Example sentences of "[vb pp] there as a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the body had come there as a result of a crime that took place on the river , then the River Police with their specialised knowledge of tides and shipping were the obvious people to investigate it . |
| 2 | He was celebrated there as a martyr , and his grave became a shrine , a sacred site , a pilgrimage centre . |
| 3 | It was very cold in the room , for Iskandara had given orders that a fire was not to be lit there as a matter of course and Alexandra was shy of asking Mary or little Annie to bring up a bucket of coals for her . |
| 4 | He was appreciated there as a university teacher , latterly on the West Coast , but sometimes regarded as an exemplar of the type of European influence which discouraged American composers from coming to terms with their own background on their own terms . |
| 5 | But it does state that ‘ immediately after Soviet power had been restored there as a result of complicated processes in international and internal life ’ abuses of power and human rights violations were committed . |
| 6 | ‘ I think the cairn was placed there as a landmark to guide Bronze Age pilgrims to the rings of stone , ’ he said . |
| 7 | Pat Riley , large , square and solid , the sergeant-major who ruled by tact , was actually an American citizen , having been taken there as a child . |
| 8 | Like Jos , her brother had worked there as a boy . |
| 9 | His father also worked there as a maintenance man , retiring after 51 years service . |
| 10 | The place had belonged to a Polish woman , who 'd lived there as a child and then rented it to students for the past fifteen years . |
| 11 | It was a long while since she had visited her old home , and longer still since she had lived there as a girl . |
| 12 | David says : ‘ I felt I should have been dressed there as a man . |
| 13 | Had a few thousand peacekeeping troops been sent there as a sign of outside concern , that war just might have been avoided . |