Example sentences of "had [been] [verb] as [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , what was this creature , that had stood before him naked and singular , but concealed multitudes ? ; this power Chant had said possessed no friends ( it has only ADORERS AND UNDOERS , he 'd written ) and had been done as much harm in these dealings ( again , Chant 's words ) as Estabrook , to whom Chant had offered his contrition and his prayers ? |
| 2 | Maureen had been comforted as much by Joe 's loving concern for her as by his words . |
| 3 | He had been saving as much as possible from the grant in the hope of amassing a small sum which would tide him over until he could find a local job . |
| 4 | There was no covert there larger than an acre or two and they had been placed as much for their scenic effect as for their game-preserving role . |
| 5 | Only very slowly did intellectuals concede that the movies had been shaped as much by politics as by the showmen . |
| 6 | Little by little , the story pieces together the trials of this greedy and repulsive rag of a man , who assumes the name of Gemmy Fairley : his terrible early life as a rat-catcher 's assistant in England , where he had been treated as little better than a beast of burden by his loathed master , Willett ; how he managed to survive as a stowaway on board ship in order to escape the consequences of the revenge that he wreaked upon his master ; his arrival in Australia and his early life there , lived among the aborigines . |
| 7 | In Waugh v British Rail Board [ 1980 ] AC 521 the House of Lords decided that where a report , following an inquiry , had been prepared as much to prevent further accidents as to obtain legal advice about potential claims , it was not privileged because its sole or dominant purpose was not submission to a legal adviser in view of litigation . |
| 8 | But they added that in spite of their own reservations about the use of pre-registration house officers , ‘ the Scottish Office told us that their approach had been to enable as many rural hospitals to provide accident and emergency departments as it was feasible , practicable and safe to do so . ’ |
| 9 | Some had been signed as much as three days later . |
| 10 | However , if our main aim had been to get as many ‘ ordinary people ’ involved as possible , this was in danger of being frustrated by the sheer bureaucracy of the process . |
| 11 | He thought he was covered to drive another vehicle , and said he had been told as much on the telephone by his insurers . |