Example sentences of "you were [verb] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When you were born as a scarcely distinguishable blob in the smoked ranks of the industrial army of the poor , when privilege was not only out of sight but in the hands of a foreign country , when you saw the daily cost of a necessary daily grind , then to have a ‘ gift ’ was perhaps the only sure way to see an escape . |
| 2 | If you were reborn as a fish , which fish would you be ? |
| 3 | If you were reborn as a fish , which fish would you be ? |
| 4 | If you were reborn as a fish , which fish would you be ? |
| 5 | If you were reborn as a fish , which fish would you be ? |
| 6 | If you were reborn as a fish , which fish would you be ? |
| 7 | If you were to die as a result of an accident the Plan would pay out up to £40,000 to your estate . |
| 8 | • If you were to die as the result of an accident the Plan would pay out £40,000 to your estate . |
| 9 | You may not get to attend client meetings , but this depends on whether you were employed as an experienced but young professional or are a new entrant who is just beginning . |
| 10 | I suspect you were disguised as a personable young man , a merry companion for the Gascons , after what must have been a long and gruelling journey . |
| 11 | So when you were working as a waitress was that the only money that was coming into the house then ? |
| 12 | But you were working as an orderly ? |
| 13 | They told me that , if Pendero won at Ascot , you were finished as a jockey . |