Example sentences of "which [adv] [vb past] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outer room contained two wash-hand basins with a paper towel dispenser and , to the left of the door , a long Formica-covered counter with a glass above it which apparently served as a dressing-table . |
| 2 | Established in 1793 by the Alien Act of that year , the Alien Office was a branch of the Home Office which ostensibly acted as the administrative centre for the regulation of the conduct of foreigners resident in Britain . |
| 3 | His bony legs , which usually felt as if they would collapse beneath him , felt firmer , stronger . |
| 4 | Unix workstations are now being installed between the mainframe and the personal computers , which formerly served as SNA terminals . |
| 5 | In a bare , narrow room , which also served as Zbo 's ‘ gallery ’ , Modigliani worked daily for fifteen francs . |
| 6 | ‘ We 'll go out and eat , ’ she said quickly , ‘ I 'll get ready , ’ and she twisted away to the bathroom , which also served as her wardrobe , and slammed the door to leave me alone with McIllvanney and Bellybutton . |
| 7 | They were in the hallway which also served as a reception area for the hotel and Hope raised his voice to include as many eavesdroppers as possible in his private conversation with the landlord . |
| 8 | The factions agreed on a compromise under which the Khmer Rouge delegation would initially be based in the SNC 's compound in Phnom Penh , a former government guest house which also served as quarters for some UN officials . |
| 9 | A RollsRoyce tourer , built for Lord Astor in 1935 but which also served as a machine gun carrier in the Second World War and later as a hearse , is among classic cars gathering at Duncombe Park , near Helmsley on Sunday . |
| 10 | The remainder of the Legislative Assembly was composed of members of the Privy Council ( which also functioned as the Cabinet ) appointed directly by King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV . |
| 11 | Consideration was given to living there , but the thought of sixty bedrooms and only one bathroom was too much Legend has it that the place was once so deprived of modern conveniences that drinking water would sometimes be collected by a footman with a silver pitcher from a stream flowing in front of the main door which originally served as a moat . |
| 12 | My lips quivered as I entered the small , plastic roadsweeper 's hut which now acted as the home team 's changing room . |
| 13 | She spent seven years working for Harper 's Bazaar as a fashion illustrator , also producing book illustrations , and did not really begin to concentrate on painting until during the war , whilst living near Regent 's Park which inspired the spiky pastoralism which often served as a poignant background to her paintings of children . |
| 14 | The plans of the groups enable them to be identified with those shown on large-scale Ordnance Survey maps , except for those sites subsequently ploughed out , which often survived as ring-ditches . |
| 15 | All through the pages of Ramakrishna 's biography appears his gentle humour which often acted as a prelude to his flights of ecstasy . |
| 16 | In the last stages of composition , after the destruction of the ‘ society ’ names , ‘ De Bailhache , Fresca , Mrs. Cammel ’ , Eliot amended his original version , adding some lines which surely came as a result of his meeting with Peters : |
| 17 | No accident that the preceding round of fashion for women had emphasized the breasts ( which virtually disappeared as a fashion accessory in the sixties ) . |
| 18 | The sailors then regrouped and on Saturday marched on the Exchange , which then doubled as the Town Hall , demanding increased wages and paraded around the town . |
| 19 | We thus ask the following question : what would happen if a competitive industry were taken over by a single firm which then operated as a multi-plant monopolist ? |
| 20 | Another principal suggestion is that these relatively simple compounds were first held ( ‘ adsorbed ’ ) on the surface of clays , which then acted as catalysts , and caused them to react together . |
| 21 | Dennis Hopper , meanwhile , was resurrecting his own very personal project , The Last Movie , which again had as its theme an attack on the great American Dream . |