Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pers pn] as an " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is significant , and ironic , that their twentieth-century successors were to define them as an ‘ intellectual aristocracy ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Perhaps he was using it as an office , ’ the agent suggested , kindly . |
| 3 | There was no sense in expecting any help from the boy , the only thing to be done was to exclude him as an irresponsible minor from the consideration of his own fate . |
| 4 | If I was interviewing you as an , as a member of the institution as a , a local spokesman |
| 5 | He saw the work that I examined and dealt with , and on the Tuesday , I was saluting him as an inspector . |