Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For , ’ she put down , ‘ I want to go there as humble McAllister who keeps the house clean , dressed the doll and made and embroidered the baby clothes , not as the American Princess doing the gracious , ladling our Papa 's money , not one penny of which I have earned , smiling and patronising those not so fortunate as myself , and then leaving them to go home to the embassy — to forget them ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I just want to carry on as usual . ’ |
| 3 | They want to stay on as long as they possibly can . |
| 4 | Some — the Woolwich , for example — are wedded to the idea of mutual ownership and hope to survive indefinitely as mutually-owned retail banks . |
| 5 | ‘ Some current proposals seem designed primarily as job-creation schemes for lawyers who would oust editors from their proper task of ensuring that the Code is observed . ’ |
| 6 | A spokesman for the Roman Catholic diocese of Leeds said : ‘ Those who criticise or accuse do so as private individuals . |
| 7 | I 'd like to see what we 've got there as long as we 're in the neighbourhood . ’ |
| 8 | Er establish trust much as possible and involve er and try and get involved yourself if you can in any way to er show that you 're , you understand the task that they 're doing . |
| 9 | Two weeks after quitting their civic home of more than 60 years to move into new offices in the town hall , Loftus town councillors now have to look again as looming charge capping of the district council could mean the closure of the uneconomical hall . |
| 10 | However , the Arabs in and around Israel also claim the country because they have lived there as long as the Jews . |