Example sentences of "had [adv] [vb pp] as a [adj] " in BNC.

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1	Though dawn was approaching , he had only loomed as a huge shadow to her .
2	It turned out that the encomium had little to do with these epics , but for his generous economic support of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute , where he had once worked as a lowly attendant .
3	In reality , Spiro 's main contact was Dr Adnan Mroueh , a Shia Moslem gynaecologist who had also served as a junior minister in the Lebanese Cabinet .
4	Yet there must have been a point at which it had clearly failed as a general expedient , and some may always have considered it shameful .
5	Dr Almahawi had earlier worked as a junior doctor , assisting in operations in the South Tyrone Hospital , Dungannon , in periods from 1988 to 1990 .
6	Dr Almahawi had earlier worked as a junior doctor assisting in operations in the South Tyrone Hospital , Dungannon , during periods of employment from 1988 to 1990 .
7	Suzuki admitted that he had received 10,000,000 yen from Abe which he had neither declared as a political donation nor as personal income , and Shiozaki acknowledged the receipt of 20,000,000 yen but denied that it had been a bribe .
8	Janet Walters , an Oxford history graduate who had previously served as a full-time tutor in Northamptonshire in 1943–45 , arrived in August 1952 but resigned two years later : she went on to a successful career in adult education , eventually retiring as principal of Hillcroft College , Surbiton , in 1982 .
9	The Ringstrasse was built on a huge tract of open land surrounding the city which had previously served as a military fortification .
10	Ian had previously qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1983 with Downie Wilson & Co .
11	‘ When I arrived I could n't speak a word of Spanish , did n't know anything about the photographic scene in Madrid and had never worked as a professional photographer before , so it was n't the easiest of situations to begin with . ’

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