Example sentences of "which [adv] [vb past] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The outer room contained two wash-hand basins with a paper towel dispenser and , to the left of the door , a long Formica-covered counter with a glass above it which apparently served as a dressing-table . |
| 2 | A RollsRoyce tourer , built for Lord Astor in 1935 but which also served as a machine gun carrier in the Second World War and later as a hearse , is among classic cars gathering at Duncombe Park , near Helmsley on Sunday . |
| 3 | They were in the hallway which also served as a reception area for the hotel and Hope raised his voice to include as many eavesdroppers as possible in his private conversation with the landlord . |
| 4 | Consideration was given to living there , but the thought of sixty bedrooms and only one bathroom was too much Legend has it that the place was once so deprived of modern conveniences that drinking water would sometimes be collected by a footman with a silver pitcher from a stream flowing in front of the main door which originally served as a moat . |
| 5 | All through the pages of Ramakrishna 's biography appears his gentle humour which often acted as a prelude to his flights of ecstasy . |
| 6 | In the last stages of composition , after the destruction of the ‘ society ’ names , ‘ De Bailhache , Fresca , Mrs. Cammel ’ , Eliot amended his original version , adding some lines which surely came as a result of his meeting with Peters : |
| 7 | No accident that the preceding round of fashion for women had emphasized the breasts ( which virtually disappeared as a fashion accessory in the sixties ) . |