Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] as the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Parquet had existed , he thought , since at least 1883 when a reforming Minister of Justice had unearthed in his office some Arabic translations of parts of the French Code Napoleon and promulgated them as the new Egyptian legal system . |
| 2 | I rated him as the best British droll comedian we had . |
| 3 | His work with The Miracles kept him in hits until 1972 , when he finally went solo and delivered the gorgeous Smokey , which might have promised more than it delivered but which ultimately — on ‘ Baby Come Close ’ , ‘ Just My Soul Responding ’ and the personal protest of ‘ Holly ’ — established him as the great single Romeo of modern soul . |
| 4 | I bet you never saw me as the faithful little wife . |
| 5 | He saw it as the only realistic long term solution to Selborne 's dilemma . |