Example sentences of "[adj] as she [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Alicia Lockwood at seventy-nine had been as strong-willed as she had been at any time of her life . |
| 2 | Unlike Pete he smelled nice — Sally thought it was Old Spice — and when he pressed his hips against hers she was excited by the sensations it aroused , not revolted as she had been with the Teddy Boy at the youth club dance . |
| 3 | Although , as for this last speculation , Harriet could not help thinking that if Liza was still as distressed as she had been at home , she would have been even more likely to let her mother know , for she had never before been one to suffer in silence . |
| 4 | Sophie looked almost as surprised as she had been at Helen 's news . |
| 5 | Her distress was evident to Nicandra , who felt nearly as embarrassed by Dada 's miserable driving as she had been by Aunt Tossie 's disgraceful exhibition . |