Example sentences of "as [verb] [pron] [vb past] a " in BNC.

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1 When he was sure everything was exactly as prescribed he got a Pan-Am bag from inside the car .
2 As expected we identified a number of different mechanisms for these events .
3 Also yesterday , South Korea 's intelligence chief was quoted in the Chosun Ilbo newspaper as saying he had an intelligence report that North Korea had planned to conduct nuclear tests last year and had up to 22 kilograms ( 48lb ) of weapons-grade plutonium .
4 " That 's about as stupid as saying you became a nurse because you get a kick out of emptying bedpans .
5 An American academic writer has quoted a classmate of Nkrumah at Lincoln as asserting he acquired an anti-American complex during these years .
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