Example sentences of "as he [be] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes indeed , being as he 's a God as well |
| 2 | After a few drinks he will reluctantly sell it to you as he 's a bit short of cash and you 're so obviously interested … |
| 3 | As he 's a non-Catholic it 's worse . |
| 4 | On his talkback show , Jack Lucas , a loudmouth Manhattan DJ , castigates a popular bar for its yuppieness — itself a projection , like so much yuppie-phobia , as he 's a leader of the pack — and a maniac fan slaughters the clientele . |
| 5 | But , as he 's no doubt told you , he would n't take it . ’ |
| 6 | So , as he 's an officer , does he carry weapons ? |
| 7 | But it , is n't it an awful situation when you , when you , when you look at it that evidence indicates that the erm the number of people that are either now elderly infirm or sick and and clearly that they all will have to face this , this , this terrible burden and I can not understand because there is , this , there is , there is er a total disarray within the Conservative party , that all their er er back bench er MP s are making representations to their erm their leader who possibly may not be a leader tomorrow but as long as he 's the leader today , John Major that he should do a rethink and here they are er you know , members of the same party , continuing to support something which is so idiosyncratic that you know it 's really beyond belief , er Chairman . |
| 8 | Maybe we should be asking whether Speed should n't be sidelined for a spell , as he is a bit anonymous at times . |
| 9 | Clegg is called The Collector , as he is a butterfly collector , who has now started gathering and trapping women in a similar way , this is a powerful metaphor throughout the book . |
| 10 | Lindsay said that Reilly could rely on his ‘ unswerving support as he is a man I have the highest respect for ’ . |
| 11 | Lindsay said that Reilly could rely on his ‘ unswerving support as he is a man I have the highest respect for ’ . |
| 12 | Amenartas , escaping from Ayesha 's wrath , had borne a child whose line persisted through the centuries to end with Leo Vincey , who is as much a descendant of Kallikrates as he is a reincarnation of him . |
| 13 | Kenneth has a list of questions to ask as a result of his reading , but the Dr has to admit that the subject is a highly complex one and that his knowledge is limited as he is a G.P. and not a specialist on the subject . |
| 14 | As he is a nobleman 's son , I know he would n't like me to accept a gift from anyone . |
| 15 | ‘ If he 's as good a detective as he is a poet , he 's a dangerous man . |
| 16 | As he is a victim of his own loyalty to the England cause , the RFU 's credibility can only be maintained if he is compensated — even if this means contradicting the edict of the 1890's which caused the original rugby league to break from the union code . |
| 17 | as he is an interfering what 's the word when you say he thinks he 's perfect and he 's mister hard man ? |
| 18 | As he is an expert on such matters , the hon. Gentleman knows better than I that public prosecutions in Scotland are a matter for the Lord Advocate . |
| 19 | He was ultimately as much an oracle , a high priest , a pope , a spiritual leader , as he was a king . |
| 20 | He was always one for the girls and as soon as he was a bit older , instead of the dogs he always seemed to have besotted females hanging round him . |
| 21 | So long as he was a Member of Parliament he could not be arrested for debt , but bailiffs were in the house when he was taken mortally ill . |
| 22 | Fortunately rather than staying in the main house , she was able to stay with her sister Jane and husband Robert who , as he was a member of the royal Household , enjoyed a grace and favour cottage on the estate . |
| 23 | He knows the Getty well as he was a scholar at the Center in 1988–89 , when his predecessor , Kurt Forster , who has left to be Professor of Art and Architectural history at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich , was en poste . |
| 24 | As the elder brother , it was his privilege and his right to ‘ go oot ’ whenever the fancy took him , especially as he was a toiler . |
| 25 | Now leading the Elf army , Tyrion proved to be every bit as skillful a general as he was a warrior . |
| 26 | He said he had environmental credentials as he was a life member of the British Butterfly Conservation Society and was also a member of the Kent branch of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England . |
| 27 | He had not been so happy with the farmland which went with the Fish ; his town talents ( he was from Cockermouth , about ten miles away ) had given him neither the patience nor the experience for such niggling country work and — as he was a man who took advice badly — his neighbours had soon left him alone to rot alone . |
| 28 | Coolness was his stock in trade as he was a scientist on our side . |
| 29 | He understood a little of my behaviour as he was a photographer , who also provided me with many useful photographs . |
| 30 | ‘ At least he had the decency to tell me himself I hope he is as successful a manager as he was a player . ’ |