Example sentences of "as [pers pn] [was/were] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as I was sort of starting work . |
| 2 | On the same Conditions yearly as she was keepd the two Last years , He being obliged to ffit her up without Loss of time sufficient in Sails , Rigging & others needfull , And to raise her two planks in the Upper Work , And that the Cabine be raised Accordingly , And that there bees four Beds in said Cabine properly furnished . " |
| 3 | On the same Conditions yearly as she was keepd the two Last years , He being obliged to ffit her up without Loss of time sufficient in Sails , Rigging & others needfull , And to raise her two planks in the Upper Work , And that the Cabine be raised Accordingly , And that there bees four Beds in said Cabine properly furnished . " |
| 4 | Elinor fetched a pot of Greek yoghurt out of the fridge as she was weight watching . |
| 5 | Among supporters of Cardoso de Mello who left office at the same time as her were Infrastructure Minister Eduardo Teixeira ( appointed in March — see p. 38095 ) , chief foreign debt negotiator Jorio Dauster , president of the Central Bank of Brazil , Ibrahim Eris , and president of the state-owned Banco do Brasil , Alberto Policarpo . |
| 6 | From this Time to that of her Death , few Days pass 'd in which I did not either see or hear from her ; for she gave me the Pleasure of seeing all her Poems as soon as they were finish 'd |
| 7 | Anyway , as they were summer clothes , and it had been the start of winter , that had helped make the decision an easy one . |
| 8 | Only the Elizabethan English stayed foreign , as they were absentee landlords , and ruled from over the water . ’ |
| 9 | But he knew his chief 's dislike of unnecessary chat , and strapped as they were side by side in uncomfortably close proximity in the Enstrom F28 , he decided that the Chevisham case would get off to the most propitious start by a policy of disciplined silence . |
| 10 | The earliest glazing bars were quite thick , as they were hand cut from solid wood . |
| 11 | you were really kicking your heels and erm quite apart from which in the winter time the er conditions were pretty grim because they had the erm anti-splinter netting over the windows and erm big blinds which had to be drawn as soon as it was dusk because er , of course you were n't allowed to show a light and erm if that was it became really thick |
| 12 | It seemed to suggest that the GLC and the LTE must try to break even , a course which was certainly feasible if fares were sufficiently increased and services sufficiently reduced , but which was politically as unacceptable to the government as it was anathema to the GLC . |
| 13 | We all sat round an enormous dining-room table for supper , which , as it was Boxing Day , was always cold turkey with all the trimmings , sausages , pork pie , beetroot and celery . |
| 14 | However , as it was brass , I decided that it was collectable . |
| 15 | As it was Judge Justice had to rule against it with all the authority of the Supreme Court of Texas . |
| 16 | As it was night , the Burrows was rustling with clandestine life . |
| 17 | The interviewers , who are normally retired FBI men , are pretty tolerant of homosexuals ( as long as they are out of the closet , making ‘ outing ’ an official policy ) and marijuana-smoking ( as long as it was part of student experimenting ) . |
| 18 | I wanted to use the crayons in an exploratory way but also keep control of the drawing as it was part of a set . |
| 19 | But Coun Susan Latter said they should support the application as it was part of the local industry . |
| 20 | All these items were acquired at the time of their manufacture , as it was museum policy to buy contemporary material . |
| 21 | As it was Christmas Eve , he hung up his red stocking on his chair and left out a letter , addressed to Santa , asking him for the thing he wanted most in the world , a red nose . |
| 22 | One Saturday night she was in the town looking for her companions as it was time to go home , when she met Alec d'Urberville . |
| 23 | Reluctantly we had to stop as it was time to go to see Mr Hopkin , who made us most welcome . |
| 24 | It fell ill , unknown to the family , and as it was mid-winter it crawled under a neighbour 's balcony to escape from the cold , where it expired . |
| 25 | And the ubiquitous Wilcock and his ‘ Other Seens ’ — as it was spelt-column had shown up too . |
| 26 | I am , I regret , unable to agree that the judgment of the court beyond this or that , in so far as it was obiter in the context in which it was delivered , can be supported or that it binds this court . |
| 27 | He was told that by general consent of Grenadiers , La Grosse Tonne was the best , especially as it was bang next door to one of those establishments to which OC Ship referred . |
| 28 | So erm Mill wants to protect minority from within the democratic procedure , that is he wants to set up erm a system of democracy which is as it were proof against majority corruption . |
| 29 | right , Mr did it require his approval , as the , as it were officer in charge of brochures ? |
| 30 | There is also a staff of er other people , the ones that you you already know Michael who is is really responsible for the as it were welfare of volunteers and there 's another er what four people are n't there . |