Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] as a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fiona hugged me as a long-lost brother and said Harry still could n't be quite clear in his mind as he was saying now that he remembered drowning . |
| 2 | It was piece work , and I earned I er The firm payed me as a retaining fee , ten shillings a week , and then was what I earned , you see ? |
| 3 | After his accession Richard parted with all his East Anglian estates to Howard , an indication that he regarded them as a peripheral part of his power base . |
| 4 | After his accession Richard parted with all his East Anglian estates to Howard , an indication that he regarded them as a peripheral part of his power base . |
| 5 | Every penny of that meagre capital represented a pleasure foregone , a temptation denied , yet now I found myself wasting it on meals I did n't want with people who regarded me as a poor relative . |
| 6 | This helped them as a creative unit — in 1967 they came up with arguably their greatest single Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields Forever and with the album Sergeant Pepper 's Lonely Hearts ' Club Band which , though it has n't aged particularly well , was certainly a quantum leap forward for popular music at the time . |
| 7 | AN OFF-DUTY police inspector saw the alleged killer of Marie Wilks but dismissed him as a good Samaritan , the M50 murder trial was told yesterday . |
| 8 | Those who dismissed him as a third-rate actor failed to recognize his ability as a political campaigner . |
| 9 | Drawing refreshed him as a long walk refreshed him , and it was part of the art of forgetting slights , frustrations , old wounds , so necessary if he was to survive and stay serene . |
| 10 | Her instructor , Sally Sheffield , described her as a competent first-aider who did not panic . |
| 11 | Mrs Summerchild was not available last night for comment , but neighbours described him as a reserved man who was devoted to his family , and who had a passion for music . |
| 12 | Steve Cauthen , having his first race ride on Arazi yesterday , described him as a suitable type for Epsom . |
| 13 | Oh there was this interview with Mick Jagger yeah but like it must have been written about cos they described him as a neanderthal rocker . |
| 14 | A friend described him as a charming rogue ‘ always on the make ’ . |
| 15 | They became lovers , but Valerie did n't know that Sanquest regarded her as a mere plaything — someone he could have a little fun with ; someone he could display before his friends as his latest conquest . |
| 16 | Wordsworth 's changing of sides has always laid him open to this sort of comment ; later generations of poets regarded him as a moral coward or a fallen idol , attitudes best summed up in the first stanza of Robert Browning 's poem The Lost Leader : |
| 17 | As he had held the highest office of state the inhabitants of Edfu regarded him as a great man and therefore after his death honoured him as a god , making his tomb a holy place . |
| 18 | Both leaders admitted that several issues remained unresolved by the treaty , but they described it as a good basis for the development of future bilateral relations . |
| 19 | Mrs Gibson described it as a living history book . |
| 20 | Nicholas Winterton , who is planning to abstain in next week 's vote , described it as a short-term fix rather than a long-term solution . |
| 21 | Jesus described it as a spiritual rebirth . |
| 22 | The Regional Health Authority tonight described it as a tragic story . |
| 23 | Lord Taylor , sitting with Mr Justice Pill and Mr Justice Sedley , described it as a tragic case of homicide within a family . |
| 24 | Although Serbian officials dismissed the incident as an outbreak of mass hysteria , Albanians described it as a mass poisoning perpetrated by Serbian nationalists , and anti-Serbian and anti-Montenegrin demonstrations quickly broke out across the province . |
| 25 | President Compaore , in his closing address to the congress , described it as a resounding victory for the Burkinabe people against economic alienation and for more democracy . |
| 26 | When Columbus spotted the crop that was to become the chief source of Virginia 's prosperity , tobacco , he dismissed it as a worthless weed ; he did , on the other hand , find time to remark on the beauty of the nightingales in a country where none exists . |
| 27 | They reported it as a negligent discharge during a change of the guard . |
| 28 | The press reported it as a big accident . |
| 29 | The Templars first built it as a fortified manor but later generations had embellished it to make it more comfortable . |
| 30 | They realised the strategic importance of the site and used it as a naval base and trading post . |