Example sentences of "[adj] as [pron] have [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he spoke , his voice not quite as calm as it had been previously , the accent humming roughly in the depths of the tones . |
| 2 | As long as they had been promptly informed he was covered for any eventuality . |
| 3 | Mr Fallon said he had talked to the longest serving officials in his department who said the expansion rule had been in place as long as they had been there . |
| 4 | Whatever the extent of his self-inflicted frailty , I 'd never seen him as good-tempered as he had been recently , or as nervously loquacious . |
| 5 | It seems that the outlook for smaller businesses may not now be as bleak as it has been so recently . ’ |
| 6 | James Kilpatrick had lost his share in the horse but he was well satisfied as he had been truly vindicated . |
| 7 | Some felt that they had mellowed already and that they were n't so active as they had been before . |