Example sentences of "as [pron] [vb past] to [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | And as we seemed to be rather overweighted with gentlemen I have also invited Ingrid — it is her first time in a major role and the enchanting Miss Grimsilk . ’ |
2 | I have not tried to present the counts on a basis of woodland types as there seemed to be too few of most visited to give useful results . |
3 | Certainly not the Ketterings ' ancestors as they appeared to be mostly of sly Italian clerics . |
4 | When marriage did take place , older brides were often preferred , as they tended to be both more useful as work partners , and have less childbearing years before them . |
5 | As it seemed to be fairly certain that the children would now not come that way and the main rides need be watched no longer , the Leader went back and called the thin man in . |