Example sentences of "as [noun prp] [vb past] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two more , and it was plain that she was hungry , just as Patrick had been in the first few weeks of life . |
| 2 | He had been as anonymous to Aldhelm as Aldhelm had been to him . |
| 3 | Frankish Kings could be as brutal as Euric had been in the days of Visigothic expansion . |
| 4 | He looked at her doubtfully , as troubled at leaving her with the distressed child as Edna had been at leaving Liza with Celia a short time before . |
| 5 | Now he was sharp and alert and as curt and direct as Sandison had been to him the day before . |
| 6 | Just as Jennie had been on the sidelines while his first wife was alive , Mary became his mistress almost immediately he went through his second marriage ceremony . |
| 7 | As Coleman had been at pains to point this out before taking on the DEA assignment , he could hardly disagree , but the risk had seemed acceptable at the time and he had taken particular care to underline his academic credentials whenever he met Hurley 's people . |
| 8 | This appeared to everyone on the ground to be a very harsh decision , as Lambourn had been to the ground twice in less than five minutes , the second occasion with a fine hard tackle that left him limping badly . |
| 9 | Or rather , as Rachel had been at pains to point out , a misunderstanding of Lamark 's theory of learned characteristics being inherited . |