Example sentences of "have [verb] up as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July 1990 , he grabbed the last qualifying place for the World Championship cycle in a hard-fought tournament in Manila by defeating Mikhail Gurevich , one of Kasparov 's former trainers , in the final game from a position most players would have given up as a draw . |
| 2 | Oddly enough , Stirling might well have ended up as a brigadier with an even larger command . |
| 3 | They may not have made him the finest British light comedian since his hero David Niven , but at least they rescued him from an uncertain future in Britain where he may have ended up as a cross between Roy Castle and Ronnie Corbett . |
| 4 | With hindsight , it was probably the best thing that could have happened to him , otherwise he would no doubt have ended up as a Bomber Pilot , and no-one knows better than I what a dead-end occupation that was . |
| 5 | Is there anything that you think needs to be changed , something that you 've picked up as a result of your study you , you feel ought to be changed in the school system ? |
| 6 | You 've set up as a designer in your own right , Gary ! ’ |
| 7 | Jake , by contrast , quite independently of his father , who had also made his fortune in the building industry , had set up as a building contractor on his own . |
| 8 | Violette had set up as a paper restorer , an arcane occupation which took precise scientific skill but involved her in outlandish escapades with police and businessmen or lawyers . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's terrible that all these quacks can come along without proper qualifications , ’ Lipsky complained , forgetting that he himself had set up as a dentist without qualifications , there being as yet no legal requirement for special training as there was for doctors . |
| 10 | The pretenders became genuine contenders by showing how much they have grown up as a team . |
| 11 | Now markets have opened up as a result of making desks ; we now design and produce complete study and library schemes , designed to fit . |
| 12 | I recently bought a 4ft aquarium , which I have set up as a community tank . |