Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv] as the " in BNC.
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1 | To detect contamination occurring during preparation of samples , negative control samples containing only water were treated exactly as the tissue samples and examined by polymerase chain reaction techniques . |
2 | The doors were flung open as the occupants climbed out , one of them dragging the girl behind him . |
3 | Closely packed terraces of Victorian houses were spread outwards as the population grew . |
4 | Existing traction resources were trimmed severely as the new , more efficient types entered service . |
5 | And conditions were still at just about the same , but it had been an old hotel , so all the rooms at the top were left just as the bedrooms would have been , so you went up and down steps , and along corridors . |