Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I agree that worm watching will probably never catch on as a mass pursuit , something well known here in Cornwall is to observe seagulls tap dancing on the lawn after rain . |
| 2 | He is assuming that all those people now paid below what his party would bring in as a minimum wage would keep their jobs . |
| 3 | It will slide on as a whole line , from the bottom right hand corner ( which will take 50 frames to complete ) stay still for 120 frames , and then scatter off randomly over a period of 30 frames . |
| 4 | The idea of curriculum review has been brought into the schools ' arena , though whether it will take off as a regular and meaningful exercise seems doubtful . |
| 5 | Could well go down as a second own goal of the match . |
| 6 | NINETEEN EIGHTY-TWO just might go down as a memorable year in the history of Britain , if not the rest of the world . |
| 7 | This will go down as a crucial staging post in the sport 's history in this country . ’ |
| 8 | So do they go down as a new intake . |
| 9 | If they were going along trying to open shop doors , they could go in as a suspected person loitering but it was n't looked upon very favourably by the courts . |
| 10 | ‘ NIRVANA HAVE made an LP which is not only better than anything they 've ever done before , it 'll stand up as a new reference point for the future post-hardcore generation , ’ confirms Steve Lamacq , as ‘ Nevermind ’ makes a gigantic , instantaneous cross-over , welcomed by all of the diverse colonies like hardcore , HM — anybody that 's partial to vitriol and cool tunes , attitude and your classic , penned-in teenage howl . |
| 11 | Finally the ideas will end up as a useful product and some published papers . |
| 12 | Er and between the Liberal er Liberal Democrats Labour if you support our proposal we 'll support yours , will end up as a temporary fire station and . |
| 13 | You 'll likely end up as a male Aunt Nessy . |
| 14 | Er it 's it was marked , I think , from the early discussion Chairman that er Watford , er would end up as a new fire station . |
| 15 | ‘ I bet you never thought you 'd end up as a social accessory whenever you agreed to come here for a holiday ! |
| 16 | It could end up as a public dogfight . |
| 17 | As a very rough indicator , instalments totalling over one-tenth of income might stand out as a heavy current credit commitment . |
| 18 | While a barred fish is inconspicuous against a striped , mottled , or blotched background such as vegetation , stones , roots etc , or areas of light and shade , a white , yellow , or orange fish will stand out as a sitting target for any passing predator . |
| 19 | Watched by England number two Lawrie McMenemy , Stuart did get on as a 64th minute substitute , but added : ‘ It seems everyone else gets straight back into the side after injury except me . |
| 20 | Even if I went onstage and did a direct rip-off of Jagger or Bowie it would never come off as a complete copy because Blondie is a girl . ’ |
| 21 | Erm anyway he he may well come back as a visiting |
| 22 | They were kept waiting for just a couple of minutes — ‘ While Mr Magill completes a call ’ in a cool-warm windowless reception area soundproofed so that even the loudest complaint about a bill would come out as a hushed croak then ushered through into an office that was almost straight from Charles Dickens . |
| 23 | So it is that when Mr Major explains that he has , by devaluing the pound , given British industry an exceptional chance to improve its exports , he insists that ‘ this did not come about as a deliberate act of policy ’ . |
| 24 | A star with a mass more than about twice that of the sun can not settle down as a white dwarf or neutron star . |