Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] as [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In theory delegates met not as Nonconformists but as evangelical Christians who were free of state control because outside the Established Church . |
| 2 | Lawrence came on as replacement and was thrust into the action immediately with some solid tackling as Bishop 's Stortford started to attack . |
| 3 | Wondrously , in the Scandinavian accent , Saks came out as Sex and it brought the house down . |
| 4 | This questioned the conduct of Guido , the cardinal bishop of Preneste — probably a device not to offend the pope personally — who had , they said , intervened either as elector or as judge , neither of which role was acceptable to them . |
| 5 | The flames sizzled out as Mandeville and Southgate dismounted and joined us . |
| 6 | The newspaper-reading public — and the television audience of some 40 million who had never before been treated to live pictures from the Californian coast — revelled in the pictures of Gromyko and his polish and Czech ‘ wrecking crew ’ ( as John Foster Dulles put it ) who complained , harangued , sulked and finally walked out as amendment after amendment was defeated by the other conferees . |
| 7 | They watched enviously as Nigel and Juliet settled themselves inside . |
| 8 | That was largely due to John McKee who started off as sweeper but ended up playing in front of teenage centre back Mark Molloy and cut out many threatening moves . |
| 9 | The Princesse and Portia looked on as mother and daughter , now almost of an equal height , one blonde , the other dark , took each other in . |
| 10 | Hamdi Ali Abdel-Wahab al-Banbi , hitherto chairman of the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation ( EGPC ) , took over as Petroleum and Mineral Resources Minister from the long-serving Abdul Hadi Mohammed Qandil , whose dismissal had been widely predicted following criticism from foreign companies that he paid too little attention to exploration and production . |
| 11 | Phil Oliver took over as wicketkeeper and Yorkshire declared at 365 for 8 after 103.3 overs , Geoffrey Boycott scoring 152 not out . |
| 12 | This was the year Mrs Joel took over as organiser and she invited the guides to help . |
| 13 | Mr Twyble took over as Captain and still holds that position . |
| 14 | Rodney looked up as Sara and the others trooped in . |
| 15 | Oxford came next they went out as favourites and were confident of pulling home first … |
| 16 | The barest instant after he was free , a tongue of flame blasted out of the cave at his heels , and pieces of the higher slopes disappeared inwards as flames and gouts of smoke exploded out of the weaker points of the mountain . |
| 17 | You dressed up as Lazarus or Frankenstein , or you went as one of your dead relations . |
| 18 | He drew out a sheet of paper , unfolded it on the bar and leaned back as Wickham and Marshall read the note and signature . |
| 19 | Foster did well as nightwatchman but otherwise only Gooch , in one of his slowest innings , stood firm ; he batted over seven hours with the ball moving around awkwardly and had 84 to his name when he was last out , having seen the total to 202 . |
| 20 | ‘ For the window-catch , ’ he explained patiently as Loretta and Bridget stared at him . |
| 21 | This is true of the novel considered both as commodity and as mode of representation . |