Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [verb] as [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fenner , the Hull-based power transmission engineer , bought the stake when the original bid was announced and had offered to act as white knight to Armstrong and to distribute their fasteners through its own international network . |
| 2 | With nothing to do but wait , Trent had agreed to act as sail-master on one of Belpan 's sand lighters in the regular Sunday race meeting . |
| 3 | Perhaps that was why Father Devlin had volunteered to act as match-maker , preferring to have him married rather than have him fornicate , as he had in the past , with the tinker women passing through the district . |
| 4 | He had known an Irishman with similar hands ; hands that had seemed to perform as separate entities from the man himself ; acting on his behalf yet leaving his conscience free of responsibility for their actions . |
| 5 | There were calls to revoke the mandate of deputies who had failed to register as Lithuanian citizens . |