Example sentences of "and [vb past] as [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 And [ Molla Fenari " s ] standing rose in [ the sultan " s ] estimation and he occupied the highest place therein and consulted with the sultan in all affairs [ of state ] and became as the vezir
2 In 1894 he lost his job and failed as a cobbler .
3 Plenty of other good bands around the country have tried to grab at the coat-tails the Manchester scene and failed as a result .
4 Plenty of other good bands around the country have tried to grab at the coat-tails the Manchester scene and failed as a result .
5 He had an excellent temperament and lived as a family pet .
6 Linked to an alleged coup attempt by Mao 's then heir-apparent Lin Biao in 1971 , Chen was arrested and reviled as a traitor .
7 Automatic weighing machines are very accurate and sample packs are taken regularly and weighed as a check .
8 And used as a medicine as well .
9 And used as a medicine ?
10 Moonshine on the holly leaves showed the way she twitched and jerked as the blackthorn spines probed deeper into the soft moss of her womb .
11 Turning to head for the pool , she gasped and staggered as a figure loomed before her
12 The front tyres jerked and bounced as the Zetor bored into the pile and began to climb and crush it .
13 I then learnt yoga and trained as a teacher .
14 If he takes no action , well and good ; if he seeks an injunction , the issue can be litigated and appealed as a matter of principle , without the danger of suffering a heavy penalty for an offence — eg of contempt of court — which has already been committed .
15 He trained and practised as a solicitor , was excessively conscientious , and always warned his clients , as he warned himself , that any ill-thought out actions could spell disaster of some unspecified kind .
16 Our first trek , up Gunung Mulu , was the hardest of the whole expedition and came as a shock to the system .
17 He became from Hetton-le-Hole , a quaintly named colliery village in north east County Durham and played as a back for Ferryhill and later Eppleton in the Wearside league which , at that time , was a prolific nursery for Football League clubs .
18 Inmates were divided into groups of five , and usually lived , worked and ate as a group .
19 ‘ You are a beautiful lady , ’ Arthur announced , removing his thumb for the purpose , and added as an afterthought , ‘ not today a lion lady . ’
20 He reported that he had met a survivor from the heroic days , an ancient Indian hag , he said , bald as a vulture and wizened as a walnut , with one black tooth left in her head .
21 She was lean , dark-skinned , and ancient and wizened as the baccala , the salt cod pegged out in the harbour to dry .
22 In and near Moscow are a number of other monasteries and churches built between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries , all of Byzantine character but displaying individually Russian features particularly in the domes and the stepped ogee , triangular and rounded shell formations ( called kokoshniki ) which topped the main building and acted as a base for the tower or cupola drums .
23 In later years Barcelona and the region to the north formed part of the kingdom of Arragon , and acted as a buffer against Saracen invasions into the rest of Europe .
24 Patrick had always seen Jane as a maid , she walked , talked and acted as a maid .
25 Those who saw her last television programme , A Winter Too Many , will remember the extremely poignant sequence — and the tears — when she said farewell to her ‘ family ’ , the beloved beasts , as they wended their way down the road from Low Birk Hatt to new ownership , led by the senior cow — ‘ Rosa , my lovely Rosa ’ — who had given Hannah the only available warm drink , her milk , and acted as a radiator when the power failed at Low Birk Hatt during the last savage winter .
26 Like most of his judicial colleagues , he was also appointed in 1285 to a vacation assize circuit and acted as a gaol delivery justice .
27 The rivet would have gone through the tang of the triangular-shaped blade and acted as a pivot point .
28 It was a considerable while before I came to know more Tory politicians and acted as an adviser , not to the party , but to a great many Tories .
29 The outdoor proctor or tout sought business and acted as an agent for petition-drawers and proctors .
30 He was also on parish councils and acted as the school 's manager .
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