Example sentences of "[noun prp] acting as [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ceremony took place with Picasso acting as godfather . |
| 2 | The drug was refined at their laboratory in Cranleigh , with Laming acting as distributor . |
| 3 | They renamed it ‘ DJ 's Hotel ’ and embarked on an ambitious plan which would involve the ebullient and talkative Johnstone acting as mine host . |
| 4 | Hopefully with Mick O'Toole 's son Kieran acting as agent the rides should soon mount up and with them will come the winners . |
| 5 | Anna Zborowska posed for two nude paintings , presumably painted in her rooms at the Sunny Hotel with Lunia acting as chaperone . |
| 6 | Lending Services continued to play a full part in the VISCOUNT Project , with Miss McKenzie acting as Secretary of the Technical Working Party . |
| 7 | Other items might be delegated , with the LEA acting as judge of which are best passed to the school 's control and which need to be held centrally . |
| 8 | The news itself was usually good : the dispatch or receipt of telegrams of congratulation or support ; the arrival of a foreign head of state or minister showing Qaddafi acting as head of state , reminding viewers that Libya has its place in the world and is respected . |
| 9 | It is also one of the major voices in the industry , with John Chance acting as chairman of the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors ’ Opencast Coal Committee for the last two years . |
| 10 | They subsequently turned to the duke , and by the following year Moresby was installed as Gloucester 's steward at Penrith , with his younger brother James acting as bailiff . |
| 11 | They subsequently turned to the duke , and by the following year Moresby was installed as Gloucester 's steward at Penrith , with his younger brother James acting as bailiff . |