Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] they as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd given them as a wedding present , she said , and never seen them used . |
| 2 | Only the earl of Lancaster among the nobility and Winchelsey among the prelates were committed to the Ordinances ; others seemed to regard them as a measure , or cover for measures , against Gaveston ; Winchelsey , however , died in 1313 , leaving Lancaster alone to pursue his ambitions in the name of the Ordinances . |
| 3 | Obviously they could n't be ridden on a mountain , but magazine articles and newspaper features began treating them as a status symbol , and so every airhead on a salary of over £20,000 a year rushed out to buy one and take it up a mountain . |
| 4 | He warmed the pot , instinctively found the tea in the caddy Frances 's Auntie Pamela had given them as a wedding present , and brewed up . |
| 5 | There may be economies in using higher educational facilities as locations for events and academics as consultants ; and some of these resources may be cheaper than they would be if the company had to provide them as a call on the payload . |
| 6 | In Nanking also , they had to build them as a safety measure , but they have either been dismantled or moved out of sight . |