Example sentences of "as it [adv] [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dominant response may at present be a favourable one , but this is only maintained so long as it implicitly accepted that functions are being successfully and rationally fulfilled . |
| 2 | The Movement recognised this , as it also recognised that administrative pressures were working against a concerted attempt to preserve religious unity . |
| 3 | Staring at the door , Ellie seemed quite unable to tear her eyes away as it slowly opened and Feargal walked in . |
| 4 | Pulsatilla seemed to cover the case as it now presented and successfully treated both the anxiety and the palpitations . |
| 5 | I actually mar marked twelve closed questions as it so happened but that 's , that 's neither here nor there , that 's ju that 's just a point of reference . |
| 6 | But in a sense such criticism misses the point , for Napoleon III and his prefect were well aware of the nature of Parisian society as it then existed and wished to take account of it . |
| 7 | The real power in Aquitaine , in the sense of the power to appoint men or collect and transfer money , lay , of course , with Henry — as it always did when he was on the Continent and chose to exercise it . |
| 8 | Intrigued , and a little afraid of the gyrating shadows that loomed like feathery figures on the walls beside them , the boy kept close to the bent figure , curiosity alive in him , and a strange excitement driving him on as it always did when he was with the old man . |
| 9 | It tinkled furiously , as it always did when he became agitated for any reason . |
| 10 | She threw up until the nausea passed , just as it always did if she drank alcohol , but now it was almost as if her body already knew alcohol was bad for the tiny life growing inside her . |
| 11 | Fascination with the older girls won just as it always did and she crossed the landing , an expanse of lino dotted with what her mother referred to as ‘ slip mats ’ , pushed open the door and went in . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , the French performed a volte-face worthy of their government 's foreign policy habits , and gave the cardiac arrest generation nouvelle cuisine , or cuisine minceur and then cuisine naturelle , as it quickly became when the first fanatical asceticism mellowed . |
| 13 | This was an undercover operation which had to be conducted with great speed as it quickly emerged that there was every chance that the Princess might well have left the royal circle by the proposed September publication date of the book . |