Example sentences of "as they [vb past] [adv] been " in BNC.
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| 1 | After losing seven goals in two games , Thistle were as resolutely organised as they had previously been chaotically lax . |
| 2 | The " ceremonious stomachs " of Russian ambassadors " whose Nation stands so much on Ceremony " were the subject of comment in England in the early years of the century , as they had already been in the reign of Elizabeth . |
| 3 | However , the government claimed that no militias remained in Kabul , as they had all been absorbed into the regime 's regular army . |
| 4 | He asked them to adopt a more professional approach , to harden their attitude and not capitulate when things became tough , as they had sometimes been prone to . |
| 5 | But the position did become clearer in various respects ; and the problems and disputes which arose were seldom so acute or threatening as they had sometimes been in the past . |
| 6 | Reminders of humiliation once again became priceless possessions , as emotionally valuable as they had once been legally essential . |
| 7 | Times were changing , and he began to realize that things would never go back as they had once been . |
| 8 | Expeditions to the far-flung corners of the world in search of scientific novelties were in vogue that season as they had never been before . |
| 9 | Maggie was shown into a very expensive flat that overlooked the river and she had one of her rare glimpses of the owner as he stood with his back to a roaring fire and regarded her through eyes that were just as sharp as they had ever been in his youth . |
| 10 | However remote their political views remained from the rest of the electorate , the " Clyde group " remained as secure in their own area as they had ever been . |
| 11 | They were marching behind the others with great dignity , accountable as they had always been for good order and common sense and respectable behaviour . |
| 12 | Those who were called upon to defend non-payment of what they owed beyond the promised date were , as they had always been and were to go on being , in the minority . |
| 13 | Liddesdale was still a sullen , untamed region populated by people as prickly and hostile as they had always been . |
| 14 | The wallpaper , the chair , the tiny desk , the narrow bed : all were exactly as they had always been . |
| 15 | The mist , blotting out Wickrithe , seemed to banish her tension and sense of danger ; she and Adam were alone and safe , as they 'd always been on Starr Hills . |