Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [vb past] [be] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the left as you entered was the copper over which hung a galvanised tub used not only on wash days but also for personal baths . |
| 2 | The ritual was the same as it had been the day before , adjusting the aerial , then , as he turned the tuner to the sound of whistles , crackles and snatches of foreign music , he said , ‘ Speak to me , London , ’ and , in obedience , it did . |
| 3 | It was all neatly laid out as it had been the day before . |
| 4 | The hall itself was on the far side of a courtyard which could not be built upon as it had been the burial ground of the Quakers in the eighteenth century . |
| 5 | The men of the family always formed a very solid front to the outside world , and at times to their womenfolk , and as it had been the custom among their people for children to be looked after by the men on the mother 's side of the family , especially if a brother had no issue of his own , they did n't see why the sisters were making such a fuss . |