Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You had me pegged down as a full-time thief . ’ |
| 2 | I could either meet him near there or he 'd have me picked up as a material witness and see how I enjoyed sharing a cell with Jack Scamp . |
| 3 | They wanted me to stand by as a consultant . |
| 4 | thank you and you would accept would n't you , that if we have a brochure , let us say printed for next January , January nineteen ninety four alright , and I came along as a retired person in the Spring of nineteen ninety five or indeed the Summer of nineteen ninety five , fifteen , sixteen , seventeen , eighteen months later , those brochure figures will inevitably be out of date in the sense of being inaccurate would n't they ? |
| 5 | A passion born of the habit I came by as a girl at school . |
| 6 | Finally I came in as a ‘ check ’ knitter , making the garment to the written instructions to see that there were no errors in them . |
| 7 | I came in as a young teacher , enthusiastic , full of new ideas but you soon find that the old attitudes rub off on you , and so you end up thinking , ‘ Oh , why am I doing this ? |
| 8 | But I came back as a Gnome . |
| 9 | I came out as a result of sexual frustration and a desire to be honest with myself . |
| 10 | The Old Gang Smelting Mills reminded me of an old deserted coal pit I played around as a child . |
| 11 | I set off as a television test pilot and have ended up with my best-ever chance of winning the race . |
| 12 | We were , yes , cos that 's when I went on to the crane driving in for a crane and got it you see , that 's why I finished up as a crane driver until I went stevedoring . |
| 13 | I developed a pretty good ear , although I started out as a complete idiot . |
| 14 | Even then I started out as a singer , until it struck me that I 'd absolutely no chance of making it — something to do with having an absolutely diabolical voice , I think . |
| 15 | I started off as a drummer . |
| 16 | I do have to pay into circuses unfortunately erm because I go in as a member of the public to watch the act , and when I can , I pay the money to go |
| 17 | I I certainly did n't go in in in in with a rank on my shoulder , I went in as a recruit . |
| 18 | ‘ I went along as a 10-year-old and watched the shows four times a day . |
| 19 | I grew up as a child with a longing to hunt big game , and from 1930 to 1940 I took every opportunity to do so ; for this I have no regrets . |
| 20 | Well I mean for the first year she wo n't be in if she goes in as a student she 'll be in college . |
| 21 | There were three women and they died at the same time so God goes cos you do n't all three of you do n't so , erm , the first one goes : I wan na go back to Earth thousand times are better so she goes back as a President , right ? |
| 22 | She lived in as a bride . |
| 23 | Erm mm I ca n't remember , Alan and Josie 's daughter down the road , erm she passed out as a nurse from Queens a while ago and you know what students are in general , nurses in particular , there was , you would expect , one hell of a party when the exam results were public what came out of the the party was when she got a job as a nurse . |
| 24 | In truth , her performance in winning at Edgbaston probably told us far more about how she is likely to make out when she tees up as a professional than could ever have been gauged from an isolated week among those playing for pay . |
| 25 | If you can take a member of the family with you to stand in as a practise subject , so much the better . |
| 26 | With ffeatherstonehaugh 's , if you came in as a guest and they liked you , you could be elected by acclamation on the spot . ’ |
| 27 | She came back as a ghost . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ When you were a gunner — as I was — you signed on as a merchant deckhand because if your ship put into neutral port and you went ashore as a gunner , you could be interned . |
| 29 | ‘ I expect you signed in as a voluntary patient ; then they 're covered , Evans said . |
| 30 | She started off as a journalist , and when reading her on the nauseating cult of Elizabeth David , you know you are in the hands of a mistress of rhetoric . |