Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] it as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I belonged to them in the sense that when I was interested in something I tried to understand it as far as possible and , of course , even tried to make use of it . |
| 2 | We tried to keep it as logical as possible and er , there you have it . |
| 3 | Carrie was afraid at first that Albert would despise such a babyish pastime but he seemed to enjoy it as much as Nick did , shouting with laughter when he tripped over bumps in the ice and not wanting to stop , even when she said it was time they were going . |
| 4 | It was not very long before I came to see it as simply one fad among others . |
| 5 | She 'd turned it as high and as hard as she could get it to go . |
| 6 | She 'd found herself on the receiving end of a great deal of teasing about her impromptu topless dip in the sea and her valiant rescuer , and she 'd fenced it as calmly as she could . |
| 7 | And the undulants displayed a conspicuous electric field whenever they moved ; she 'd felt it as static whenever they touched-her . |
| 8 | Although disapproval of sacred dramas continued to be vehemently expressed , as , for instance , by Gerhoh of Reichersburg ( 1039–1169 ) who , according to Kolve ( 1966 ) , warned that he who portrays the rage of Herod is guilty of the very vice he portrays ( a deep-seated objection not entirely eradicated today ) , anxiety about its blasphemous nature was dispelled as more people came to regard it as merely a ‘ game ’ rather than as a sacrilegious act . |
| 9 | So far from abandoning our folly , we started pushing it as far as it would go . |
| 10 | It looked enticing and we decided to follow it as far as we could . |
| 11 | The specific plan announced by Schuman had been drafted by Jean Monnet who certainly did see it as only a first step in a chain that would ultimately lead to political integration . |
| 12 | That idea had occurred to Lisa , but she had discarded it as unthinkable . |
| 13 | And no matter how the experts argued about the legitimacy of descent through the female line , nevertheless the people recognised no bar , and the council had accepted it as just and right when Richard , in view of his childlessness , had been urged to name his heir presumptive , and had named Philippa 's elder son , Roger , earl of March . |
| 14 | In 1898 the Corporation was debating whether or not to close the Tubwell Row pump even though an analyst had condemned it as ‘ absolutely unfit for drinking purposes ’ . |
| 15 | Pippin 's grievances had , unsurprisingly , nothing to do with Alemannia but a lot to do with his father 's interference in and around Aquitaine which had once , of course , been Louis 's own realm ( he had ruled it as sub-king from 781 to 814 ) . |
| 16 | It was as if they had left it as late as possible to take maximum advantage of credit . |
| 17 | Thomas and Lansbury , however , lacked both imagination and thrust ; and Mosley , who did produce a Keynesian scheme of public works , resigned after the Cabinet had rejected it as impracticable . |
| 18 | Nigel had loved it as much as I , but it was n't ‘ efficient ’ . |
| 19 | Everyone he had shown it to had described it as brilliant , and by all accounts it was ; rejection hurt . |
| 20 | A man called Frobisher-Zigtermans — a person who insisted on not remaining anonymous during the transaction — had described it as ‘ all car ’ . |
| 21 | While condemning the Soviet coup , Marchais had described it as understandable in view of the failure of perestroika . |
| 22 | This thought had crossed Robyn 's mind before , but she had suppressed it as ignoble . |
| 23 | Part of Miller 's next letter , 12 January 1758 , has already been quoted ( p. 80 ) with regard to loss of specimens at sea and this was regrettable as his Hortus siccus contained nearly ten thousand specimens and he wished to make it as complete as possible . |
| 24 | and the one 's too late I like that one too and I wanted to buy it as |
| 25 | But one incident that amused me was that I was booked for a coffee commercial and the producer phoned me up the night before the session to let me know the track we were doing , because he said he wanted to get it as close to the original as he possibly could . |
| 26 | Thursday 22nd , up at 5.30 , we wanted to make it as early as possible to get to Churchill Dam where we would encounter our first rapids , Chase Rapids . |
| 27 | No decisions have yet been made as to pricing , but O'Connell says ACT intended to make it as easy for existing customers as possible . |