Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] as a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The US Congress at the end of March 1988 allocated humanitarian aid to the contras which enabled them to continue as a force , but Nicaragua from May 1988 unilaterally extended the Sapoá ceasefire on a monthly basis throughout 1988 and for most of 1989 [ see pp. 36421-22 ; 36681 ; see also below ] . |
2 | Most of them arose as a result of an all-Russian phenomenon in 1922 — the lack of co-ordination and exchange of information between the centre and the localities , together with nonchalant neglect of provincial problems so long as they did not affect central political issues . |
3 | The college says the exercise will build up the young people 's confidence and help them to work as a team . |
4 | Old Stevenson would go spare if he knew , and I 'm not certain whether he 'd try and get me moved as a danger to junior staff , or you moved as a wicked woman . |
5 | But as a general principle the right of animals to be animals , to live in their space on God 's good earth , is a moral principle I commend as a rule of thumb . |
6 | The theory which I commend as a guide to the fruitful development of international law in the control of force may be called ‘ ethical ’ or perhaps ‘ functional positivism ’ . |
7 | Although bathed in a sentimentality of its own , the concept appeals to me because it reminds me of a trip I made as a student to the Maison Savoye in the summer of 1957 , when this great Corbusier villa was a ruin surrounded by waist-high grass and nettles . |
8 | Image ‘ I would n't mind if it was someone I respected as a player and a hard-man . |
9 | Well the girl yeah that girl that came with us , she had , I mean as a rule I , I do n't have |
10 | Yeah , course I mean as a bat er pitched a bat on this is a beau a beauty but are there are rough spots which you 've helping the slow left arm , or help any spinner . |
11 | What are the other techniques you do , if you 've do a bit of I mean as a sales trainer , I tend to walk around quite a lot and talks about what ? |
12 | This is emergency-speak ; life on red alert : ‘ For the first twenty-five years of my life I lived as a criminal , and the next twenty-five were spent as a second-class citizen , deprived of equality and human rights . ’ |
13 | I lived as a beggar , scrounging what I could , but then winter came , not only early but cruelly , one of the sharpest , coldest winters for decades . |
14 | I was n't sure I qualified as a surfer yet , but I hoped I might benefit from this general disposition . |
15 | Frances explains : ‘ I decided to go into special education two years after I qualified as a teacher . |
16 | Eventually I qualified as a teacher and attended a course at Coburg ; nowadays I specialise in teaching disabled people , but also enjoy being an ordinary member of a local class ( which the Vicar kindly helps advertise ) . |
17 | He asked me whether I was a country person I asked what the qualifications were he said country born and bred , well I was born in Liverpool spent my childhood and early adolescence in rural Nottinghamshire , moved to Highfields , emigrated to the West Indies and now live in sub rural Blavey so I do n't know whether I qualify as a country person or not , but I 'd like to bet that I 've milked more cows by hand than he has if that 's any qualification . |
18 | Now that my sons are becoming more independent , I have time for myself and confidence in middle age that I lacked as a youngster . |
19 | I trained as a Theatre Designer , but all three are about space and volume with people in it . |
20 | I trained as a physicist and spent many years in laser research , first in Canada and then at the NPL in Teddington . |
21 | This was one reason why I became a postnatal supporter for a year and why I trained as a breastfeeding counsellor . |
22 | I trained as a lawyer and I think that helps . |
23 | When I trained as a reader , I had to write essays on a range of Biblical subjects , and then discuss them with a tutor . |
24 | if I do M D space put here , it will create a sub-directory , below the one two three directory , but if I want as a sub-directory from the roots directory , I have to type M D back-slash put . |
25 | I had tied a three inch strip of webbing between the shafts , which I used as a harness . |
26 | I had another l pipe , piece of water pipe , which I used as a balancing device , but I found , with the watering pipe you are so stable you feel it 's a shame to be seen holding on . |
27 | The ‘ Snowball turnips that I used as a catch crop wherever a patch fell vacant were deliciously tender and sweet ; so too were the young ‘ Early Nantes ’ carrots I cropped among the ‘ Topper ’ shallots . |
28 | Among the interesting personalities I encountered as a CBC Talks Producer was the vigorous gnarled-looking retired Indian civil servant , Sir Robert Holland , who lived on Beach Drive in Victoria with his charming niece , Miss Small . |
29 | I shall certainly answer the question , because we have a policy to which I alluded as a result of an interruption made by the Government Whip . |
30 | I came as a foreigner and I 'm told that Suffolk people were stand-offish , difficult to get to know and you 'd be a foreigner for years . |