Example sentences of "as [adv] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The father was on for the whole of the second act of The Hooded Owl , and never had that part of the play passed as slowly as it did that evening . |
| 2 | Both , when smiling , underwent a total transformation that illuminated an unsuspected streak of gaiety in their characters as successfully as it illuminated their eyes . |
| 3 | When human life could be expected to last two or three times as long as it had done in the Middle Ages , great changes were bound to occur in the way men thought about themselves . |
| 4 | For as long as it seemed remotely relevant , the tactic never failed ; and it was easy enough to make it seem relevant in the atmosphere of international hostility of 1945 . |
| 5 | Her friends back in London would never have recognised her as the Alyssia Stanley who had dozens of men trailing behind her , and who toyed with them but only for as long as it suited her . |
| 6 | ‘ For as long as it suited you ? ’ |
| 7 | For as long as it took me to get out of range , several birds used me for bombing practice , coming so close on occasions that ducking was a necessity rather than a flamboyant gesture . |
| 8 | He said the atmosphere at each gathering had been one of calm , loving concern , and this would continue for as long as it took to get the children home . |
| 9 | ‘ Again , I lived with Mike for as long as it took to get the divorce and then I arranged the wedding . |
| 10 | He stayed for as long as it took him to finish his beer . |
| 11 | She had gone up to her room now as if she was simply going to sit there and wait for as long as it took , and when the plane disappeared from sight Maggie went to find her . |
| 12 | ‘ Only for as long as it took her to latch on to another driver , ’ Vitor said drily . |
| 13 | They refrained from responding to a long series of statements by senior Chinese officials which contradicted both the letter and the spirit of the Joint Declaration - including an assurance , for example , that the post-1997 Hong Kong press would be free for ‘ as long as it did not publish anything detrimental to China 's national interest ’ . |
| 14 | It was in any case something of a miracle — and a tribute to the tenacity of the Lebanese — that their Covenant worked for as long as it did . |
| 15 | While few serious historians have defended Communist excesses , some have argued that it was only the strategy in whose name they were committed that enabled the Republic to fight on for as long as it did . |
| 16 | ‘ It sounds lousy , but the great advantage to Celeste — and the reason why our relationship survived for as long as it did — was that she never had much of an impact on either my feelings or my thoughts . |
| 17 | But that time must yet remain a few days ahead , while everywhere lay in the throes of a natural disaster — the nature of which had yet to be determined — and while the snow still fell as thickly as it did . |
| 18 | As suddenly as it began , the rain ceased . |
| 19 | The rain stops as suddenly as it came . |
| 20 | I heard screams of anguish , then the attack faded away as suddenly as it came . |
| 21 | The mortaring stopped just as suddenly as it had started , and it was quiet again . |
| 22 | Then it cut off as suddenly as it had started . |
| 23 | Then , just as suddenly as it had appeared , it dived , sliding back into the earth at an immense speed . |
| 24 | The pain had left as suddenly as it had come , except for a small reminder in her back . |
| 25 | It died as suddenly as it had risen . |
| 26 | When we actually reached the reef , with calm water erupting into foaming waves twenty feet high as they hit the rocks , the Mantela bucked like a frightened horse , sank into a trough , reared up again , and then , as suddenly as it had started , the old tub was through the creamy foam of the passage and had settled into the lazy waters of the lagoon . |
| 27 | It fell silent as suddenly as it had begun . |
| 28 | Hari 's wash of hurt pride and anger vanished as suddenly as it had come , though she realized that Craig 's words were no more than flattery . |
| 29 | But just as suddenly as it had begun all this ended three years later , leaving the halls deserted . |
| 30 | I was buried alive , the pummelling stopped as suddenly as it had started , I heaved myself up and the earth and muck fell off me . |