Example sentences of "[noun prp] [v-ing] [pron] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a dramatic island viewed from the sea and I can understand Alexander Dumas choosing it as a setting for his novel The Prisoner of Zenda . |
| 2 | Later , after four years in detention during the Mau Mau Emergency , he worked for an Indian workshop in Nairobi establishing himself as the pioneer manufacturer of bicycle carriers and foreguards . |
| 3 | Detectives believe terror gangs have been renting flats in London and the Midlands using them as a base for operations and then moving on . |
| 4 | What do you think about Faye using you as a model ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I am not the bravest of men , I 'll be honest I did not like Sir Ralph using me as a page boy but he distrusted the others . ’ |
| 6 | His dark night of the soul came in the Chinama Motel in faraway Lusaka , after his escape from South Africa , as he lay listening to the foreign service of Radio South Africa describing him as a liar , a crook and a psychopath . |
| 7 | This appalled Mrs Browning , who said at once that it was God using her as an instrument and that Wilson should have had more faith . |
| 8 | Mr Kinnock presenting himself as the country 's next Prime Minister , won a standing ovation at his Party Conference at Blackpool . |
| 9 | Whenever Layton had a promotional tour or appearance , a poetry reading or a workshop ( poetry-reading in Canada predated Ginsberg 's sensation with Howl that set in motion the ‘ beat-poetry ’ style , despite Scobie arguing it as an influence on Leonard 's background ) , he would take Leonard along , acquaint him with the nuts and bolts of the business and get him to read some of his own poetry . |