Example sentences of "the [adj] as it [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On board the B-17 as it climbed eastwards from Great Ashfield were the men responsible with Tommie taking the firing honours . |
| 2 | It was wonderful to find the rapport was the same as it had ever been . |
| 3 | It annoyed her that , despite everything that had been said and done between them , and which obviously had meant absolutely nothing to him , since his attitude towards her was the same as it had ever been , she still found it difficult to control her emotions in his presence . |
| 4 | It was not just a reason to indulge in nostalgia ; though the tradition was basically the same as it had always been , except that in the past the people had walked further in the processions . |
| 5 | ‘ Better than what ? ’ she asked innocently , thinking that two could play at that game of acting as though everything were the same as it had always been . |
| 6 | In other words , the constant term in the economist 's model — equation ( 4.29 ) — will fall , and by such an extent to ensure that the level of real output on average will equal the same as it did before , even though monetary growth is higher under the new policy regime . |
| 7 | Lord Tebbit claimed that if Britain said ‘ no ’ , the Community would go on just the same as it did yesterday . |