Example sentences of "[was/were] as he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the facts actually were as he believed them to be , he would be entitled to act as he did . |
| 2 | He was fascinated by those deepest drives which were as he put it in 1919 ‘ canalizations of something … simple , terrible and unknown ’ . |
| 3 | It was soy , of course , not meat , that formed the filling inside the thin shells of dough , but that was as he wished it . |
| 4 | The door under the stairs was as he recalled it , low and cut on a slant to fit in under the balustrade . |
| 5 | It was as he escorted her through the hall that he quietly suggested a drink after work . |