Example sentences of "[to-vb] [prep] the [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In April a restlessness seemed to come into the air as the village began to throw off the lethargy of winter . |
| 2 | Perhaps the main reason why we are so strongly inclined to talk of the head as the locality of our thoughts is this … |
| 3 | It was wholly inappropriate to deal with the matter as the judge did . |
| 4 | Prise it away carefully , and have some timber offcuts handy to pop into the gaps as the board comes away . |
| 5 | It was a reasonable thing to do at the time as the fund was in surplus . |
| 6 | It did , however , illustrate how people in Britain often have good ideas for inventions but then have to sit on the sidelines as no one is prepared to back them . |
| 7 | The first great white flakes had melted on the pavements , now it was falling thicker and faster , building up on the window ledges and in the cricks and crannies , turning to slush on the roads as the traffic churned through it . |
| 8 | Foam began to spread through the air as the fire-fighting systems reacted automatically to the emergency . |
| 9 | She was lifted bodily aboard by two sailors and carried down to a panelled cabin where she and Maria Candida were to live during the voyage ; and when she had been helped out of her clothes and into simpler garments that were more suited to life on board ship , she insisted upon going on deck to watch from the aftercastle as the mariners sang at the capstan and the anchors were weighed . |
| 10 | Home Office approval for Anna to stay in the UK as the adopted child of the Golders has now been obtained . |
| 11 | ‘ It is time to stop considering the sea as the universal garbage can , ’ he announced . |
| 12 | The nurse sent to accompany Leslie tried hard to melt into the background as the overjoyed family spent several hours opening presents under the tree . |
| 13 | Platt , moved up front as Les Ferdinand 's minder , came close with a shot parried by Benedettini and Bruno Muccioli raced in to head over the bar as the ball appeared to be dropping into goal . |