Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] as the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All Forest had to show for their attacking fury was Nigel Clough 's first goal in two months , but Micky Adams emerged as the Saints matchwinner , creating the first for Matthew Le Tissier and heading the winner from Jeff Kenna 's cross . |
| 2 | His defence came as the Commons Public Accounts Committee decided it would meet on Monday to hold an inquiry into the Guardian 's disclosure of the ‘ sweeteners ’ which were revealed in a confidential memorandum sent to MPs by Mr John Bourn , the Comptroller and Auditor General . |
| 3 | The decision came as the EEC dithered again this week over whether to impose an import ban on seal products . |
| 4 | The behind-the-scenes manoeuvring came as the Bond corporate empire met renewed difficulties with the Australian Stock Exchange , which suspended trading in Bond Corp . |
| 5 | A series of alerts all over the mainland came as the IRA yesterday declared a 72-hour Christmas truce for Northern Ireland . |
| 6 | Girlfriend Helena Christiansen screamed as the INXS singer writhed in agony at her feet after the accident at 5am outside Copenhagen 's Jazz House Club . |
| 7 | The move came as the Bond group disclosed that the fifth deadline for its A$2.5billion brewing deal with New Zealand 's Lion Nathan had passed without agreement , and that the basis of talks was to change . |
| 8 | The revelation came as the IRA admitted responsibility for the Tyneside blasts . |
| 9 | The failure happened as the US |
| 10 | Om Prakash Chauthala resigned as the Janata Dal Chief Minister of Haryana on May 22 after serving in the post for less than seven months . |
| 11 | The vessel sank as the Aberdeen lifeboat was preparing to go to the aid of the stricken boat . |
| 12 | The collision happened as the Greenpeace boat tried to follow the Akatsuki Maru on its voyage back to Japan with 1.7 tons of plutonium loaded in Cherbourg , France , on Saturday . |
| 13 | John Chadwick ( 1976 , p. 87 ) comments that the word ‘ Athena ’ has a form suggesting a pre-Greek place-name , so it may be that Athena originated as the Potnia worshipped at a place called Athens or something similar . |
| 14 | His call came as the BBC governors confirmed that Mr Birt would remain in his post as Sir Michael 's successor . |
| 15 | Ian Phillips resigned as the BBC 's audit-committee launched an investigation . |
| 16 | His remarks came as the DUP leader accused the Government of withholding a £15m EC windfall for Northern Ireland . |
| 17 | The tyres squealed as the Ferrari shot forward . |
| 18 | The interest in Britain 's retention of bases and the deployment of troops , ships and aircraft in the Persian Gulf , at Aden and Singapore , and in the Indian Ocean deepened as the United States became ever more deeply and uncomfortably involved in war in South-East Asia from the mid-1960s . |