Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [adv] as [pron] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ! ) . |
| 6 | But to her amazement he was still there as she turned to tell him , ‘ Please make yourself comfortable . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | This was as near as they dared to approach to avoid the risk of fire damage to the vehicles . |
| 10 | ‘ Girls ’ , he called us , ‘ girls ’ , enjoying his situation : it was as near as he was likely to get to being a pasha in a harem . |
| 11 | A more unlikely situation for a cinema was hard to imagine , but the driver pointed to a set of steps burrowing up between two houses and explained that it was as near as he could get in a car . |
| 12 | She could n't reach Kelpie from the nearest branch to him , but when she was as near as she could get she put out her hand and called softly to him , just as she used to do at home . |
| 13 | The sight later of these hundreds of flaring candles , from across the river , as the light faded on a grey evening , was as near as I was able to come in Lourdes to any sense of holiness , so oppressive otherwise is the sense of the business of holiness . |
| 14 | That was as near as anyone got to beating Tom . |
| 15 | I want to repeat that the line was faint but it was definately Dr Kemp on the phone and that what I wrote was as near as anyone could get to what he said . |
| 16 | It certainly was as far as I was concerned , and I am looking forward to making a booking for next year . |
| 17 | Everything in Stranraer Gardens was as still as I had left it . |
| 18 | His voice was grimly determined , but her own was equally so as she faced him , conscious of the hot colour scorching her cheeks . |
| 19 | Looking around the bedroom , she saw that it was almost exactly as it had been in the photograph , although now there was a book open and face downwards on the patchwork quilt . |
| 20 | Call me selfish , but life was hard enough as it was , without someone else demoralising me . |
| 21 | She really did detest his mockery , for it was there again as he drawled , ‘ Brainy as well as beautiful ! ’ |
| 22 | There was now a thick fog and the night was very still as they hurried through the deserted streets of the nearby town . |
| 23 | She turned quickly away from me and was very still as she fought with her emotions . |
| 24 | His short , stout body was very still as he stared down into Ward 's face . |