Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [adv prt] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A passion born of the habit I came by as a girl at school . |
| 2 | But I came back as a Gnome . |
| 3 | I came out as a result of sexual frustration and a desire to be honest with myself . |
| 4 | The Old Gang Smelting Mills reminded me of an old deserted coal pit I played around as a child . |
| 5 | We were , yes , cos that 's when I went on to the crane driving in for a crane and got it you see , that 's why I finished up as a crane driver until I went stevedoring . |
| 6 | Even then I started out as a singer , until it struck me that I 'd absolutely no chance of making it — something to do with having an absolutely diabolical voice , I think . |
| 7 | I started off as a drummer . |
| 8 | I I certainly did n't go in in in in with a rank on my shoulder , I went in as a recruit . |
| 9 | I grew up as a child with a longing to hunt big game , and from 1930 to 1940 I took every opportunity to do so ; for this I have no regrets . |
| 10 | She lived in as a bride . |
| 11 | Erm mm I ca n't remember , Alan and Josie 's daughter down the road , erm she passed out as a nurse from Queens a while ago and you know what students are in general , nurses in particular , there was , you would expect , one hell of a party when the exam results were public what came out of the the party was when she got a job as a nurse . |
| 12 | With ffeatherstonehaugh 's , if you came in as a guest and they liked you , you could be elected by acclamation on the spot . ’ |
| 13 | She came back as a ghost . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ When you were a gunner — as I was — you signed on as a merchant deckhand because if your ship put into neutral port and you went ashore as a gunner , you could be interned . |
| 15 | She started off as a journalist , and when reading her on the nauseating cult of Elizabeth David , you know you are in the hands of a mistress of rhetoric . |
| 16 | She broke off as a man 's voice called from the staircase : ‘ What 's all this dam ’ talking ? |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose you went round as a visitor — they 'd have their own vet , naturally . ’ |
| 18 | She looked up as a waitress appeared carrying a tray loaded with plates of crusty bread , cheese and pickles . |
| 19 | when she went back as a teacher . |
| 20 | And she cried out as a cascade of fireworks seemed to explode deep within her , before their bodies , now moving in perfect unison , recaptured the fierce , tumultuous pleasure they had always shared in the past — the total consummation which she had been denied for so long . |
| 21 | Take the clothes you have on with you , so that if he wants you dressed up as a teenager you have the proper clothes for that , too . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ She ended up as a Lady . |
| 23 | When we dressed up as a bottle |
| 24 | I know some young women rightly feel that they came out as a result of their own strength — and of course many of them do come out without any youth work involvement . |
| 25 | His eyesight was below par which disqualified him from being a pilot — and annoyed him a lot — but he passed out as a navigator . |
| 26 | When he got on as a substitute against Sweden he was first class ; in Albania he was one of our best players . ’ |
| 27 | Int he trained up as a welder now ? |
| 28 | ‘ Apart from his match-winning goal against Oxford United , I was pleased with his overall contribution when he came on as a second-half substitute . |
| 29 | ‘ The moment I will never forget is our second goal in the Cup final against Manchester United when he came on as a substitute . |
| 30 | If anyone have seen pictures from our game against Poland he came on as a substitute for Fjortoft as lone attacker — and he played brilliantly for the 20 minutes he was on . |