Example sentences of "do as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We both are experienced pilots , and initially , we thought it would be done as a visual flight , with a bit of adventure . |
| 2 | I am proud of what I have done as a practising solicitor and I expect all other solicitors feel the same . |
| 3 | On being introduced he made an effort not to avert his eyes , as one felt he would have done as a young man . |
| 4 | But during the weekends I did my best to claim her attention , following her about from room to room as I had done as a small child , and chattering endlessly about life , literature and the events of the previous school-term . |
| 5 | I have used some of the things that he has done as a good example to myself . |
| 6 | Yes , this is done as a last resort . |
| 7 | What different activities do people do as a major part of their holidays ? |
| 8 | There are many things that I can do now , but could n't do as a young man , which contradicts the notion that in order to be a good instrumentalist you have to acquire a comprehensive technique i your teens . |
| 9 | The original band of brothers in the primal horde were excluded from sexual intercourse with any women by their father , and they formed a group , based on homosexual feelings , to perform the act that no one of them could do as a sole individual , namely , to kill their father . |
| 10 | er Apollo Leisure had decided that they would like to have arts and science under the same roof , er the arts has been something that 's considered an acceptable cultural pastime , and people will go out at weekends , take the family and will do something that , they would look at an exhibition , er or they would go to the theatre , whereas in science , there is n't really anything that you can do as a social or cultural pastime . |
| 11 | So he shot forward , and what you are trained to do as a good removal man is you drop if you 're dropping anything you drop it on your toe or on your hand . |
| 12 | It is rather like something that I used to do as a young groundsman coming up through the ranks , when I applied for vacant jobs all over the place , the bigger and more prestigious the place the better , and more often than not without the slightest intention of taking the job if it had been offered ! |
| 13 | So , I did what I learnt to do as a working-class woman , which was to justify why I did my work by saying , well of course it is a metaphor for all kinds of struggle , and of course it is , but actually the original reason was n't that at all . |
| 14 | What was he doing as a Black and Tan officer ? |
| 15 | This he did as a public duty until the early nineteenth century , despite the problems of growing age ; his subordinates included the zealous Lord Pelham , later Home Secretary . |
| 16 | To my mind , what I do as a medical sociologist is just as scientific . |
| 17 | ‘ I believe it is quite hard , the work that you do as a Strict Regime prisoner . |
| 18 | For example , Standard English does not distinguish between do as a main verb and as an auxiliary verb : He did it , did he ? |
| 19 | I mean here we are , we 've been talking about taking holidays in this area , and I imagine that much of the work that you do as a local Tourist Board is not actually directly aimed at people who live in this area . |