Example sentences of "there as a [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean it was always there as a defence mechanism so you |
| 2 | There is a token female on the adventure but she 's just there as a conversation point and to be rescued from the unwanted advances of unshaven cowboys ( ‘ This is not a very 90 's man thing , ’ Crystal warns them ) . |
| 3 | He was appreciated there as a university teacher , latterly on the West Coast , but sometimes regarded as an exemplar of the type of European influence which discouraged American composers from coming to terms with their own background on their own terms . |
| 4 | His father also worked there as a maintenance man , retiring after 51 years service . |
| 5 | Perhaps Rourke was there as an ideas man — certainly he did n't show much enthusiasm for getting into the nitty-gritty of the day-to-day workload . |
| 6 | Having served as sort of er apprentice there as an artillery clerk , I was put , posted up to Woolwich to go through a erm clerk 's course . |