Example sentences of "[be] as [adj] [conj] it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rose Brady 's attention had been as unexpected as it had been sudden and welcome . |
| 2 | It was easy to sink into a sort of limbo , where nothing seemed any longer to be as important as it had been . |
| 3 | For about four centuries the rulers of England had been trying to conquer and rule France , Scotland , and Ireland , but they had just lost their last foothold in France at Calais , their position in Ireland was as insecure as it had ever been , and the Scottish problem had taken an altogether new turn because Mary the Queen of Scotland could present a good claim to the English throne . |
| 4 | Whether it was during a healing , or during one of those morning meditations , I ca n't remember , but I had to assure Christopher that although I had stayed to every meditation and seen it through to the end , and although he had brought God , and probably Jesus Christ in upon several occasions , my original It was as intact as it had ever been . |
| 5 | This large parish now had two Anglican churches but Nonconformity was as pronounced as it had been in the seventeenth century . |
| 6 | Although the capacity was restricted to 25,000 , because of the redevelopment of Leeds ' home , the noise and expectancy from the crowd was as intense as it had been at Ibrox . |
| 7 | Dynasticism was not dead ; for some rulers , promoting family interests was as important as it had been to a Tudor or a Valois . |