Example sentences of "as [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , Harp Lager who have been behind the new building all along , are to be congratulated on their commitment to Down Royal and also for making sure that the flagship of racing on the track , the Ulster Harp Derby , has been boosted financially as well as given a new look . |
| 2 | In the 1962 election he stood against McAteer , making it clear that he was just as committed a nationalist but criticising the MP for the narrowness of his appeal and calling on him to send his election literature to all voters , not just to Catholics . |
| 3 | Liquitex as produced a whole range of Technique Sheets with extremely useful guidelines for most applications . |
| 4 | I laughed when my mother told me of the entire postnatal fortnight spent in the maternity hospital , with bedpans and blanket baths and fierce ward sisters who wagged fingers at you if you as much as stuck a big toe over the side of the bed . |
| 5 | ENTRUST , the small firms enterprise agency , as appointed a new general manager . |
| 6 | The Rattries would remain abominable , the father drunk , the mother vacant , such children as survived a damned nuisance . |
| 7 | The army turned back in drenched and miserable retreat towards Welshpool , without having so much as sighted a Welsh force of any kind . |