Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [adv] [adj] [adv] as " in BNC.

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1 She has told you that I was kind to her in the summerhouse , though I 'll assure you I was quite innocent then as now , and I desire you to keep this matter to yourself .
2 She was again impressive yesterday as she dispatched Conchita Martinez , another 17-year-old , who is ranked 10th in the world , 6-3 , 6-2 .
3 She made believe that they were as happy together as they should be , and was careful to weep only in secret .
4 It was quite dark now as they bounced along the rough road .
5 It was as poor here as anything he had experienced in the Borinage .
6 It was as familiar almost as my own , but I could n't pin a face to it .
7 Yet it was as impossible now as it had always been , and she groaned .
8 Consequently it was as hard then as it is now to separate our various individual contributions .
9 He was very canny actually as it happened !
10 He was as shocked here as he had been by the scenes he had witnessed in London 's East End .
11 He was as vigorous physically as intellectually , and rowed for his college at Cambridge .
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