Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the same in all the other areas of my life ; removed from the need to protect myself against the horrors of enhanced eidesis , I began to live as others did , blithely and unconsciously . |
| 2 | I made 400 before great arcing beams of light snaked out above the eastern-bounding ridges of the valley and I had to stop as blocks and slates came hurtling down the softening snow . |
| 3 | Afterwards , when I continued to sob as children do , she would order me to stop or she would ‘ stomp me into the ground ’ . |
| 4 | In the second , player/coach Paul Bohannon changed the cover system , which seemed to work as Partners levelled the match . |
| 5 | The lower-ranking mandarins who agreed to work as interpreters were rewarded with big tracts of good rice-growing land in the Mekong delta , and the idea soon began to catch on that collaborating paid . |
| 6 | ‘ Good Lord , what on earth … ’ she started to say as Claire wept , but Philip interrupted . |
| 7 | Even women who try to work as feminists in psychology suffer from the ambiguities of tokenism . |
| 8 | She had to look up at the glittering green eyes ; she could n't help herself ; she had to watch as Fincara stooped down before her , white hands on knees , and sang — |
| 9 | This degree course is designed for those who wish to work as managers in a small business and also for those who would like to follow a career in government departments or other agencies concerned with enterprise development . |
| 10 | One vivid account of the means by which this may be achieved is set out in Ancrene Wisse , an early Middle English text written originally for particular sisters in the late twelfth century who wanted to live as recluses dedicated to God but later adopted more widely in other such communities . |
| 11 | We had to halt as cartloads of bones dug up from the cemetery were taken down Paternoster Row to the charnel house . |
| 12 | The others were already mounted and Maggie felt herself begin to tremble as Felipe came up and prepared to help her . |
| 13 | But of course they did not circulate beyond the commuter belt , so they failed to qualify as nationals on that ground . |
| 14 | Take directors who own their own companies : every year they have a choice as to how much of the profits they want to take as earnings and how much as dividends on their shareholding . |
| 15 | Oh , nothing much , ’ he hastened to say as Willi made protesting noises . |
| 16 | He intended to remain as PCP MP for Madawaska-Victoria , New Brunswick , which he had represented since 1984 . |