Example sentences of "[coord] as it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another lovely walk that the family occasionally took was to West Harnham or as it was known locally ‘ Watery Harnham ’ , a fitting nickname for there was always plenty in the rivers , streams and water meadows . |
| 2 | And as it was revealed house prices were still falling , Nat West chairman Lord Alexander said : ‘ There is continuing , widespread deep recession in the UK . ’ |
| 3 | In the period since the Second World War , political stability , economic growth , and a broad societal consensus , meant that the constitution as it was , as it was said to be , and as it was said it should be , were all seen as of one , pulling together in mutual support in a way that called for " no change " . |
| 4 | Simply expressed , the set-up as it was , as it was said to be , and as it was said it should be , had all pulled apart in a way that called for change . |
| 5 | He seeks to restore the status quo as it was between July 1990 and September 1991 and as it was confirmed by the Australian court in the divorce proceedings . |
| 6 | A somewhat different case is García Márquez 's One Hundred Years of Solitude which recounts the history of the small town of Macondo , not so much as it actually happened , but as its inhabitants experienced and interpreted it and as it was transmitted by popular oral tradition . |
| 7 | There seemed nothing I could usefully add to whatever Henniker might be doing , and as it was getting on for half past twelve I decided to find a pub and a sandwich . |
| 8 | The judge Mr Justice described it as heavy and as it was handed to members of the jury he warned them not to drop it . |
| 9 | There were no further messages on the tape , and as it was switched off Lucy found her thoughts being dragged unwillingly back to the question of Doreen Andrews . |
| 10 | If he had had his way , he would have stayed in Wilson 's house all day long and as it was managed to be there a good half of it . |
| 11 | In The Rape of Lucrece Tarquin , unable to restrain his lust , and as it were possessed by the spirit of the boar , violates the chaste Lucrece , a devotee of the goddess in her virgin mode as Diana . |
| 12 | And nine times out of ten people in that situation , when they 're actually creating their article or their programme or anything else , will take that material , use their own style , wrap it up , and as it were throw it out , and if you 're pro-active in that sense , you stand a very very much better chance of them getting it right . |
| 13 | Possibly the building industry was one of the most substantial in the country , but as it was based on small local units it is virtually impossible to study . |
| 14 | Croll failed in arithmetic but as it was acknowledged by Lord Kelvin that he had calculated the precession of the equinoxes over the last 10 million years , his mathematical ability was accepted . |
| 15 | For much of the broadcast he was answering questions put by two interviewers , but as it was drawing to a close he suddenly began reading from a prepared text , declaring : " I warned in 1987 that Gorbachev has in his character an aspiration for absolute personal power . |
| 16 | I was unable to see his face but as it was getting dark , I was not surprised . |
| 17 | But as it was accepted into this relatively formal literary genre , [ h ] -loss seems to have been much less overtly stigmatized than it is today . |
| 18 | The north wing of the school would have made three extra units , but as it was rented out to the health club , the new owners decided to maintain this arrangement . |