Example sentences of "[adv prt] as a [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the earl died without male issue in 1373 , he was taken on as a king 's knight by Edward III who , in addition to confirming the earl 's grant , awarded him an annuity for life of £50 . |
| 2 | She broke off as a man 's voice called from the staircase : ‘ What 's all this dam ’ talking ? |
| 3 | Ulster 's Theatre , 1988 , for example , really started off as a children 's playground ’ . |
| 4 | I mean , nobody would ever believe you 'd been brought up as a gardener 's boy ! |
| 5 | However the custody order expressly forbade Miss T. being brought up as a Jehovah 's Witness , the intention being that she should make her own decision when she was old enough to do so . |
| 6 | It was in Nazareth that Jesus was brought up as a carpenter 's son . |
| 7 | OK , so you 'd probably end up getting gunned down by the SAS or something , but that 's got to be a better end for a bunch of real rock terrorists than ending up as a Levi 's advert . |
| 8 | It had started out as a ship 's boiler but Selwyn had acquired it some years before to ensure a plentiful supply of soft water for his garden . |