Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] as [art] good " in BNC.
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| 1 | AN OFF-DUTY police inspector saw the alleged killer of Marie Wilks but dismissed him as a good Samaritan , the M50 murder trial was told yesterday . |
| 2 | I rated him as the best British droll comedian we had . |
| 3 | Both leaders admitted that several issues remained unresolved by the treaty , but they described it as a good basis for the development of future bilateral relations . |
| 4 | Manager Lennie Lawrence described it as a good old-fashioned scrap . |
| 5 | Personally , I regarded it as a good thing . |
| 6 | Mills Roberts was a stickler for discipline but everyone recognised him as a good soldier and therefore , for all his shouting , he was a popular figure . |
| 7 | Earning the obedience and respect of the women in the house , who saw her as no better than they were , was yet another obstacle . |
| 8 | It became clear to me at Blackpool that there was considerable support for Alec , partly because he made a good speech on foreign policy , partly because he took the chair at my meeting in his capacity as President of the National Union , and partly because of lobbying by back-benchers who saw him as the best compromise candidate . |
| 9 | The Legion was formed on 10 March 1831 by royal decree of Prince Louis-Philippe , who saw it as a good way of clearing Paris of undesirable elements and at the same time providing free labour to defend and build France 's new colonial empire . |
| 10 | Foolishly , I took it as a good sign . |
| 11 | People will argue that she did it as a good deed , in helping her husband 's friend . |
| 12 | She was watching the chief inspector 's face as she said it , and she knew that he believed her , and accepted her as a good witness . |