Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun sg] as it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhere , across the green , a car changed gear as it moved towards Lulling , and hummed away into nothingness . |
| 2 | He imagined labour as it would be , had it not been formulated by capitalism , and say that it would then be merely an aspect of the total business of living , unseparated from such activities as recreation , consumption , family life : that it would be just part of existence . |
| 3 | ( iv ) Development of oesophageal ulceration after emergency sclerotherapy delayed randomisation as it was felt that its pressure would increase the hazards of oesophageal transection in patients randomised to this arm of the trial . |
| 4 | Ernst & Young fielded a former Inland Revenue Inspector of Taxes and a former VAT inspector — gamekeepers turned poacher as it were — to talk about the changes brought about by the Single Market to the regulations governing direct taxation and VAT . |
| 5 | Three litres of two pack acrylic paint but use an air fed facemask as it contains cyanide |
| 6 | As he walked with his brothers , Angel felt that , however lucky they were to have a university education , neither of them really saw life as it was lived . |
| 7 | I preferred life as it was . ’ |
| 8 | They were fighting for justice for the workers , a fine cause but one that had already proved useless in Russia , where the same old bureaucratic hierarchy held sway as it did in Spain . |