Example sentences of "as [adj] [conj] it [vb past] ever " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether it was during a healing , or during one of those morning meditations , I ca n't remember , but I had to assure Christopher that although I had stayed to every meditation and seen it through to the end , and although he had brought God , and probably Jesus Christ in upon several occasions , my original It was as intact as it had ever been . |
| 2 | But it seemed even that could do little more than dull the edges of the pain , and , when she woke up one morning with a painful hangover and realised the ache in her heart was just as strong as it had ever been , she swore she 'd never again attempt to deal with her sorrows that way . |
| 3 | For about four centuries the rulers of England had been trying to conquer and rule France , Scotland , and Ireland , but they had just lost their last foothold in France at Calais , their position in Ireland was as insecure as it had ever been , and the Scottish problem had taken an altogether new turn because Mary the Queen of Scotland could present a good claim to the English throne . |
| 4 | But since the principle of indiscernibles remained in force in his theory , there was no means of telling two identical complexes apart in any case , and the whole idea of particularity remained as obscure as it had ever been . |
| 5 | For a moment , Julia could not bear even to look at her , but at the sound of Comfort 's voice , as gentle as it had ever been , Julia opened her eyes properly . |