Example sentences of "[num] [pers pn] [vb past] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Intel 80860 he described as a good implementation of a poorly thought-out microprocessor architecture . |
| 2 | In 1639–40 he acted as a secret courier , disguised as a commercial traveller , for the English opposition leaders in their clandestine — if not treasonable — correspondence with the Scottish Covenanters . |
| 3 | Until 1849 he worked as a pastoral priest at the Cathedral of St George in Southwark , which he was reluctant to leave . |
| 4 | In 1884 she enrolled as a special student at Finsbury Technical College under the tutelage of William Edmund Ayrton [ q.v. ] , professor of applied physics and one of the pioneers of higher technical education . |
| 5 | The European revolutions of 1848 he saw as a golden opportunity for introducing constitutional monarchies and a united Germany in alliance with Britain . |
| 6 | From 1839 he worked as a naval instructor in Bombay , which left him time for his main interest , the study of science . |