Example sentences of "as a [noun sg] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 87 ( ‘ Farewell — Thou art too dear for my possessing ’ ) the Friend 's inconstancy and betrayal are excused as a simple error of judgement : Here , though , Shakespeare is not content to let the irony stand , for the couplet , with its sarcastic double-rhyme , dispels both illusion and self-deception : ‘ Thus have I had thee as a dream doth flatter — /In sleep a king , but waking no such matter . ’ |
| 2 | Carmen Miranda 's image was deliberately used as a vehicle to help consolidate a commercial mnage trois between the Brazilian singer , the US-Latin American ‘ good neighbour ’ policy and the banana . |
| 3 | Carmen Miranda 's image was deliberately used as a vehicle to help consolidate a commercial mnage trois between the Brazilian singer , the US-Latin American ‘ good neighbour ’ policy and the banana . |
| 4 | Remove old , unproductive fruit trees by cutting them down to shoulder height before using the stump as a lever to help dig out all the roots . |
| 5 | Mitch Cook 's free-kick was hacked clear to Steve O'Shaughnessy on the edge of the box , where the Bradford old boy he was released by them as a youngster let fly with a powerful right-foot shot which Bradford keeper Paul Tomlinson allowed to slip under his body . |
| 6 | AN ex-soldier was used as a heavy to help persuade an Indian bullion dealer to pay money owed to Earl Spencer 's best man , a court was told yesterday . |
| 7 | It is usually the experimental scientist who seizes on a theory as a tool to help interpret the properties of systems inaccessible by experiment . |
| 8 | secondly , our reading of the way that professionals and people with learning difficulties are working towards recreating the relationship between them , including an outline of a support structure developed recently by the authors ( Brechin and Swain , 1986 , 1987 ) designed as a tool to help shape a more equal relationship , or ‘ a working alliance ’ as it has been described elsewhere ( Deffenbacher , 1985 ; Egan , 1986 ) ; |
| 9 | It is important that you complete this , as it acts as a trigger to help speed up payment of your benefits . |