Example sentences of "as [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Thirty-three died , as apparently did passenger airships . |
| 2 | In Acts we have two vivid descriptions of what has come to be called the communism of the early Church : ‘ All who believed were together and had all things in common ; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all , as any had need ’ ( Acts 2:44–5 ) ; and ‘ No one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own , but they had everything in common … |
| 3 | By contrast , Germanic philologists of the nineteenth century laboured long and hard to prove that grammatically masculine and feminine words have semantically as well as formally gendered qualities . |
| 4 | Artemis knew it was him before she saw him , because even before he was in the room everyone stood up , and Nanny as always straightened Artemis 's dress , tugging at the back . |
| 5 | Gundovald claimed to be a son of Chlothar I. Chlothar denied the claim , but his brother Childebert I at first accepted it , as also did Chlothar 's son Charibert I. Despite this support , Gundovald was rejected by Sigibert , another of Chlothar 's sons , so he went to Italy , where he was received by the Byzantine general , Narses , and from there to Constantinople . |
| 6 | Samakkhi Tham performed particularly well in the Isarn , as also did Gen. Chaovalit Yongchaiyut 's New Aspiration Party and the Social Action Party . |
| 7 | He got to his feet and held out his hand , as also did Reginald , towards Elaine and , together they pulled her to her feet . |
| 8 | Returning to Bristol from Shurton , he and Southey stopped again at Mrs Southey 's house in Westgate Buildings , Bath , and as before found Sarah Fricker there to greet them . |
| 9 | The Baconian suspicions of the speculative and deductive intellect were strong ; the public then as now liked science that was hypothetical and interesting , and loved rows between experts , but scientific opinion was cautious . |
| 10 | She regularly bent Minton 's ear with her problems and he in turn as regularly did take-offs of her doing this . |
| 11 | Whether or not third States are finally included as indirectly injured States in the terms of Draft Article 5 ( 3 ) , development of international law in this respect is crucial to an examination of the rights and obligations of third parties . |
| 12 | That 's not true , people like you as well said Nyasha . |
| 13 | Although a couple of David Platt 's efforts have derived from shots on the edge of the penalty area , as indeed did Paul Merson 's debut goal in Prague , the general rule is that England are not scoring enough from long range . |
| 14 | This will possibly suffice to keep the tiniest of ponds clear and consequently , some small foam blocks find their way out of less-reputable outlets as fully fledged filters . |
| 15 | Few homes as yet had freezers , but shops did . |
| 16 | It is hoped to revive lapsed groups in the near future in the city centre , Vauxhall , Dingle and Walton areas and branch out into as yet uncovered areas . |
| 17 | The primary division amongst critical views lies between readings of these tales as fundamentally serious moral reflections on the state of humankind despite their undeniably comic appearance , and readings of them as essentially lighthearted tales , designed to amuse rather than to disturb , elevating solaas well above sentence . |