Example sentences of "for [pron] as [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every man jack has to work ten days each year for nothing as a kind of tax . |
| 2 | So while interpreters working from spoken English to sign language are called upon to work for nothing as a service to these normal , intelligent ‘ disabled ’ people , those in the foreign spoken language interpretive role , where language users are equal , may rise to occupy one of the highest status roles in diplomacy , and correspondingly command high financial rewards . |
| 3 | Born on 12 April , 1941 , the only son of an electricity board worker , he was snapped up by his local club West Ham , and made his debut for them as a 17-year-old against Manchester United in 1958 . |
| 4 | Andrew Tombs , 27 , of Stokesley , North Yorkshire , agreed to carry out 150 hours community service after pleading guilty at Teesside Crown Court to stealing equipment valued at £7,400 from Tarmac Construction , while working for them as a drainer on a building site in the town . |
| 5 | Andrew Tombs , 27 , of Stokesley , North Yorkshire , agreed to carry out 150 hours community service after admitting at Teesside Crown Court stealing equipment worth £7,400 from Tarmac Construction , while working for them as a drainer on a building site in the town . |
| 6 | She imagined the young doctor coming to this simple village , the home of his grandmother , to build his business empire , getting to know and love the villagers as he did so , and deciding to live with them and spend his spare time caring for them as a doctor . |
| 7 | Clive works for them as a delivery skipper . |
| 8 | Your worships , Mr works for Wallbank aerials in Worley and he works for them as an engineer his vehicle was erm something that he did use for work , but unfortunately as a result of the accident his has been written off and he has n't yet been able to er , replace it and so he 's having to be erm er , chauffeured by the company to do his er his work . |
| 9 | Your Worships Mr works for in Worley and he works for them as an engineer . |
| 10 | Yurchenko contacted the American Embassy in Rome in August 1985 , having already worked for them as an agent in place . |
| 11 | For me as a child , Glasgow was its buildings ; the city was physically oppressive in a way that is painfully memorable . |
| 12 | WHAT began for me as a culture shock 25 years ago , has now transmuted into an enduring sense of sorrow and frustration . |
| 13 | ‘ When I bought this house and insisted she move in with me she took the path of least resistance and agreed , although even then if I 'd had the wits to see them all the signs were there that although she relished my role as provider she cared very little for me as a person . ’ |
| 14 | But my education made things harder for me as a soldier , paradoxically , for I thought too much and questioned the wisdom of those in command . |
| 15 | ‘ Obviously , this is a new experience for me as a manager . ’ |
| 16 | So therefore was there anything for me as a consumer go along to the theatre , have a back programme that has been sponsored by Hydro Electric to use the bad example . |
| 17 | The only things the Tories did for me as a businessman was to empty a lot of factory space which made it easy to buy up . |
| 18 | For me as a designer , the feel is similar to rayon , with lustre and drapeability . |
| 19 | But in fact there was very little apart from discussion at the end , that was actually relevant to voluntary services , it was about local government reorganization which was very interesting , for me as a parish councillor . |
| 20 | That was the attraction for me as a director . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ That is a great honour for me as an Irishman , ’ he said . |
| 22 | And if you go down that road in every area of life , I think we 're storing tremendous trouble for ourselves as a society ! |
| 23 | Samuel Beeton had already begun to make a name for himself as a publisher and editor . |
| 24 | He scraped through the Eton of Dr Edmond Warre [ q.v. ] , under the particular care of Arthur Benson [ q.v. ] , his housemaster , without distinction , but in 1902 gained a first class in modern history at Balliol College , Oxford , where he also made a reputation for himself as a roof-climber , despite his blindness . |
| 25 | Making a name for himself as a boxer in the army had come easy to him , and had it been peace time he could probably have gone a long way in the sport . |
| 26 | George Albert Smith was later of course erm to come on and make a big name , a world name for himself as the inventor of the first colour process , a very simple , two-colour process , but it was invented by him in Brighton , and it was the first world colour process . |
| 27 | He had a good degree in art history , and had he not gone in for politics he might have made a name for himself as an art historian . |
| 28 | Bowie has already made a name for himself as an actor in a string of top movies , including The Hunger and The Man Who Fell To Earth , but this is the TV break he has been waiting for . |
| 29 | I think that within the Company you need to look at major , major non- conformances in two ways , one is the major performance that will give you problems over getting a registration pass over five oh , but in another one a major non- conformance i.e , there 's a problem with the job , which is it might only be a minor non-conformance in relation to five seven five oh , but is a big problem for you as a company . |
| 30 | When I awoke and started getting ready for my classes , which now passed mechanically , as if in a vacuum , the students suspended in time and space , and my own voice seeming to come from somewhere a long , long way away , I would write a poem for you as a kind of incantation to bring you back that day : |