ Not a penny off the pay , not a minute on the day ’ . |
| 3 | They had their work cut out in simply trying to provide defences against the incursions of cattle raiders from the North Tyne valley , over Bewcastle Waste , or through that tract of the western fringe so unsure of its ownership that it was known as the Debatable Land ; and their own people were themselves frequently as unruly as their enemies . |
| 4 | Was it however so paradoxical as to have dealt a death blow to the theory ? |
| 5 | Was it too as bereft as she now was ? |
| 6 | But was it really as bad as they said ? |
| 7 | Was anyone else as terrified as me at the prospect of the Scum getting the team of the year award last night ? |