Example sentences of "as [pron] [was/were] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She was standing outside , on the deck overlooking the lake , as I was on the phone . |
| 2 | I knew I would never finish a book so long as I was on the North Shore , either . |
| 3 | there 's a horse erm in some of the fields just coming out of Morpeth towards Newcastle and I saw , pardon me as I was on the bus like yesterday coming into Morpeth and this horse just shot out of nowhere and it was really enjoying itself ! |
| 4 | No as as I say Doctor , I do n't Same as I was on the valium , you know |
| 5 | But just as I was on the point of giving up , the honking bus swerved past me . |
| 6 | You 're exactly as you were on the day we met . ’ |
| 7 | As soon as she was on the road she began to run . |
| 8 | As long as she was on the train she was safe . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , just as we were on the verge of starting an affair , he heard that I had other irons in the fire . ’ |
| 10 | Only a return to US price stability would allow a once-and-for-all rise in the gold price to work , and there was nothing in the act of raising the price of gold which would make that more likely ( indeed , the improved gold backing for the dollar would relax such pressure as there was on the US government to maintain price stability in order to defend the dollar ) . |
| 11 | There was as much in the loft as there was on the whole first floor . |
| 12 | The concert required considerable stamina from both players , as they were on the platform virtually throughout the concert , with Craig alternating between the organ and harpsichord continuo parts and Paul playing orchestral parts when he was not playing solo . |
| 13 | Michael sniggered behind Moran as soon as they were on the road together but it drew such a quelling look from Maggie that he went quiet . |
| 14 | In the same Record Offices there may exist — but in much smaller numbers — even more interesting maps which show the lay-out of the village and its open fields , with every strip separately shown , and all the other features of the fields , as they were on the eve of the enclosure . |
| 15 | It was exhilarating because they were just as good in the flesh as they were on the wireless . |
| 16 | ‘ You know so much about farming , ’ Theodora said as they were on the point of parting . |
| 17 | Am I all right , as they were on the point of asking ? |
| 18 | The passageway here splits into two , one branch leading to the engine sump where a cage lies jammed for ever , the other leading to where a small spiral stairway runs up from a hole in the wall , over the tunnel , to the engine room which , apart from a few acts of vandalism and the ravages of time , is very much as it was on the day it was left . |
| 19 | Oh we will protest , too much methinks , that we do not miss it , will recall the struggle , the failures , the inadequacies ; recall life as it was on the road , for a time anyhow , though I daresay soon enough out imagination will take over transforming us into giants . |
| 20 | Linked to this , a central factor in the familial ideology , was the increased ideological separation of home from work , based as it was on the withdrawal of the lady from social labour . |
| 21 | God knows how they had conjured up the planning permission for such a venture , situated as it was on the borders of Essex in a green-belt area . |
| 22 | We vote Labour because it 's our party , it 's on our side , as it was on the side of our forefathers . |
| 23 | ‘ It does n't show much sign of injury , ’ he said , ‘ but as it was on the side of the road I think it 's safe to assume it 's just one more traffic casualty . ’ |
| 24 | Noreen was only older by a couple of years , but their mark was laid heavily on her , just as it was on the Rafferty regulars . |
| 25 | If she was aware of the situation as it was on the morning of 18 October 1963 she was possibly mistaken in her action . |
| 26 | Barnhorne was not quite so impressive , set as it was on the shifting , sea-threatened , marshland east of Pevensey . |
| 27 | I , er first of all I was a kind of shy wee laddie as it were on the council . |
| 28 | Her fresh-faced expression gazing as it were on the threshold of life is a poignant reminder of the passing of time and finite nature of dreams . |
| 29 | As brilliant as he was on the course , so he was anonymous off it . |
| 30 | Living as he was on the borders of his lost paradise , in the limitless landscape of childhood from which he had been banished into adulthood , an uncomfortable country , I sensed that Jean-Claude was continually grappling with the feeling that his present was a poor reflection of his past . |