Example sentences of "[det] [vb past] [pers pn] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While some described it as an important strengthening of the rights of children , others saw it as a willingness to overturn natural family links in order to pander to a child 's desire to acquire richer parents . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Some took it as a great laugh ; others as a brave attempt to champion a little-known music ; and others just hated it . |
| 4 | I had taken no interest in Egyptian politics , but this struck me as a novel view . |
| 5 | None the less , such was his amicable nature that all welcomed him as a playing companion . |
| 6 | They all treated him as a golden idol , and he 'd obviously begun to believe it himself . |
| 7 | The whole incident had been exaggerated with talk of a threat to the institutions of government , and many saw it as a further example of the insensitivity of the Republican administration to the human sufferings of the period . |
| 8 | Many saw it as an ideal opportunity for the Prince and Princess to put on a united front , quashing speculation over their marriage . |
| 9 | Now that she was too old to dance regularly she would understudy the Girls and they all recognized her as a marvellous dancer : |