Example sentences of "as [pron] was [adv] [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | She liked Clara because Clara was bright , and for no other reason : she had no need to like her for any other reason , as she was well equipped with a busy social life and a lover . |
| 2 | Wit and coquettishness combined with a degree of physical attractiveness made Mathilde a suitable hostess for her cousin , particularly as she was equally imbued with a fervent admiration for their uncle . |
| 3 | She would probably be quite prepared to believe someone else was responsible as she was so besotted with him . |
| 4 | We could not see whether it was a man or a woman , as it was completely covered with sheets . |
| 5 | Like many other such dreams , this one did not work out and the reason would seem to be that same old American resistance to working seriously in FI — it happened with Roger Penske , it happened with Parnelli as it was later to happen with Karl Haas . |
| 6 | She had her own term for it , and as long as it was purely associated with that term , she never connected it . |
| 7 | Ten minutes after the lecture as he was jovially chatting with the conferees a cry went up ‘ the cannabis has been nicked ! ’ |