Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] as [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In their wisdom ( or because of the lack of it ) they appointed me as working group chairman . |
| 2 | His comments brought an angry response from the executive director of Scottish Financial Enterprise , James Scott , who described them as confused nonsense . |
| 3 | Along a route taking in the castles of Niddry , Cadzow and Craignethan she rallied sympathizers who still regarded her as rightful queen . |
| 4 | Some studies have used marks on shells that would disappear if shells decrease in size ; it is known that molluscs can remain living for long periods without detectable growth ; and some studies have recorded negative growth but dismissed it as apparent error . |
| 5 | For a long time Laura had nurtured this dream , but Bernard well knew that selling products in your own shop at the same time as supplying other retailers was a risky undertaking ; the latter regarded it as unfair competition . |
| 6 | ‘ It seems a firm of accountants hired it as temporary accommodation while their offices were being refurbished and it 's due to be removed . |
| 7 | You knew she 'd be there tonight , which is why you needed me as protective cover . |
| 8 | Important steps in reforming the structure of the economy during June included the launch of a mass privatization scheme , while the position of Yegor Gaidar , who was closely associated with the reform programme , was apparently strengthened when President Boris Yeltsin named him as Prime Minister on June 15 . |
| 9 | When I expressed my distaste , Gustave interpreted it as mere jealousy . |
| 10 | Asquith succeeded him as Prime Minister ; Lloyd George took his place , entering the Cabinet for the first time , as Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 11 | He just saw you as cheap labour and that was the end of it . |
| 12 | They were very positive about community care and saw it as natural development of their work . |
| 13 | Michael Sendivogius was imprisoned by the Emperor Rudolph on pain of yielding his secrets , and it was he who wrote what struck me as fair comment on the Hermetic enterprise in an imaginary complaint of the alchemist to Nature : |
| 14 | He died between the end of Trinity term and 19 September 1301 , when Ralph de Hengham [ q.v. ] replaced him as chief justice of the Common Bench . |
| 15 | Peter Boross , hitherto Minister without portfolio , replaced him as Interior Minister . |
| 16 | In 1960 he was more senior in the Communist Party than Pol Pot , and in 1976 briefly replaced him as prime minister . |
| 17 | And Mr Redwood clashed with MPs when he refused to lift the capping charge , imposed by David Hunt before he replaced him as Welsh Secretary . |
| 18 | Yanto attached the crane hook to his latest sling of timber , steadied it as Tiny Bennion took the strain , and watched it disappear through the hatch . |