Example sentences of "was as [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 It was as they left the café that Kelly noticed a Lamborghini , bearing the number plate FAY 1 , badly parked outside a chemist 's shop on the High Street .
2 It was as they approached the gates that Joe pointed away to the left and towards the hills where a man was walking and he cried excitedly , ‘ There 's Mick ! ’
3 The next call from the aircraft was as it crossed the BN having cleared for an ILS approach ; the call said that Invicta 435 was turning outbound again and would report again at the MN beacon .
4 It was as she put the last plate on the table that the door opened and Carrie Smith entered the kitchen .
5 ‘ The last I saw of him was as he entered the bedroom , ’ Petion replied .
6 What I 'd like to say is I think erm certainly in Scotland and in Strathclyde area that four years ago , erm the first women in transport survey was actually carried out , erm and it was carried out elsewhere in Britain and er this was as I say the first study that had been done and the results were very surprising .
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