Example sentences of "[vb -s] his [noun] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He recounts his childhood as the eldest son of a parson , undergraduate days at Oxford , work as a scriptwriter and visualiser for Eagle and Girl magazines , marriage ( to Susan , a leading member of the Mothers Union ) and ordination . |
| 2 | He first appears speaking prose ( As You Like It , I.ii.149 ) , but when Orlando not only defeats his wrestler but reveals his identity as the youngest son of Sir Rowland de Boys , the Duke moves up to verse to give his displeasure more force ( 224ff . ) . |
| 3 | I hope John Barnes sees his target as the QPR game . |
| 4 | Sir Hugo Mallinger , to a limited extent , uses his property for the common good , not least in raising Daniel Deronda ; Grandcourt regards his inheritance as the means by which he can indulge his vices . |
| 5 | In summary , the discourse analyst treats his data as the record ( text ) of a dynamic process in which language was used as an instrument of communication in a context by a speaker / writer to express meanings and achieve intentions ( discourse ) . |