Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gradually it became more institutionalised as something resembling organised diplomatic services emerged . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ It came out looking as though I was telling them to stuff the season of goodwill , not buy the children any presents and put a bullet in the turkey . |
| 3 | In the 1980s the open conflict predicted by Marxists did result , but it did not end as they hoped . |
| 4 | It did not go as well as Carole had hoped . |
| 5 | But the texture of her sleep was light and shimmering and when she opened her eyes again much later , it did not seem as though she had slept at all . |
| 6 | It rained solidly every single day in fact , and it did n't stop as we were queuing to drive on to the ferry . |
| 7 | Most either thought it did n't matter as long as they got relief for their tension and frustration and saw it as a way of keeping the peace , but some were trying through women 's groups or assertion therapy to express themselves more honestly . |
| 8 | But it did n't matter as long as you could help is n't it . |
| 9 | But even when its use had been approved , it did n't work as it should . |
| 10 | The librarian observed that it did n't look as though they had been touched before . |
| 11 | It did n't look as though he was going to get a seat . |
| 12 | It was brushed down , it did n't look as though anyone had slept in it or was sleeping in it . |
| 13 | The way they treated me in the mother and baby unit , it did n't seem as though it was my baby . |
| 14 | Yeah but it did n't seem as though it were freezing though did it ? |
| 15 | I was later puzzled that it did indeed happen as we had prayed it would . |
| 16 | In many ways , McLaren was an early , if not the first , prototype of the modern racing team , and it did indeed seem as though Emerson fitted in very well . |
| 17 | Hence , the horse may spend the day avoiding mature people , and then find to its surprise that it has been caught by a child-foal that it had not perceived as possessing such ability . |
| 18 | She had tried separating them to eat in different places but it had not worked as they tried to run around while eating . |