Example sentences of "was as [adj] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as well that I was unable to visit the Aran Isles , for if they had changed since the 1930s my disappointment might have been too great to bear . |
| 2 | It was as well that I did , however , for one most distinguished-looking lady of very advanced years moved to my table from the group of her friends who had been assisted indoors . |
| 3 | And erm , my wife who 's a teacher had erm a very devastating experience just after I retired so it was erm , it was as well that I retired when I did because I was then able to stay at home and er |
| 4 | She had been an actress in a northern repertory company and missed the life : she was as bored as I was . |
| 5 | ‘ I entered a few eisteddfods and competitions and did the exams but that was as far as I went . |
| 6 | Shortly after his arrival , I telephoned to make sure he had settled in and all was well : ‘ How are you , Blair ? ’ was as far as I got . |
| 7 | This was as far as I could get by water . |
| 8 | This , I suppose , was as far as I could allow myself to go . |
| 9 | They just r r rammed their way and you had an man the they had a man they tell me I I 've never seen one But erm this was as far as I can make out er by the They had a man standing by you see with a a spanner and er gave it a quarter turn every time it hammered the the drill sort of hit the rock , went into the and hammered . |
| 10 | That was as far as I got . |
| 11 | Well he was as far as I can remember he was thirty eight he , he went he worked at the Gas Works , ca n't remember much about that really but er I think he 'd actually been working nights and came home and actually died in bed I believe . |
| 12 | I am sure that he was as pleased as I was that the Parliamentary Secretary , my hon. Friend the Member for Skipton and Ripon ( Mr. Curry ) , spent some time last week promoting British lamb in the middle of France . |
| 13 | It 's a production to be recommended there 's lot of fun , good singing and the riverbank scene of Act 3 was as effective as I have ever seen , not least for Colin Rees 's mercurial exploration of the fat knight 's character even though the river was more Essex marshes than Windsor . |
| 14 | Forty minutes of temptation was as long as I could last out in the cold , biting wind but an invigorating walk in such conditions has to be good for you . |
| 15 | He was as anxious as I was about our journey to Glastonbury and the next morning we went down to the palace refectory feeling heavy-eyed and sluggish . |
| 16 | The living room was as pristine as I 'd ever seen it . |
| 17 | The precision of Hilaire 's placing was constantly astonishing and in an air-borne rond de jambe Guillem 's long lean line was as breathtaking as I 've seen it . |
| 18 | I was as quiet as I could be , but all the same , I ca n't help wondering if at some stage he realised I was on his heels . |
| 19 | Mr Edgar was as surprised as I was , but welcomed Heathcliff as politely as he could . |
| 20 | ‘ It was as hard as I 've practised in a long time , ’ said the Ryder Cup player . |
| 21 | Going to give the table a push that was as hard as I pushed the pen and |
| 22 | In early 1986 , my foot finally healed and I began to train as if I was as fit as I had been before my injury . |
| 23 | I mean it it sounds stupid , but a person I knew , she was about as stupid as i was as naive as I was , because er she was pregnant , her husband was n't away but she 'd got how many , five , four children , she 'd lost three children and she 'd got , then she had four , and then she found herself pregnant again . |
| 24 | I soon realised that not everyone was as naive as I had been and I fell out with Kate and Alison . |
| 25 | It was as bad as I 've seen in 60 years . ’ |
| 26 | I had a most interesting conversation about Italian opera with a waiter called Giovanni , who was as enthusiastic as me about Verdi . |
| 27 | My first encounter with a badger , as a lad of 10 , was as exciting as I could have wished . |
| 28 | I think she was as embarrassed as me . ’ |