Example sentences of "[pers pn] was [vb pp] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was formed as early as 1805 by the Marchese Tommaso degli Obizzi whose taste in ‘ primitives ’ was ahead of his time . |
| 2 | The recent Cuban Missile Crisis had reminded everyone that earth was on the verge of extinction ; it was poised as precariously as Charsky . |
| 3 | Or at least it was withdrawn as far as er railway engines were concerned . |
| 4 | For a second she imagined that she detected a bleary look within his own eyes — and she knew it must match her own — but then it was gone as fast as summer lightning and she shivered beneath the old familiar expression , that brooding , storm-filled one that she knew boded no good to her . |
| 5 | It was , however , of great importance that it was said as clearly as it was by the Council . |
| 6 | It was discovered as recently as 1983 by Alain le Brun when excavating at the Neolithic settlement of Khirokitia in southern Cyprus and has been found to date from 6000 B.C. The important point about its location is that Cyprus has no wild cats and this means that the animal must have been brought over to the island by the early human settlers . |
| 7 | It was recorded as early as 1749 , by the French astronomer Legentil , though presumably it must have been noticed in more ancient times . |
| 8 | It was founded as recently as 1984 , but within only three years the four young players had established an international reputation — a reputation which is now extraordinarily high . |
| 9 | He was drunk as often as he was sober and in either condition held an inflated opinion of his abilities , both in bed and on the battlefield . |
| 10 | Abu was an army man in an army jeep , to which he was wedded as intimately as an Indian mahout is wedded to his elephant . |
| 11 | It had been eleven months since he 'd seen or spoken to Chester , but he was greeted as effusively as ever , and ushered in . |