Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since we 'd been at university together , I 'd known him as a bit of a shower freak , staying in there for ages . |
| 2 | I hated having him as a bed-mate . |
| 3 | I decided to use it as the chance to turn my life around . |
| 4 | ‘ A pastor I knew used it as the basis of his final sermon , before facing his greatest fear . |
| 5 | I did see him as a six year old child . |
| 6 | Well again , I , I , I had to do it as a kid but I did n't afterwards but er , I er , tell you about this chap and I even went back and told him . |
| 7 | And then , suddenly , I had to see him as a MAN — my husband ! |
| 8 | I intended to present him as an attractive personality — the sort of man who is very charming , hospitable , physically attractive to a lot of women . |
| 9 | Some of them seemed to view it as a sort of health cure . |
| 10 | B : If you 'd left me as captain , none of it would have happened . |
| 11 | They probably thought you 'd added me as a convoy . ’ |
| 12 | And then erm mother of course , I can always remember was in the Guild and erm she would , the Guild in those days I 'm always telling the er people today , were very , very active women , very active erm and you 'd got them as councillors , magistrates erm come forward to all these positions . |
| 13 | A SUPERMARKET assistant recognised a man who tried to pay for goods with a stolen credit card — because she 'd seen him as a strippergram . |
| 14 | She 'd given them as a wedding present , she said , and never seen them used . |
| 15 | She 'd wiped their tears , she 'd wiped their botties , and she 'd loved them as if they were her own . |
| 16 | I 'd said the right thing and she 'd buttoned me as the one who signed the cheques . |
| 17 | Now that we were adults , she seemed to accept me as a friend . |
| 18 | The hedgehog itself was 19 stitches wide and she had saved it as a 23-stitch pattern repeat . |
| 19 | He was as perfect to her now as he had been when she had seen him as a child . |
| 20 | We got about six sentences too deep in our conversation for her to institute personal questions about my background , without appearing offensive ( she had to treat me as a person now and not a peon ) , even for Asians who delight in asking pertinent questions as to age , income , etc. , unthinkable for more backward Europeans . |
| 21 | She had wanted it preserved and she had chosen him as a means to this end . |
| 22 | When she had seen him first , she had marked him as a " bully " , one of those who kept the brothel girls in line . |
| 23 | Surely she had taken it as an ill omen ? |
| 24 | You had to address him as Sergeant : ‘ All correct , Sergeant . ’ |
| 25 | You had to enter them as foals , and then when you entered them it cost you fifty pounds to enter them , and it cost you fifty pounds for every quarter of that lifetime of that foal . |
| 26 | ‘ We managed to sell it as a going concern , but got next to nothing for it and had to take a massive write-off . |
| 27 | ( That is why we refused to treat them as a separate school . ) |
| 28 | What we could choose to do if we wanted to keep them as that figure head and as a P R agency almost , we could pay them a specific salary , similar to other people who work in advertising industry |
| 29 | They agreed to release him as an uncontested registration to enable him to find a county where he could hope for greater opportunities , and although we ca n't guarantee a first-team place , he 'll get plenty of chances if he does the business . |
| 30 | Finally they seemed to accept me as part of the landscape and came within the range of my camera . |