Example sentences of "was [verb] [adv] as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fee of 9d showed that Halling possessed a church and was designated so as the fee for a chapel was 6d . |
| 2 | A worsening distribution of income in eighteenth-century England was hardly unrelated to the low tax burden on the richest groups , which was not high to begin with and which was to fall overall as the burden on consumption increased . |
| 3 | Her heart was thudding violently as the lion looked into the window of the passenger seat . |
| 4 | In 1689 , Presbyterianism was accepted finally as the Faith of the Scottish Kirk and interference by the monarch came to an end . |
| 5 | Perhaps above all , the closeness of the relationship between husband and wife is often valued more for itself than in the days when marriage was seen mainly as the road to Procreation or when economic and family convenience dictated the union . |
| 6 | This was made easier as the lake was completely encircled by a road , with a wide pathway down one side of the lake , and we often collected several hundred in one circuit . |
| 7 | THE first strike for 18 years among Germany 's 2.3m public sector employees was threatened yesterday as the government rejected a 5.4 p.c. pay rise recommended by arbitrators , writes Robin Gedye . |
| 8 | Dust was washed away as the rain continued to pelt down . |
| 9 | Now he was moving slowly as the bark peeled back in a longer and longer strip . |
| 10 | The operation was running smoothly as the yacht rounded the North Foreland when it seemed certain that a landing would be made somewhere in the Thames Estuary . |
| 11 | The church bell was tolling mournfully as the carriage entered the cemetery gate . |