Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He carried a bottle of water from the River Mississippi with which , he said , he planned to baptise my breast as a sign of love . |
| 2 | Sophia tried to see her sister as a spinster and it was not so very difficult — a rather eccentric spinster not even looking as if she might once have been ennobled by some tragic love affair . |
| 3 | Willy Brandt tried to present his policy as the natural continuation of Adenauer 's : he would reconcile Germany with the East in the same way as the old man had reconciled her with the West . |
| 4 | For 20 years she tried to make her name as an actress . |
| 5 | But the prime minister failed to broaden his alliance as the former Communists of the Democratic party of the Left and the small Republican Party refused to join his administration . |
| 6 | In Dublin today Charlton will send out the Republic against Northern Ireland in an attempt to take the points that would virtually ensure participation in the World Cup finals next summer in Italy , a feat guaranteed to consolidate his status as a modern Irish hero . |
| 7 | Latin began to regain its status as the medium for elegant communication , science was being relegated to ‘ a small , odd , insignificant band of professionals ’ , while the Royal Society , abandoning the rather splendid hope that scientific language could provide a model for cultural discourse , was becoming influenced by dilettantism , and correspondingly less practical in its aims . |
| 8 | There can be little doubt that , in the aftermath of the crisis of 1916–17 , Nizan gradually , irreversibly began to perceive his father as a loser ; a loser not through any fault of his own , other than a selfconfessed lack of bourgeois schooling and culture . |
| 9 | If she returned to share her burden as the ‘ Cleveland scapegoat ’ we could all make progress with this very serious issue of child health . |
| 10 | The novel then began to stake its claim as a genre which could give insight into the human psyche that no news broadcast or film ever could . |
| 11 | Those who dismissed him as a third-rate actor failed to recognize his ability as a political campaigner . |
| 12 | Charles , advised by the Queen , decided to develop his career as a Naval officer by going to sea . |
| 13 | Alex decided to follow his father as a naval lawyer , and was accepted at Trinity College , Cambridge , to read law as a student sponsored by the service . |
| 14 | To support himself and his family , now on the edge of penury , he urgently needed to resume his occupation as a freelance journalist specializing in Middle Eastern affairs , and for that , he had to be able to travel . |
| 15 | Of all the host countries , there is the greatest possibility in Syria , as in 1949 , that the Palestine refugee population could be resettled and persuaded to accept its lot as a permanent part of the host country . |
| 16 | Although Egypt offered its full support to Iraq , it still managed to assert its role as a regional moderator and as the main link between the Arab states , Israel and the West ; thus , during a visit to Baghdad on April 7 , Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak widened the debate by calling for the mass elimination of all weapons of mass destruction . |
| 17 | Rune had given her a sharp glance as she replied , but then appeared to accept her question as an affirmative , as he took her firmly by the arm to lead her into his chosen restaurant . |
| 18 | Though he continued to profess his patriotism as an Englishman and refuted the suggestion that he wanted to imitate Hitler , it was in Germany alone that his hope seemed capable of embodiment . |
| 19 | Although his prime responsibility was transport , whether by air , road or sea , he still had to play his part as a full member of the team when it came to surveillance and attack . |
| 20 | So bad , the woman had to abandon her role as a make-believe victim and return to the top . |
| 21 | Graham laughed to himself , then had to break his stride as a long-haired biker in dirty denims bumped a large Moto Guzzi across the pavement in front of him and into the courtyard entrance of the buildings called Rosebery Square , Graham looked darkly at the man pushing the bike , then shook his head , telling himself not to be so stupid . |
| 22 | It therefore refused to cede its authority as the recognised providing body to the Board . |