Example sentences of "[pron] [det] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have not appointed a guardian and there is no one legally responsible for your child when you die , someone such as a friend or relation can be appointed by the Court . |
| 2 | Everywhere we went , and we travelled — oh , hundreds of miles up north , er people were armed and er just guarding houses , bridges , schools , at night , on their own as a sort of people 's militia to keep the Khmer Rouge at bay . |
| 3 | The meaning of a ( simple ) sentence is qualitatively different from that of any of its constituents — it is capable of saying something that can stand on its own as a message . |
| 4 | It would be best grown on its own as a specimen plant . |
| 5 | It would be best grown on its own as a specimen plant . |
| 6 | Ideally it should be grown on its own as a specimen plant . |
| 7 | In the mid-1760s Eleanor was in business in the City on her own as a linen-draper . |
| 8 | On her own as a mother , she had relaxed all the rules and found all the unexpected joys of being a parent . |
| 9 | because they do , I mean they 're not , they 're not going to ask you that as a question . |
| 10 | I tell you something , I tell you this as a friend , because I have a sympathy for you … |
| 11 | This means that you are seen by several people , individually , in succession , rather than facing them all as a group . |
| 12 | Like Anne , Maureen had often felt uneasy about Sarah 's relationship with Terry and thought that she seemed to regard him more as a brother than a lover . |
| 13 | They begged her not to take it so much to heart and pleaded with Ken to regard it all as a joke not to be treated seriously . |
| 14 | Her story was plastered all over the December issue of Playboy and every time he switched on the television , she was there repeating it all as a multitude of chat-show hosts clamoured to get her on their programmes . |
| 15 | ‘ I acquired it all as a job lot . |
| 16 | There would always be critics who would see it all as a carrot to attract the donkey . |
| 17 | What a relief it would have been to be able to dismiss it all as a Homes and Gardens photo-call , carefully stage-managed to make visitors drop dead . |
| 18 | Eva reported it all as a matter of fact . |
| 19 | He had also , ten years ago or more , worked for Grunt 's Garages before setting up on his own as a builder/developer . |
| 20 | Ltd. he and his brother were made directors , but there was apparently some friction between them and in 1882 he resigned and set up in practice on his own as a consultant . |
| 21 | Both the latter films were made by Walter Booth for Charles Urban , an American who had been sent to Britain in order to look after Edison 's interests , then set up on his own as a distributor and exporter of French and American films . |
| 22 | Henry Robb had arrived in Leith in 1913 as yard manager for Ramage & Ferguson but in 1918 decided to branch out on his own as a ship repairer . |
| 23 | What more as a church could we ask for ? |
| 24 | The opportunity to buy two outstanding adjoining properties in that location was extremely rare and the Perots had the opportunity to acquire them both as a family compound . |
| 25 | The next dance was another waltz , which pleased them both as a waltz was more intimate than some of the other dances . |