Example sentences of "had [verb] [pers pn] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past , the orthodox approach had been to take these literally , while the rationalists had dismissed them as arbitrary fiction . |
| 2 | We got about six sentences too deep in our conversation for her to institute personal questions about my background , without appearing offensive ( she had to treat me as a person now and not a peon ) , even for Asians who delight in asking pertinent questions as to age , income , etc. , unthinkable for more backward Europeans . |
| 3 | On the few occasions that he had gone down to The priory with the lad , his parents had treated him as one of the family . |
| 4 | If somehow she could have been given a meagre share in their relationship , if one or the other had treated her as a confidante , it might have been more bearable . |
| 5 | The funny man who had found her on a distant planet and had treated her as a human being . |
| 6 | The reason was that the employer had taken no effective steps to end the practice and yet suddenly , and without proper warning , had treated it as a sufficient ground for dismissal . |
| 7 | Addressing a press conference on June 23 , French Finance Minister Pierre Bérégovoy said that while some countries favoured associate membership for the Soviet Union , others had regarded it as a transitional status . |
| 8 | He snatched his furniture from the house and dumped it on a tip , then took the car which he had given her as a present away for scrap . |
| 9 | And then he said suddenly , ‘ That phone call Ah was waitin' fur — it was from the hotel Iris had given me as her address in Lima . |
| 10 | He gestured across the lawn that ran down to a stream and then up again to his own cottage , which Thomas had given him as a wedding present . |
| 11 | He warmed the pot , instinctively found the tea in the caddy Frances 's Auntie Pamela had given them as a wedding present , and brewed up . |
| 12 | In 1984 Sir Antony Duff was moved to the directorship of MI5 , the Security Service , to clean it up after the Security Commission had criticized it as part of its investigation of the Bettaney affair . |
| 13 | And then , suddenly , I had to see him as a MAN — my husband ! |
| 14 | By an effort of memory she could just recall a time when money had been plentiful , and her father — then strong and well — had spent it with a gay extravagance which had delighted her as a small child . |
| 15 | Strange how he had given that start when he had addressed him as Sir Joseph . |
| 16 | A lieutenant-colonel , who had evidently been a close friend in his class at St. Cyr , greeting the new C.O. had addressed him as tu , only to receive a shrivelling rebuff : ‘ Colonel , I must request you to keep your distance . |
| 17 | There may be economies in using higher educational facilities as locations for events and academics as consultants ; and some of these resources may be cheaper than they would be if the company had to provide them as a call on the payload . |
| 18 | He indicated to Haussmann that the form of the railway station , a huge open space covered by glass , had impressed him as a possible model and as a result of the Emperor 's predilections , and Baltard 's skill , the great new market of Les Halles was built in a light , airy combination of iron , stone and glass . |
| 19 | Mrs Nowak had impressed her as a strong woman , a woman inclined to fantasy perhaps , but resilient and not inclined to despair . |
| 20 | After visiting Bruce Hutchison , the next stop would be at the home of Mrs Nellie McClung whose books ‘ Clearing in the West ’ and ‘ The Stream Runs Fast ’ had impressed me as a youth . |
| 21 | Hammond had a brush with the Commonwealth 's accounts committee in 1651 , but protested that he had accounted fully and properly for all the sums which he had received in all the three armies in which he had served ; he pointed out that his account from July 1649 on was with the army in Scotland , where by this time George Monck ( later first Duke of Albemarle , q.v. ) had succeeded him as lieutenant-general of the ordnance . |
| 22 | By the end of November John Major had succeeded her as leader of the Conservative Party , a post she had held for nearly 16 years , and as Prime Minister , an office she had held since 1979 . |
| 23 | He had seemed certain to become the first black Tory MP , representing Cheltenham — Norman Tebbit had tipped him as the first black cabinet minister and there 'd even been the odd hint that he might one day inhabit No 10 . |
| 24 | Alain had rescued her as if he cared what became of her , and she supposed he had to , anyway ; she was , as he had said , his responsibility . |
| 25 | Every officer must have noticed the figurines , yet no-one had considered them as a possible murder weapon . |
| 26 | But then , afterwards , I learned that the other members of the party had accepted him as a bachelor and he had gone along with that . ’ |
| 27 | Her facial skin had absorbed it as if it were the most expensive cosmetic cream . |
| 28 | Matilda later reported that as her father tore off her veil , he swore ‘ that he had destined me as a wife for Count Alan rather than for a community of nuns ’ . |
| 29 | This is nowhere better exemplified than in the treatment that some consultants in the NHS offered those who had to visit them as out-patients . |
| 30 | Then like a fool he had spoken of Maud , and Sarah had seen him as nothing more than a philanderer . |