Example sentences of "as it be [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And yet even the New Testament as it is today bears witness , if one looks at it closely , to Jesus as a military and political Messiah — to Jesus , in other words , as a would-be precursor of Constantine . |
| 2 | 1 room-by-room guide to Chatsworth ( bit cheeky , this , as it is simply to perplex guides and attendants who are not used to seeing people coming round their house with noses stuck in guide to a completely different mansion , though you 'd be surprised how often it fits well anywhere ) |
| 3 | ‘ Mr. Gould the author of the Birds of Europe is about leaving this country for New Holland , or as it is now called Australia . |
| 4 | We did not see the signal as it was fast approaching time for our departure from York , but just before we left Mr Hopkin he informed us that there were also tickets , buttons , maybe som small brass fittings , an 1864 rail chair and possibly the original chimney of Carlisle from before her 1924 heavy overhaul . |
| 5 | I was told it was not necessary to be big and hefty to take part as it was often fell runners who did well , wiry types with good strong legs . |
| 6 | But WS & C as it was now known world wide had carried the development of security to the ultimate . |