Example sentences of "[to-vb] as a [noun] 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then in his fifth year at the school , when he ought to have been aiming for his school certificate which was the next and essential passport for that golden educated future , he left abruptly to work as a haberdasher 's assistant in the local Co-operative store . |
| 2 | Both left school at fourteen : my father to work as a butcher 's messenger boy , my mother to learn machining in a shirt factory . |
| 3 | As soon as he was of age he took himself off to London to work as a merchant 's clerk . |
| 4 | Because of the nature of the furnishings in a dining room ( a large , flat surface , empty walls ) and because it is needed to serve its purpose only at regular , specified times during the day ( meal times ) , it is an ideal room to serve as a collector 's library . |
| 5 | To count as a banker 's acceptance a bank must add its own credit to that of the drawer by adding its name to the bill or ‘ endorsing ’ it . |
| 6 | And Japanese fishermen would pay huge sums for a tortoiseshell tom , to keep as a ship 's cat , for it was thought it would protect the crew from the ghosts of their ancestors and the vessel itself from storms . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , you 're about as easy to locate as a politician 's honour . |
| 8 | Then as soon as her grandfather had died , she was sent out to earn as a butcher 's shop girl . |
| 9 | The Lieutenant 's friends were advised that the only way of getting to India , short of enlisting as a private soldier , was to travel as an officer 's servant , though with the prospect of becoming a recognised volunteer upon arrival . |