Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | But no ball of fire climbed into the sky ahead of him and the familiar landmarks were still there as he passed the City of London Museum and slipped past St. Botolph-without-Aldersgate into Little Britain . |
| 2 | But first the staff at Slim bridge set about creating a faithful replica of his garden : water spaces , land areas , nesting boxes , feeding devices — all were as near as possible the same . |
| 3 | I wonder if I could have belonged to revolutionary movements , even if they were as just as — I find the panthers ' movement and the Palestinians ' movement to be very just — but this belonging , this sympathizing with them is at the same time dictated by the erotic charge which the Arab world in its totality or the black American world represents to me , to my sexuality . |
| 4 | Lorton had known who they were as soon as he 'd seen them ; he had been expecting the police , though not quite as soon as this , and in any case salesmen rarely travelled in pairs . |
| 5 | And once she 'd made the choice that she wanted to stay , no matter what the consequences were as far as money were concerned , well that was it . |
| 6 | Those who left service for marriage were as often as not entering an economically less secure situation : rarely one in which they could expect to be " kept " in comfort . |
| 7 | Grasmere , too has lost its galleries but evidently they were there once as de Quincey wrote describing them in his Recollections , ‘ A very interesting feature of the elder architecture , annually becoming more and more rare viz the outside gallery , which is sometimes merely of wood , but is much more striking when provided for in the original construction of the house and completely enfoncée in the masonry . ’ |
| 8 | The hosts of God were no longer as hostile troops , but as guardian angels protecting God 's obedient servants . |
| 9 | With the exception of the private houses , and the public and official structures already described , such temples were often the most romanized element and were therefore visually as well as functionally important . |
| 10 | Rokeya 's flat was so precisely as Lee remembered it that she felt as if no time had passed between the last time she had been inside it and the present day . |
| 11 | And then suddenly it was all over as Damien 's body smashed with a sickening thud into the solid frame of the fence . |
| 12 | that man Jones made it two … and just before half-time it was all over as Dean Holdsworth thumped home number three … |
| 13 | She said she thought it was all right as long as he had squared the matter with his own family . |
| 14 | Five minutes went by as she reflected that Rosemary must be feeling as miserable as Travis , then , checking to see that Travis was all right as she passed , she went to bed . |
| 15 | When Athman did re-emerge into visibility , it was once again as someone embroiled in the struggles of others , and , now along with Gide , subjected to the homophobic sneer . |
| 16 | As we spoke , a car drew up in the carport ( which incidentally was still just as I 'd built it 15 years ago ! ) and to our astonishment ( because the ownership had changed since we sold it ) the lady recognised us ( she 'd been given our Edinburgh address by a mutual friend and had actually called on us once , which we 'd totally forgotten ! ) . |
| 17 | The balance of farming , pasture , fishing and minor industry was still largely as before ; only one iron works , near modern East Grinstead , was mentioned . |
| 18 | His R/T was still below as well . |
| 19 | If the county championship was still there as it used to be , then I could pick only northern-based players and in two or three years I 'd have a very strong side . ’ |
| 20 | It was still there as the guns blazed . |
| 21 | But to her amazement he was still there as she turned to tell him , ‘ Please make yourself comfortable . |
| 22 | The rain continued its rush and splash outside but the next clap of thunder was further off as the storm moved away . |
| 23 | And there he was straight away as he retired into the kitchen and setting all his stuff out and his wife walked in , what do you think you 're doing ? |
| 24 | The house was clearly not as described by the estate agent : ‘ House overlooking quiet , secluded garden . ’ |
| 25 | Indraugnir was mighty even as dragons measure strength but even he was weary by the time he bore Aenarion to his destination . |
| 26 | He was probably just as shit scared as I was . |
| 27 | Women , and men for that matter , had no sources to call upon for improvement of their looks other than plants , and the vast cosmetic industry that we know today has replaced what was probably just as complicated a business two or three thousand years ago , given the great number of plants that have cosmetic application . |
| 28 | He was as near as dammit to being a stylistic carbon copy of Hell . |
| 29 | He was as near as a lover or a parent could ever come . |
| 30 | That was as near as anyone got to beating Tom . |