Example sentences of "[adj] as [pers pn] [was/were] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Feelings in early childhood , where we were , indeed , helpless , where the world was , in fact , meaningless , where we were er subject as it were to erm , the arbitrary erm to , to , to arbitrary fate , and felt it because we were young children , but in which there really was a power that looked after us . |
| 2 | Unbecoming as it was to their cred , the embarrassed band loaded themselves and gear into the vehicle and tried very hard indeed not to be seen getting out of it at the other end . |
| 3 | LINKED as it was to the constantly shifting world of Soho , Minton 's personal life during these years underwent continual change . |
| 4 | It was immediately evident to the Doctor that , accustomed as they were to successful action , the Chelonians were ill prepared for such a large number of casualties . |
| 5 | All this Lamprey saw , accustomed as he was to dealing with humanity . |
| 6 | It seemed remarkable that Elizabeth should be as good as she was to her sister-in-law . |
| 7 | When I could not think how to answer this , unaccustomed as I was to conversing with People , she went on , ‘ Do you speak English ? |
| 8 | I am so jealous and protective of her , ’ but , close as she was to Louise , she could n't bring herself to admit what she saw as the black depths of her failure with her daughter . |
| 9 | Used as she was to dogs , she was unafraid , but even so she froze . |
| 10 | Mr Crumwallis looked at him in dyspeptic reproof , unused as he was to having his magisterial ramblings interrupted . |
| 11 | It remained silent , unused as it was to being asked for its opinions . |
| 12 | Dedicated as she was to Schellenberg 's welfare , she had an instinct about things . |