Example sentences of "as [pron] [was/were] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as it was her first run , a chip inserted into the bluetower in her skull was recording her own performance . |
| 2 | She could hear Mrs Owen being castigated for not having turned right and left , instead of left and right , to Haematology , seeing as it was her first time . |
| 3 | We chose a good day to go as it was their pre-Christmas trip and we were served cake and liqueur ! |
| 4 | There was an added incentive this year for the students as it was their last opportunity to catch the eye of Sue Rich , captain and selector of the British Team for the World Student Games which take place later this year . |
| 5 | As it was your generous gift of the physic Garden to the Worshipful Company of Apothecaries that encouraged the supporting of that Garden for the improvement of Botany and so consequently was the Occasion of my being employed in a service so agreeable to my natural inclinations , so the favourable opinion you have had of my abilities , when you was pleased to recommend me to that worshipful Company , with the several instances I have since had of your generous inclinations to encourage the Art and me , will ever lay me under the greatest obligations to endeavour to answer that character you was please to give of me and herein humbly hoping to approve myself what I most desire to be thought of … |
| 6 | I watched him go round and , as it was my first year in the sport , I thought — so this is what FI is like , eh ? |
| 7 | ‘ My husband has been in the R.A.F. for nearly four years , but we had saved enough for the costs of a normal confinement in a nursing home , and as it was my first baby , we thought it well worth a little extra expense . |
| 8 | She roasted a chicken and made a fresh fruit trifle for supper as it was my last night . |
| 9 | As it was his first visit , the attendant had suggested that he get a good sweat on in the steam room first , then move on to one of the dry heat rooms to continue sweating in comfort on one of the beds provided . |
| 10 | Wainwright had nothing to lose by his insubordination as it was his last game for Leeds : he had enlisted with the Royal Garrison Artillery and left for Dover two days later . |
| 11 | She kept hoping , as he was her best chance of finding Madeleine and Jeanne . |