Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can remember willing him to jump out as a child . |
| 2 | Executive members of one of the party 's most active branches , Mossend , confirmed yesterday they had written to Mr Salmond asking him to stand down as a result of the MPs ' decision to strike a deal with the Conservatives in exchange for their votes on the Maastricht bill . |
| 3 | Significantly , the one recorded local dispute in which he was concerned ( a violent struggle over the manor of Gregories in Theydon Garnon ) shows him drawn in as a political heavyweight to counterbalance strong support on the other side . |
| 4 | Significantly , the one recorded local dispute in which he was concerned ( a violent struggle over the manor of Gregories in Theydon Garnon ) shows him drawn in as a political heavyweight to counterbalance strong support on the other side . |
| 5 | They did not share the critics ' dismay that bumptious Mr Spielberg should have borrowed that nice Mr Barrie 's little boy , allowed him to grow up as an awful Dad , and then sent him back to learn a few lessons in Captain Hook 's theme-park paradise . |
| 6 | He returned for his father 's funeral , the first time he 'd been back to Zimbala in seventeen years , and Jamel was able to persuade him to stay on as the new editor of the country 's leading daily newspaper , La Voix . |
| 7 | In April this year , however , the bank forced him to step down as head of Pathe , after its film and television business , MGM-Pathe , narrowly escaped bankruptcy . |
| 8 | Sali Berisha was elected chairman by 449 votes to 98 , despite an attempt by his opponents to persuade him to step down as leader . |
| 9 | Fair enough — but the way he answered he made out as if he knew what he was talking about . |
| 10 | His eyesight was below par which disqualified him from being a pilot — and annoyed him a lot — but he passed out as a navigator . |
| 11 | He passed out as an |
| 12 | He got up as if he had n't slept a wink . |
| 13 | When he got on as a substitute against Sweden he was first class ; in Albania he was one of our best players . ’ |
| 14 | Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan tried to lure Beardsley back to his native North East earlier this season , but Kendall spurned their attempt for the player he holds up as an example to all professionals . |
| 15 | She put out a hand and touched him on the sleeve , but he moved back as if he had n't noticed , and she said on a rising note , ‘ Why are you looking like that ? ’ |
| 16 | He dresses up as a woman to play a nanny working for a yuppie in Mrs Doutfire . |
| 17 | Nonetheless he stands out as a prophetic beacon , a fresh and radical thinker whose radicalism did not lie in attempting a consciously ‘ modern reinterpretation ’ of Christian faith , but in struggling afresh with the heart of the matter , and charting out a very different course from those being recommended on all sides around him . |
| 18 | If the Conservatives are the largest single party , should he hang on as Prime Minister in the hope that he can do a deal with another party ? |
| 19 | Int he trained up as a welder now ? |
| 20 | ‘ The moment I will never forget is our second goal in the Cup final against Manchester United when he came on as a substitute . |
| 21 | If anyone have seen pictures from our game against Poland he came on as a substitute for Fjortoft as lone attacker — and he played brilliantly for the 20 minutes he was on . |
| 22 | McLoughlin giving Ireland the trip to the USA with his 1–1 equalizer vs Northern Ireland — he came on as a substitute — meaning that Ireland left Denmark at home — same points , same goal difference — but Ireland got more goals |
| 23 | He came on as a substitute against Monaghan in the provincial semi-final and played well , but a place in the final starting line-up still eluded him . |
| 24 | ‘ Apart from his match-winning goal against Oxford United , I was pleased with his overall contribution when he came on as a second-half substitute . |
| 25 | We used to I know er old Captain he he came down as tubs came onto him and broke his neck and he er er funny part of that it was . |
| 26 | Sue asked Derek to a girls ' night out and he turned up as Diane . |
| 27 | he ends up as a tramp and he gets to ah son get in and you know he fucking hanging out the back of the window we had , we had enough money to move to a bigger house right , and they got this little |
| 28 | Germany 's World Cup maestro believes that in a former life he popped up as a plant — or an animal . |
| 29 | For at least another hour he walked on as if to test the conclusion against all the temptations and changes he could uncover . |
| 30 | He had been sacked last week , for the fourth time in a year , after a row with an unpleasant restaurant owner who had a fat pink face that looked about to snort , and chaste little feet on raised heels that he walked on as if they were trotters . |