Example sentences of "he be [verb] [pron] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's doing it as a wedding present . |
| 2 | Mike Harding has never been able to afford to buy one of his own clocks , now he 's making one as a retirement present to himself : a memento to a clock firm which could beat the Swiss — but could n't beat the recession . |
| 3 | Simon Evans was hooked on his gameboy from the minute he was given it as a present . |
| 4 | As to whether this was an historically accurate account of American development is beside the point , since he was using it as a debating point . |
| 5 | ‘ Perhaps he was using it as an office , ’ the agent suggested , kindly . |
| 6 | Essentially he was establishing himself as a figure of imperial stature , as his gold coinage reveals . |
| 7 | He was treating it as a training exercise and said he would not have done it if the C1 had been before the C2 as he would not have compromised the C2 . |