Example sentences of "as they [was/were] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 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
2 Anyway , as they were summer clothes , and it had been the start of winter , that had helped make the decision an easy one .
3 Only the Elizabethan English stayed foreign , as they were absentee landlords , and ruled from over the water . ’
4 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 .
5 The earliest glazing bars were quite thick , as they were hand cut from solid wood .
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