Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [adj] then as " in BNC.
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1 | She would never forget the first time , balanced high on the steep roof of the house , huddled from the wind against the chimney-stack , Fenna 's great shadow hovering over her , although Fenna had surely not been so hugely vast then as he was now , his shadow had not obliterated the stars , threatening their very existence . |
2 | Now this was not as magnificent then as it is today . |
3 | I heard the hon. Gentleman at 6 o'clock this morning and he was just as bad then as he was this afternoon . |
4 | And then er then I mean er , was n't so big then as it is now . |
5 | ‘ It 's eight years — firstly as assistant then as coach — of quite a lot of enjoyment . |