Example sentences of "[verb] as [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had read that , at the exclusive Beefsteak Club in London , every steward was addressed as George , and the colonel had decided to adopt the same rule to save people from remembering unnecessary names when stewards were changed . |
| 2 | The 28-year-old Earl Spencer 's reassuring calls were disclosed as Di visited South London 's tough Brixton area to launch a project aimed at fighting drug and alcohol abuse . |
| 3 | There was then little belief in the value of the Coalition Liberals , but a strong belief in the value of Lloyd George ; he would be a good advocate with the new electorate and he would in due course be disarmed as Chamberlain had been . |
| 4 | GERTRUDE : ( Correcting ) Thanks , Guildenstern ( Turning to ROS , who bows as GUIL checks upward movement to bow too — both bent double , squinting at each other ) … and gentle Rosencrantz . |
| 5 | They are based on the same 10V BiCMOS process as Thomson 's STKM2000 analogue-digital series . |
| 6 | Edward creased up laughing as Ma chased Pa with a broom outside into the bright , crisp morning . |
| 7 | They had a report that Gilbey hurried off to the Lotus HQ , laughing as Styczynski shouted : ‘ Are you going to sort out this mess , mate ? ’ |
| 8 | She wondered , laughing as Sabina jogged her , for she had halted in a daydream , what it would be like to encourage him , to overcome the scruples he so kindly showed by not exploring her body . |
| 9 | She threw up a hand , laughing as Theda 's lips tightened . |
| 10 | They flicked on and off Slater started laughing as Graham shook his head and walked away up Rosebery Avenue . |
| 11 | Now the Fish was sprawled in a black steel armchair , laughing as Charlie talked and walked up and down , pouting and playing with his hair . |
| 12 | news on ronny johnsen is that he probably will not be offered a contract with spurs — he was tried out as a central marking defender ( the style most teams play — each central defender marks one attacker ) and as such he was no succes — norway play what we call a zone defence ; ‘ marking ’ their zones instead of players — journalists from Holland were laughing as Norway 's coach Drillo Olsen was asked ‘ who is to mark van Basten ? ’ before our home game against Holland and he answered ‘ No one is ’ — they did not laugh afterwards ( we won 2–1 ) . |
| 13 | She rose as Sally-Anne entered . |
| 14 | He rose as Miss Jarman and Jess were shown in , shook Miss Jarman 's hand , said : ‘ Ah , the evidence ! ’ eyeing Jess , and : ‘ The other evidence ? ’ |
| 15 | He and Athelstan rose as Gaunt swept into the room . |
| 16 | She rose as Corbett entered . |
| 17 | She and Nevil were looking after Margaret and Rose as John and Laura had gone out to the theatre for the evening . |
| 18 | Further development of the programme and of the role of the Community Mother is possible , though within the present structures there is a danger that it could become a mere extension of the health services , with the Community Mother as a low-waged employee , losing voluntary status , altering motivation and reducing their effectiveness as change agents , becoming as Gill Walt concludes about Community Health Workers in many countries , ‘ just another pair of hands ’ rather than the change agents they were claimed to be . |
| 19 | For the next ten minutes the line hummed as Forbes recounted how the Iranian exile and her daughter had been seized in the middle of the morning rush hour . |
| 20 | Kris Kristofferson walks by , as silvery and twinkling as Captain Bird 's Eye . |
| 21 | Doubts concerning Gates 's role in the affair were sufficiently strong , however , that in 1987 he had withdrawn his name after being nominated as CIA director ( having served as acting director from late 1986 because of William Casey 's incapacitation through illness ) , in view of doubts about his likely confirmation [ see p. 35187 ] . |
| 22 | Chauthala was nominated as Janata Dal candidate in the Meham re-poll and in a by-election at Darbakalan , to be held on May 26 . |
| 23 | ‘ But that scarcely matters as Sturmbannführer Berger has other duties to take care of . ’ |
| 24 | A Certain Sacrifice , made in 1979 , features the shy , retiring lady we later came to know as Madonna in a drama set on New York 's meanest streets . |
| 25 | He could not imagine how an intelligent person ( as Ludo insisted this girl was ) would behave as Constance had , unless there were some emotional flaw in her . |
| 26 | It is when we do not act and behave as Jesus ' followers that adultery can take place , followed by legal proceedings for divorce . |
| 27 | Most of us would agree that it 's useful to stay calm and think ahead , but few of us are as well organised as Caroline Lamb , who makes a point of taking her seven-week-old baby , Ben , out every day to visit friends , the clinic or shops . |
| 28 | It has also been suggested that the Bond albedo was lower within the last few hundred years and that the atmosphere is still cooling as Jupiter adjusts to its new higher albedo . |
| 29 | He also dismissed speculation that he would resign as ALP leader , suggesting that he had every intention of leading the party into the next election , constitutionally due by 1993 . |
| 30 | If they are unable to do this then they should resign as Michael Hesseltine did during the Westland affair . |