Example sentences of "[adv] as [noun prp] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not like the idea very much as Sid was a smoker , and if he lit up during the night it was possible that we both could end up with a Blighty , or worse ! |
| 2 | For as long as Chamberlain was there with his umbrella and the Phoney War lasted the surprisingly robust life of schools continued . |
| 3 | None was admitted so long as Coleman was alive . |
| 4 | Coleridge was the first to recognize that ‘ Freshmen always begin very furiously ’ ; but so long as Middleton was at hand to guide and encourage , he overcame the weakness of will and habit of procrastination which were always ready to disable him . |
| 5 | There was a time when he would n't have noticed it , but these days he was a little touchy about things like that , especially as Fran was now living with a man fourteen years younger . |
| 6 | ‘ I find it incredible than no one stopped , especially as Sam was covered in blood , running down the road . ’ |
| 7 | Walsh set a record for the most economical bowling in a one-day international between Test-playing countries with just eleven runs off eleven overs , but 21 no-balls and wides sent down by his chums did not help the struggle , especially as Gooch was ‘ out ’ twice to no-balls . |
| 8 | Alex fidgeted impatiently as Miles was brought forth on a stretcher , ignoring the welfare of the Base Coordinator completely . |
| 9 | 360 , but any connection with imperial officials is highly conjectural , the more so as Firminus was a very common cognomen . |
| 10 | The man he knew only as Hamid was one of the two-man London cell . |
| 11 | He then broke away as Lambert was also firing at this aircraft , and watched it crash into the sea . |
| 12 | Eventually Emerson got past Regazzoni and then Peterson whose car was more like a wrestling opponent than a smooth machine But just as Fittipaldi was beginning to think he might be able to make up Ickx 's fifteen-second lead , his gearbox went off and caught fire and Emerson made a hasty emergency exit . |
| 13 | Just as Shardlow was a great inland distributing centre for the east Midlands , where mining , industry and agriculture mingled their products , so Stourport became the emporium for the west Midlands , connected by river and canal with most parts of the kingdom . |
| 14 | This country is hungry for consumer goods just as Europe was about 1946 . ’ |
| 15 | Now a joint project involving the US and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD ) , has saved the LOFT reactor just as Washington was about to shut it down to save money . |
| 16 | The stone had been raised high just as Wexford was raising it now but brought down that time on the back of Hatton 's skull . |
| 17 | Then , just as Tabitha was opening her mouth and wondering what she was supposed to say , a hideous crackling noise came over the robot 's speaker , and its picture was torn up by a burst of interference . |
| 18 | Probably the priestesses systematically brought the peak sanctuaries and other rural shrines under their control , just as Solomon was to do a thousand years afterwards , building an urban temple and then extending his power over the high places . |
| 19 | The man she 'd dreamed of was strong , just as Adam was strong , but he was compassionate too , and full of gentle humour . |
| 20 | However , just as Mungo was lowering his head to clear the opening , something made him turn back . |
| 21 | Just as Rose was preparing to leave , the wren-boys arrived on the Arigna coal lorry . |
| 22 | Well away from the motorway now , each new place quickly gave way to further forest and , just as Jenna was beginning to be lulled into a strange peace by the dappled sunlight of the place , the soothing green of nature , the car turned on to a narrow road and began to climb steadily . |
| 23 | For all she knew , they could have come to Pepe 's with him , just as Shelley was doing tonight . |
| 24 | Just as Harry was preparing to aim a kick at this driver where it might hurt , the man offered him more milk , saying that he was a Frenchman doing forced labour and had recognised Harry 's RAF uniform — by now extremely unsuitable for pay parade ! |
| 25 | We can only freely give ourselves to someone else when we are ‘ real persons ’ — just as Harry was beginning to see in the play . |
| 26 | Although he had had no such thoughts in mind , he realized that Cindy might well be in a position to do Emma some good , just as Emma was undoubtedly doing Cindy some . |
| 27 | It is becoming hard to avoid the conclusion that the Government made an error of judgment when it decided to take Britain into the ERM in October 1990 , just as Germany was entering an economic crisis . |
| 28 | Just as Germany was experiencing specific sources of job-related stress due to re-unification , so too in the UK where there has been a trend towards mergers and acquisitions between the UK and other European countries as the European Economic Community becomes a greater reality . |
| 29 | Just as Olga was fumbling with her food tray , struggling to unseal the utensils , she was suddenly lashed by a storm of hysterical accusations . |
| 30 | Barfield feared it would have to close the ER scheme this week — ironically , just as Hertfordshire was inquiring about joining it . |