Example sentences of "as [pron] was not " in BNC.

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1 Then Bernard suggested taking part himself , an idea which was vetoed however , as his was not the name associated with the company .
2 She believed she lay before him as golden-white as he , the amber budded on her breasts , the fleece of her groin indigo-black , dosed and secretive as his was not .
3 ‘ Several minutes after we returned , my station officer called me in to his office and warned me that as I was not working by London Ambulance Service guidelines I would be stood down without pay . ’
4 As I was not pleased with this , and indeed a little sorrowful that my brother should take pleasure in another 's company , I went to bed early and lay listening to the West Wind howling round the turrets and after a while fell into an uneasy slumber .
5 I thought little about this prospect or indeed , about the opposition , as I was not intending to go the full distance after my exertions in the previous day 's 10K .
6 On catching sight of me she threw up her head , and as I was not looking in her direction she stood stock still , as these animals have a habit of doing when they are under the impression that they have not been seen .
7 The first fourteen hours must have been the worst of the journey as I was not able to sleep , whatever position I sat in .
8 Erm I 'm also , I 'm bound to say er not the whole issue that I counted the votes for correctly as I was not expecting the outcome .
9 As she was not in receipt of Old Age Pension , she was a lot younger than the other ladies , her church allowance was 4/ per week .
10 But the widow of a vassal was commonly at the disposal of the vassal 's lord : so long as her consent was obtained ( by whatever means ) and so long as she was not disparaged , she could be married to whom the lord chose .
11 ‘ They need to find themselves a decent bloke , ’ said William 's nan once , presumably meaning four decent blokes as she was not a great advocate of polygamy .
12 The client was not able to sign a green form to obtain advice as she was not in receipt of income support but has been advised to make a claim for income support since she is not receiving the maintenance .
13 She was already feeling a bit better and she felt quite amused at this cool domination , especially as she was not going to pay any attention to it .
14 He had said she was beautiful and called her Felipe 's woman , but obviously the count was not about to enlighten her on that particular score , and as she was not revealing her knowledge of his language she had to let it go .
15 Nails stood looking at his feet for some time , as there was not much else to do .
16 He said the CSM did feel it right to act at the end of 1981 as there was not enough information available .
17 When she got pregnant her social worker booked her into here , as there was not much space at her home and Barbara agreed that it was n't right that her mother should have her back with a baby as well .
18 Her mother thought it was better for her not to be at home as there was not much space , so the following week they saw the social worker and it was arranged that she go to a house run by the Catholic anti-abortion organisation LIFE .
19 In fact , luck was with me as there was not as much damage as I thought .
20 held that no award would be made as defender did not have means and resources to make the payment as there was not a contract of insurance in his favour .
21 The club have kept this one very quiet as it was not expected that Hanley , who returned from a summer in Australia with a bad pelvic strain , would come back before the New Year .
22 At first , this stress on ‘ natural religion ’ , as it was called , did not necessarily mean the abandonment of Christianity as revealed in the Scriptures ; so long as it was not inconsistent with reason , it could be accepted .
23 When he was seen in the special department , after blood tests for syphilis , taken as a last resort , had turned out strongly positive , he remembered having noticed a sore on his penis some five months earlier but had not bothered with it as it was not painful and had gone away after a couple of weeks .
24 However , as it was not on the list submitted to Angell and Pownall for examination , his design was probably never tested for its practicality or compliance with the conditions , and must have been brought to the lay judges ' attention after the assessors had completed their work .
25 I ate at the Corner House , very little , as it was not easy to pay the modest sum my landlady in Southwark , Mrs William Vitou , whose husband was a dental mechanic trained in Guy 's hospital , charged me , and eat a great deal apart from breakfast and a high tea .
26 As regards the claim in respect of additional lighting , he said that Wimpy International v Warland had decided that lighting that did no more than provide general illumination was not plant , as it was not used for carrying on the business .
27 Anything qualifies , as long as it was not previously known .
28 For example where the handbrake of a motor car is released and the car is allowed to run down a hill by itself the offence under section 12 would not be committed as it was not for his or another 's use .
29 I had decided that , much to my regret , it would not be possible to plan a DIY funeral for myself as it was not a job I would bequeath to friends , and my nearest close relations who might have co-operated were overseas .
30 In Anderson 's terms , they ‘ struggled ’ and education may have seemed a little remote to them as it was not freely available in most parts of the West Indies until the 1940s .
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