Example sentences of "[adv] as a [noun] [unc] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A century ago it was considered to be as good as the Normande , and better as a butcher 's beast , but a combination of war and frontier changes led to its deterioration ; it was crossed with Danish Red as well as Belgian Red to form the Flemish Red , which is usually whole red , though some have mottled or blazed faces . |
| 2 | But he was n't saying that he was getting eighteen thousand a year from Ffestiniog slate alone as a director 's bonus and he 's a director of the other quarries as well . |
| 3 | Dartingly as a lizard 's tongue he kissed Meh'Lindi on the side of the brow before plunging her too into silence and blindness . |
| 4 | True , even costumed thus as a Trader 's mistress she would be armed — with a garrotte or two , some tiny digital weapons for slipping on to her fingers , phials of the chemicals she used . |
| 5 | ‘ I remember she used to tell me stories of a wonderful place where she 'd had a job once as a lady 's maid . |
| 6 | At nine he was employed by an ironmonger at 2s 6d a week and nine months later as a printer 's devil on the weekly Sunderland Herald at 45 6d . |
| 7 | Built around the turn of the century , it had been designed originally as a soldiers ' barracks . |
| 8 | Not quite so even as a Mouse 's Hide |
| 9 | Defined twenty years ago as a community 's ability to collaborate effectively in identifying problems and finding solutions , community competence has recently been associated with improved health outcomes ( Eng , 1989 ) . |
| 10 | Because my elder sister she left home when she was about sixteen I think , she went erm into she was working there as a matron 's maid . |
| 11 | But while I tramcar leaving any suburban area there was always what was known then as a worker 's return . |
| 12 | was built afterwards as a servant 's house . |
| 13 | ‘ Trussed up tight as a smack-smuggler 's arse ! ’ he muttered . |
| 14 | Tight as a duck 's backside ! |