Example sentences of "and [vb past] [adv prt] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a new legal framework for child care and came about as a result of lessons learnt from Lord enquiry into child abuse in Cleveland in 1987 . |
| 2 | Spotting the light of prospect , Christopher Barry applied to join the BBC , and came in as a Production Assistant in 1955 . |
| 3 | In two steps she had reached the slop bucket , dropped the packet in , watched it splash on the cobbles and turned round as a voice rang out in the yard . |
| 4 | This particular model was built to demonstrate at shows and has been generally lent , hired out , pawed , mauled and knocked about as a result . |
| 5 | Eventually she got up , removed the bung once more with a gloved hand , and stepped back as a tongue of yellow flame licked out at her . |
| 6 | They returned to the warehouse and stood back as a boy carrying a sheet of glass under his arm came down the stairs . |
| 7 | During the Restoration he had regained the lands he had lost when the king was defeated , and ended up as a Vice-Admiral of the Fleet . |
| 8 | At sixteen he ran away from Harrow , and set up as a film director , work which took him to central Europe and east Africa , but proved financially unrewarding . |
| 9 | In 1889 he left the lace business in search of larger fortunes and set up as a stockbroker in Nottingham . |
| 10 | In 1799 , having decided that strict attention to work was undermining his health , Edwards turned his business over to R. H. Evans [ q.v. ] and set up as a gentleman collector . |
| 11 | He fled to Cyprus without his wife and set up as a storekeeper and contractor . |
| 12 | In the late Sixties , Kasmin swallowed his pride and set off as a travelling salesman on behalf of the gallery to America , travelling the States with a bagful of transparencies , finding out who was interested in art from the local museums , and visiting people who did n't get to New York . |
| 13 | There , he had been dragged from the car in the pitch dark , and held down as a man drove the vehicle over his legs and back again . |