Example sentences of "as it [was/were] [verb] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men went down the main shaft and tried to clear it by shovelling the slurry into tubs which were then hauled to the surface but this was soon abandoned as it was realised that it would take weeks or months to clear a way through to the trapped men . |
| 2 | Yes you 're actually e sitting outside the original house , as it was built cos we had a room put on for the the back here originally . |
| 3 | He decided it would go as it was written while he proceeded with other matters . |
| 4 | It 's lying in the same direction as it was flying when it came down — north-east to south-west . |
| 5 | The fatalism of life at work was accepted just as it was believed that they could not help themselves or , indeed , be helped . |
| 6 | I mean if if I 'd done that this morning and I 'd written it all up before you came in and then said well what we 've done is this and then we did that and then we did that but as as it was generated as we discussed then then you were with me I hope at the way it went |
| 7 | The merged ‘ Norfolk and Suffolk Polled ’ could be any colour as long as it was polled and it was not until the Red Poll herdbook was formed in 1874 that the colour of the breed was formally agreed as red , preferably deep in colour , with a red udder ; white touches were permitted only in the tail switch , or on the udder and just in front of the udder on the inside flank . |
| 8 | He was taken into custody for his own protection … as it was learned that he 'd been disqualified from driving at the time of the crash . |