Example sentences of "as they be [adv] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Regular worshippers may have been as sparse then as they are today but he was a person to whom one turned in times of trouble , just as he was called on at times of family celebration . |
| 2 | There were weaknesses — batteries were neither so good nor so light as they are today and in any case this was the first step . |
| 3 | Yes the they were much the same as they are now but er , of course the one nearest was the er spraying hanger , that 's where they used to build the Swallow side-cars , the main office building there 's a large hanger with large sliding doors at the back of there which used to house the erm experimental department for the Harvard Aircraft and erm they used to operate the flight gang from there getting the planes ready to go up to be actually tested , and then the next hanger up was very much er starting from scratch and finishing the aircraft structurally you know . |
| 4 | The Poles were almost as keen to get foreign currency then as they are now and they allowed certain visits to relatives . ’ |
| 5 | Oh yes , oh yes much as they are now and the big horse we used to call them the big horses you know and er shows and that , all , they used to , Willenhall Wakes used to be fine really good , and er that was down in the Lane somewhere there . |
| 6 | ‘ I will not anthropomorphize these vandals as they are wilfully and ignorantly trying to destroy a building that is there for the use of all the community . |
| 7 | The Report , echoing the research of the previous decade and the confidence of Crowther , asserted that the ‘ Newsom Children ’ ( as they were conveniently but inelegantly called ) were held back more by social than by genetic factors . |
| 8 | Would she and Stephen be sitting just as they were now and be suddenly unable to remember anything that had happened because nothing would have been real ? |