Example sentences of "as it [vb past] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE breakaway Yugoslavian republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina sank deeper into bloodshed and turmoil yesterday as it prepared to receive recognition as an independent state by the European Community . |
| 2 | The knowledge that the larger margin was there for the taking , if you were bold enough to seize it , exercised him as much now as it had done back in 1973 . |
| 3 | It had to go south of the Slieve Bloom mountains , on the southern rim of the central depression , just as it had to go north of the Ballyhoura mountains , seventy miles farther to the southwest . |
| 4 | If he were to defeat a Labour government as soon as it had taken office , the Liberals would be accused of frivolity in precipitating an unnecessary election , especially if Labour contented itself with moderate policies as it intended to do . |
| 5 | Then , as abruptly as it had pitched camp , the caravan moved on . |
| 6 | Remarkably , its arguments began to sound like those of the Central Electricity Generating Board , as it sought to cast doubt on the very existence of an acid rain problem . |
| 7 | The hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) recently said to the House , rather chillingly , that if Labour were re-elected it would treat the national health service as it did last time . |
| 8 | ‘ There were a few dead sheep , which was quite unpleasant , and as it started falling dark , we heard rats . |
| 9 | It was a low budget production but drew a certain amount of attention as it attempted to explore spiritualism . |