Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Juliet smelled them as soon as she was inside the house . |
| 2 | The day after those comments , Robert Dole , the Republican leader in the Senate , branded them as ‘ incredible ’ . |
| 3 | The intervention of the TV programme follows months of investigation by Detective-Sergeant Derek Nickol and a thorough search of the common by 100 police officers and tracker dogs earlier this year — all of which revealed nothing as to Dinah 's disappearance . |
| 4 | Anselm met them as best he could as they arose , and we may trace them step by step , less to recall the stages in an archbishop 's promotion , than to understand the state of mind in which Anselm progressed from one stage to the next . |
| 5 | Manningham , a burly fifty-year-old with an aggressive manner and a paunch , met them as they descended the far side of the bridge . |
| 6 | Through an emissary , they threatened that if they had to withdraw — which was now inevitable — and the partisans attacked them as they retreated , the cities of Bologna , Reggio Emilia , Parma and Piacenza would be destroyed . |
| 7 | A sudden misery enveloped me as I drove over to the gate leading into the field . |
| 8 | Jenny asked me as we got up to leave . |
| 9 | ‘ Did you know she 's a Catholic ? ’ he asked me as though it really mattered , and he gestured with his cigarette at a crucifix that hung over the narrow bed , which I knew was there solely for sentimental purposes because it had belonged to Ellen 's dead father , but to McIllvanney it was a challenge . |
| 10 | ‘ How does Harvey know what I said to General Midwinter ? ’ she asked me as she passed . |
| 11 | She asked me as well . |
| 12 | " Well , she waylaid me as I was leaving after seeing your Toby , and asked me to give you a message . |
| 13 | I drunk them as well . |
| 14 | Oh you drunk them as well ? |
| 15 | She opened her eyes wide and amazed , and then lowered them as she made a rapid calculation . |
| 16 | For his part he noticed , not the dress but the slender-waisted , full-breasted figure it adorned ; the pretty face and the abundant dark hair which the bonnet framed ; the large amber eyes which met his as he helped her in . |
| 17 | I have to disagree with Adrian Thrills in the NME who labelled them as weak and below par . |
| 18 | It labelled them as personal opinion and suggested that in future the press question everything said at any time by DEC staff , no matter how high ranking , to assure themselves they are getting the company line . |
| 19 | In the past it seems a lot went further and either provided the workers with documentation of their relationship which labelled them as employees or , and contrary to the requirements of the Employment Agencies Act , failed to specify that they were not . |
| 20 | Finnan labelled them as they ate their evening meal . |
| 21 | However , Mr Doug McAvoy , the NUT 's general secretary , dismissed them as unrepresentative ‘ noisy ones ’ . |
| 22 | He should have made a point of looking at the evening coverage before doing his own piece ; but he 'd seen the people they 'd sent to the press conference at the hospital , dismissed them as unlikely to do a decent job on it , and promptly forgotten them . |
| 23 | Luke 's words and their possible implication slammed belatedly into her brain as she was being introduced to the entertainment editor of a local newspaper , but natural incredulity dismissed them as more talk , just words carelessly plucked from an inadequate language . |
| 24 | Some dealers dismissed them as meaningless , since they left out the UK 's biggest trading partners on the continent . |
| 25 | Guide books and handbooks for travellers often dismissed them as being of little interest . |
| 26 | With a quantity of black looks and complaints , the Guildsmen shuffled away towards their homes , and the Bishop blessed them as they went . |
| 27 | I like the way you invited me as well . |
| 28 | Later a gringo who was in the chief 's office described me as behaving ‘ like a demented Scotsman . ’ |
| 29 | Official Iraqi statements reported them as having bombed residential areas , a charge denied by Tehran . |
| 30 | The preacher 's fiery words pursued them as they passed the house of Crutched Friars and turned left down an alleyway towards the Tower . |