Example sentences of "as it [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first edition of the Fact File , we gave a detailed description of the system as it operated before these changes . |
| 2 | The Galactic War continued , as it had for many generations . |
| 3 | Such an interpretation is not inconsistent with Katib Celebi 's brief account , particularly if it is remembered that by his time the Seyhulislam had long since been the Mufti of Istanbul and that he may therefore have concerned himself with trying to sketch the history of the office only in so far as it related to that city . |
| 4 | A further echo of the Koln Ju88 strike reverberated the following evening when most of the crew were out in Cambridge celebrating survival and , as it happened on these occasions , most crews had their own favourite watering places . |
| 5 | But , as a concept determining the political and educational programme , it remained rather vague , standing as it did for all manner of virtues before a spectrum of interests . |
| 6 | At one point , when the cab driver crashed a late amber light , Manville thought he had shaken off his pursuer , only to identify the vehicle a few moments later as it re-emerged from another side-street . |