Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] as [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 can I have as kiss as well no
2 Saw them clear as daylight .
3 Why do n't you act as intermediary ?
4 Besides what happens if Rocky goes and then Strach gets injured , who do we have as cover in the midfield — Hodge , he 's hardly played much first team footballer and his whilst his goal scoring skills are fine he is not in the same class as Rocky or Strachan .
5 ‘ Slowness is beauty ’ , which struck me as very odd in 1908 ( when I certainly did not believe it ) and has stayed with me ever since — shall we say as proof that you violated British habit ; and thought of it .
6 How then can we accept as reassurance for the public follow-up studies with inclusion rates of between 4–28% ?
7 Do they count as money ?
8 I told her I saw him clear as day .
9 How much a year , to the nearest thousand , did he earn as Heritage Secretary ?
10 Most of his contemporaries would have shrugged their shoulders and let it remain as part of the natural order of things .
11 Like other empire-builders , Japan justified her expansion by a public relations rhetoric aimed at making it appear as altruism .
12 Just thinking for a moment of character alone : who would he pick as murderer ?
13 Note that cheques and credit cards , although they are used to pay for goods directly , do not themselves count as money .
14 These higher social classes may themselves act as opinion leaders for the other social classes , who , over a period of time , may adopt the change .
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