Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] as [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , their legacy lives on as the British Pteridological Society ( BPS ) , which this year celebrates its centenary . |
| 2 | The grassy hillside steering you up on to the ridge starts off as a benign little stroll , until you realise it is going to continue forever . |
| 3 | One is a man , Sergio Malandro , physically a cross between a lorry driver and an Italian gigolo , who dresses up as a five year-old in short trousers . |
| 4 | But , as it is , the 325i scrapes by as a comfortable four-seater with the proviso that four tall occupants will have to come to a front/rear legroom compromise that would n't even need to think about in a Peugeot 405 . |
| 5 | Go alt N and you can see what 's happening is your text is actually being indented one tab stop at a time so it ends up as a narrow thin ribbon of text skating down the page and if you do this really crazily you can end up with a document that is only just one word wide ! |
| 6 | He starts by being a nice little clerk and ends up as a drooling horror-film monster . |
| 7 | Iron shortage shows out as an overall pale colouring in the leaves . |