Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [vb past] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically enough , his main field experience occurred as a fortuitous consequence of the First World War . |
| 2 | Sir , — Your report of the Whitehill Town Council 's comments on our — Oak Lodge and Chestnut Court — minibus appeal came as a great shock to our residents , and a reply must be made . |
| 3 | Yeah but Russia did n't case Russia intervened as a pro-liberal thing . |
| 4 | Ellen borrowed the adjustable spanner that Mama Sipcott provided as a lobster-claw cracker . |
| 5 | He also showed that the glucoside ericolin acted as a selective inhibitor of bacterial growth , thus aiding the isolation of pure cultures . |
| 6 | This is what planners have striven to do since land use planning emerged as a professional discipline , yet it has led to the over-exploitation of environmental capital and an inexorable decline in the quality of the environment . |
| 7 | Only the Wilton rug stretched between two fireside chairs beckoned as a cosy oasis . |
| 8 | In the press , in the House of Commons , in reports to government departments and in popular folklore there emerged the evacuee stereotype — a dirty , lice-ridden and foul-mouthed urchin who wet the bed with monotonous regularity , preferred fish and chips to a proper three-course meal and was about as domesticated as a wildcat ; similarly , the evacuee mother appeared as a negligent slut , impossible to live with and having the vocabulary of a Billingsgate fish porter . |
| 9 | The second clerk behind the desk was a man Bodie recognised as a new recruit to the forces of CI5 . |
| 10 | BELOW This portrait sketch on bleedproof marker paper began as a loose drawing in cool grey 01 — just visible around the unfinished hand . |
| 11 | In the model the Arctic ozone hole appeared as a direct result of the changes in circulation induced by both doubling the amount of CO 2 and properly representing the radiative feedbacks of the evolving ozone distribution . |
| 12 | The appointment and role of the panel chairman emerged as a key issue . |
| 13 | Chief Officer Mason left as a Corporal motor-cyclist in 1914 and returned as a Major in 1919 . |
| 14 | Such a shocking change in weather condition came as a rude awakening to people who thought the North-East had escaped the clutches of winter for another year . |
| 15 | After the Second World War — during which time Fred served as a Special in the Metropolitan Police and later in the Royal Artillery — he put in another 111 League appearances and thus became the only Palace player to make a century of appearances on each side of the war . |