Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] as " in BNC.
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1 | Fair enough — but the way he answered he made out as if he knew what he was talking about . |
2 | His eyesight was below par which disqualified him from being a pilot — and annoyed him a lot — but he passed out as a navigator . |
3 | He passed out as an |
4 | He got up as if he had n't slept a wink . |
5 | When he got on as a substitute against Sweden he was first class ; in Albania he was one of our best players . ’ |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 ? ’ |
8 | He dresses up as a woman to play a nanny working for a yuppie in Mrs Doutfire . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 ? |
11 | Int he trained up as a welder now ? |
12 | ‘ The moment I will never forget is our second goal in the Cup final against Manchester United when he came on as a substitute . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 |
15 | 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 . |
16 | ‘ 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | Sue asked Derek to a girls ' night out and he turned up as Diane . |
19 | 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 |
20 | Germany 's World Cup maestro believes that in a former life he popped up as a plant — or an animal . |
21 | For at least another hour he walked on as if to test the conclusion against all the temptations and changes he could uncover . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | Interestingly , he remained in sport , becoming the first black professional footballer when he signed on as goalkeeper for Preston North End . |
24 | He signed on as a steward , having acquired some skill in cooking . |
25 | Thinking that he preferred to make a career in journalism , after failing his second professional examination in 1882 , he signed on as an able seaman , went from Port Mackay to the South Sea Islands to study the traffic in Kanaka islanders , and published his findings in the Melbourne Age , arousing considerable controversy . |
26 | He glanced round as the throb of a diesel engine sounded in the yard . |
27 | He glanced back as if looking for signs of pursuit . |
28 | He finished up as one of Britain 's greatest and most original architects . |
29 | Then after him they had an , a fella come from I think he finished up as Pinn Mill Harbourmaster , whether they got one now I do n't know . |
30 | Janet posted a letter for me last week to a friend who I worked with at Ipswich , she was one of the girls behind the counter and at the moment they , her and her husband , he , he , he , he was on the , he finished up but he started as a lad in the kitchen but he finished up as a chef on the dining cars and they married and er and they 've got er two children erm they 're married to and , and we kept , we 've kept in touch with each other for sixty years |