Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [was/were] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I was an officer , they devised a special treat for me : they raped my wife and my ten-year-old daughter in front of me , three of them to each , sticking their penises into each of the gateways . |
| 2 | Charles wanted his protégé in and as I was the resident ( and unpopular ) Baroque sculpture specialist , I happened to be in the way . |
| 3 | At night I tossed and turned to dreams of such emotional intensity that I went to work as tired as I was the day before . |
| 4 | King : Then stand not so , dear Wapping , when you speak , All stiff and formal as you were a judge Preparing to send a murderer to the scaffold . |
| 5 | She 'd hated the submarine journey across the North Sea , especially as she was a bit claustrophobic , but stepping over the side into that ridiculous little rubber boat was terrifying . |
| 6 | Had it been a boy , he would have been Arthur , after that toast of all good Cornishmen , the once and future king ; but as she was a girl , she was Jennifer , which was as close as need be to Guinevere . |
| 7 | The other four nights she stayed at home , studying , since she was a student at the same Polytechnic that was educating Sarah Fleming and Sergeant Jones 's son , but she knew neither of them as she was a year older and taking different subjects . |
| 8 | This should have been no problem as she was a swimming champion of the South London Schools and had been in excellent health . |
| 9 | Gwendoline had enjoyed it too , especially as she was the cause of it , though nobody knew that of course . |
| 10 | The mother was very distressed at the living arrangements as she was the housemaid for the whole extended family and had very little time to spend with her son . |
| 11 | We brought another medium into the studio as we were a bit worried with all the goings on . |
| 12 | ‘ We could n't chase Jerry very well , ’ he wrote , ‘ as we were a trifle battle-scarred , so we were taken out . |
| 13 | In other words , instead of almost doubling year by year , last we are about the same , we have n't got all the confirmations , we 're about the same as we were the year before , give or take a few , about say five percent . |
| 14 | First he came across the reserve trenches a few hundred yards in front of the hospital tents , known as the ‘ hotel area ’ as they were a quarter of a mile behind the front line , where each soldier spent four days without a break before being allowed four days of rest in the reserve trenches . |
| 15 | ‘ We regard it as a very satisfactory half year , bearing in mind that the world 's economies are not quite as clear cut as they were a year ago . |
| 16 | ‘ We regard it as a very satisfactory half year , bearing in mind that the world 's economies are not quite as clear cut as they were a year ago . |
| 17 | Better than finding them in a flap and fearing higher rates , as they were a week ago . |
| 18 | erm So now we started up the long term survey , and we 've now got 10 schools taking part , and they 're starting next week , and they 'll be carrying on in the same way as they were the pilot survey , taking the same measurements . |
| 19 | Most of the restoration has been on the exterior of the buildings ; most of the interiors are still as they were the day the Germans were defeated . |
| 20 | As long as it was a boy . |
| 21 | After that , any name would do , as long as it was a boy 's name . |
| 22 | Everyone buckled up and braved a face to see everyone and say their goodbyes as it was a parting for many good friends , both teachers and pupils . |
| 23 | The latter was a prestige objective save in so far as it was a stepping stone to Indonesia . |
| 24 | It is Miss Havisham 's way of getting her revenge on the male sex as it was a man who broke her heart , all those years ago , when she was abandoned on the day of her wedding . |
| 25 | as much a revolution of the non-Russian against Russification as it was a revolution of workers , peasants and radical intellectuals against autocracy . |
| 26 | As it was a weekend , all the bigger-wig doctors were not on duty but , knowing of Nigel 's condition and that he had only a short time to live , they brought him through . |
| 27 | At rehearsals , Les Cox agreed it would be wiser not to practise falling down the stairs as it was a skill which took months to acquire — better just to go for it on the night . |
| 28 | This was particularly important as it was a field in which full-time education was only just emerging , and the development coincided with the early days of the CNAA . |
| 29 | It 's very important to prove yourself at the top level because the gap between top amateurs and pros is not as wide as it was a couple of years ago , ’ he says . |
| 30 | A spokesman for Army HQ , Scotland said : ‘ We are sorry that funding has been withdrawn , as it was a facility which was successful for soldiers . ’ |