Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] as [pers pn] have been " in BNC.
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1 | They stayed there for about twenty minutes , walked where once there had been fear and intimidation , tried to imagine it as it had been , wondered who 'd died there , whose dreams had been shattered . |
2 | No , I 've been logging them as I 've been going . |
3 | I wo n't even agree to having you partnering me at all these functions I have to attend as part of the job — and I 'll take whatever trouble you try to make for me — if you carry on treating me as you have been doing . |
4 | He had returned earlier in the day and Maeve was as ecstatic to see him as he had been hungry for her . |
5 | The school he 'd wanted me to go to so that I could be as clever as he had once been and go to Oxford the way he 'd done and not waste it as he had been foolish enough to do . |