Example sentences of "as [conj] [pers pn] were at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean personally I think one of the difficulties in the colleges is that they do still have a sense of being at schools , and when you have an atmosphere which is like school you 're tacitly given people permission to act as if they were at school , and so we have a and that activity may not always be very adult , so we have to find a way of changing the environment of the colleges . |
| 2 | This they achieved by switching off their tacographs as they were loading making it look as if they were at rest . |
| 3 | This they achieved by switching off their tachographs as they were loading , making it look as if they were at rest . |
| 4 | Her head was swimming and the floor seemed to be undulating as if she were at sea . |
| 5 | just what you spent it on as if you were at home . |