Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pron] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drawing refreshed him as a long walk refreshed him , and it was part of the art of forgetting slights , frustrations , old wounds , so necessary if he was to survive and stay serene . |
| 2 | His Honour Judge Maddocks , dismissing their appeal , said the practice of the partnership was that of the two offices together because the partnership ran them as a single business . |
| 3 | The outskirts of her home town excited her as a magical cavern will a child . |
| 4 | The exclamation escaped her as a startled squeak . |
| 5 | A movement in the mist revealed itself as a single patrol guard . |
| 6 | A friend described him as a charming rogue ‘ always on the make ’ . |
| 7 | Of these Tom Cruise established himself as a powerful actor and major star in Rainman ( 1989 ) and Born on the Fourth of July ( 1990 ) . |
| 8 | Although " the designers of the [ volost " ] court viewed it as a transitional form of rural justice " , volost " courts remained outside the general judicial system of the empire until 1912 . |
| 9 | This is an interesting case to examine , of course , because in Problems of Social Policy Titmuss presented it as a clear example of a policy change engendered originally by the social debate on evacuation , and then given sudden new urgency by the ‘ decisive ’ influence of Dunkirk in July 1940 ; a marked change in government thinking — a new acceptance of the milk-in-schools scheme as a universalist social service rather than a relief measure tainted with Poor Law associations — took place ‘ five days after the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk ’ . |
| 10 | For months , the 6ft tall Texan paraded himself as a loyal friend of the House of Windsor , ready to guide the troubled Yorks back to a marital bed of roses . |
| 11 | The real swing to Labour was 8.45 per cent , but the newspapers and television had it as a mere 7.5 per cent . |
| 12 | It was piece work , and I earned I er The firm payed me as a retaining fee , ten shillings a week , and then was what I earned , you see ? |
| 13 | The trial unmasked him as a complete charlatan and , in the words of one detective , ‘ as close to being the perfect rapist as you could get ’ . |
| 14 | In both cases the RapidCad exhibited full IEEE compliance even though the Cyrix test program reported it as a 486 ! . |
| 15 | Browne 's prosperity and monopolies were only once endangered , in 1645 , when an intercepted letter named him as a Royalist sympathizer . |
| 16 | Most of our group were sent to pick grapes under the supervision of an ex-legionnaire whose age and Germanic inflexion marked him as a former member of the Wehrmacht . |
| 17 | The appellant described himself as a self-employed accountant . |
| 18 | He received a partial endorsement from Hawke , much to the chagrin of senior ALP figures , when the former Prime Minister described him as a personable , articulate and presentable candidate " who offered a real alternative for a lot of people " . |
| 19 | The press reported it as a big accident . |
| 20 | There were no clerics nor foreigners amongst them and it was obvious that many of those going in to view the film viewed them as a sad little group . |
| 21 | Whereas in Northamptonshire the tutor-organiser saw himself as a professional liaising with other professionals in areas where voluntary participation was barely appropriate , his colleague in Essex was apparently expected to spend a lot of time in routine organising work which voluntary members could readily take over when she eventually resigned . |
| 22 | Member meant it as a medical diagnosis . |
| 23 | The Palace dismissed it as a fake , but within 24 hours Royal officials appeared to add weight to its authenticity by failing to reject it outright as a hoax . |
| 24 | Her mother identified it as a wayfaring tree and she 'd been cutting it back during the summer and it did n't seem to mind but she 'd be very grateful for any information about the wayfaring tree which presumably she 'd like to keep and continue to grow in her garden . |
| 25 | In the church Richard fell to prayer with such absorption that Lady Dalton forbore to disturb him when she entered , but her son recognised him as a former Oxford student . |
| 26 | Butler 's role at Crystal Palace was thus largely a supportive one and he seldom gained much publicity , but fans of the time recognised him as a useful contributor to the Palace cause . |
| 27 | Childhood security , her longing to return to that simpler time when her mother cherished her as a bright-haired toddler . |
| 28 | The schoolboy tight-head fancied himself as a hard man and was intent on working Elliot who , in fact , was so immensely strong that the lad can have been no more than the most minor of irritants . |