Example sentences of "were [verb] [adv] as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Visegrad 's streets were deserted yesterday as Serb irregulars exchanged sporadic fire with the handful of Muslim gunmen still holed up in the town . |
| 32 | It seems that these two RHAs were singled out as examples , since elsewhere the pace of change was slow . |
| 33 | One Pack were dressed up as Robin Hood and His Merry Men , another as the Knights of the Round Table , pulling along a dragon in chains ; a third represented characters from Alice in Wonderland . |
| 34 | Health professionals were perceived mainly as providers of resources , consultants and ( in the primary sector ) for visits to the classroom . |
| 35 | Two players were sent off as BRIDGEND fought out a 12-12 draw at home to PONTYPRIDD . |
| 36 | Areas of true wilderness were maintained solely as hunting preserves for the ruling élite , whose sporting exploits were commonly used to illustrate their potency as rulers and conquerors ( MacKenzie , 1989 ) . |
| 37 | Jones 's acknowledged aim was to seize some important person as a hostage to exchange for the American sailors taken prisoner by the Royal Navy , who were imprisoned indefinitely as pirates , and in his own words , ‘ to put an end of burnings in America by making a good fire in England ’ . |
| 38 | So-called ‘ ten thousand yuan households ’ , referring to the high incomes some farmers were now obtaining , were well-publicised and instead of being labelled as ‘ capitalist exploiters ’ were held up as models for emulation in the changing rural economic environment . |