Example sentences of "[adv prt] as a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Visitors to the National Fishing Heritage Centre sign on as a crew member of a 1950 's steam trawler and journey to the Arctic fishing grounds .
2 The good news is that Don is prepared to stay on as a board member . ’
3 Coming on as a second-half substitute after two years out with an elbow injury , Montana led the San Francisco 49ers to three scores in the fourth quarter to clinch a 24-6 victory over the Detroit Lions .
4 The Sheffield Wednesday striker was livid at finding himself back on the bench just 28 minutes after being sent on as a second-half substitute at Norwich on Saturday .
5 ‘ Apart from his match-winning goal against Oxford United , I was pleased with his overall contribution when he came on as a second-half substitute .
6 It can be looked on as a discussion document and its coincidence with the real world is verified in discussions with the various users .
7 I sang in the choir at chapel and was called on as a boy soprano for various local concerts or for a solo or two at Bude parish church .
8 If Dire Straits had n't been so successful , would you have carried on as a circuit band , or would you have gone back to teaching or journalism ?
9 The answer is an all-too-simple one : by the time he courageously signed on as a volunteer infantryman , John was in the terminal stages of consumption .
10 After she left at 16 she got a job in a pub but became interested in nursing as a career , being taken on as a trainee student nurse three years later .
11 Dummies have since caught on as a fashion accessory at raves , but whether the trend was sparked by the emergence of Ketamine , or whether it 's just a way to keep the burning under control , is lost to myth and drug folklore .
12 ‘ Anyway , we remained friends , and when he decided to come down here and start his practice I asked if he would take me on as a pupil veterinary nurse .
13 Barnes , on as a first-half substitute , stole the game from Rangers when he released Rosenthal down the left flank in the 87th minute .
14 And Coppell may have to pair his £100,000 capture from non-League Sutton with another rookie , 18-year-old Grant Watts , who came on as a half-time substitute at QPR last Saturday .
15 ‘ How about taking me on as a lift attendant ? ’
16 I was taken on as a staff programme researcher for " Here Today " , Salary : £1,100 .
17 The name will live on as a department head .
18 Mendoros joined in the early days , taken on as a quality engineer by GE acting on behalf of HAI .
19 However , the Scots launched a spirited recovery in the second half against a very powerful side made up of former and future Wallaby internationals and , especially after David Sole came on as a replacement prop , they took complete control of the match , running in four excellent tries in an exciting 24–24 draw .
20 Recriminations over the sound and an equivocal audience response ( some pogoed , most stared blankly on as a repeat offender dove on to dance to ‘ Motown Junk ’ ) sees the set and with the bass ricocheting off the backdrop , the drum kit going down to a repeated kicking and singer James making messy love to his gorgeous white Gibson .
21 For this reason , it should not be looked on as an end user language .
22 A yard or so up the line from the bomb a swivel or ring is tied in as a back stop .
23 It is a rare example of a Scottish company that went to the edge in the early 1980s ( Lord Tombs of Rolls-Royce was brought in as a company doctor to turn it around ) and emerge stronger on the other side as well as maintaining Scottish roots .
24 She had walked in as a cookery demonstration for Korean housewives was under way .
25 She had walked in as a cookery demonstration for Korean housewives was under way .
26 If you can take a member of the family with you to stand in as a practise subject , so much the better .
27 ‘ The Fringe Show , our evening classes and our monthly fleamarket are part of our aim to inform the public about the Centre and get them coming in as a starting point for integration .
28 Spotting the light of prospect , Christopher Barry applied to join the BBC , and came in as a Production Assistant in 1955 .
29 EVEN though the ghastly Every Loser Wins was the best selling single of 1986 , Nick Berry has never really cashed in as a pop star .
30 The categories have been increased but the funding has not , so that er although this is in as a growth item and although it is being presented as a standstill item , in fact it may not have been a , a , a , a reduction in the service .
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