Example sentences of "[adj] as a [noun] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coffee arrived , followed a few minutes later by two tall and thin men who introduced themselves and led the Glovers to another room , barely identifiable as an office except for one discreet filing cabinet . |
| 2 | What were you doing dressed as a lad and in Captain Meredith 's company ? ’ |
| 3 | Grace has 35 to 40 regular customers per week and says she owes much of her success to the course , which has helped her become more confident as a businesswoman and as a boss . |
| 4 | In short , he becomes more credible as a negotiator and as an enforcement agent . |
| 5 | Although a skilled fisherman , George Trowark became renowned as a knitter and over many years and many voyages he accumulated detailed notes of designs and patterns . |
| 6 | ‘ Aye , ’ replied another , slim and small as a child but with a face centuries old . |
| 7 | The Turbo trains will be springing up on lines throughout the Chilterns and Oxfordshire , the next stop is Aylesbury , with passengers hoping they stay clean as a whistle and on time . |
| 8 | He was also active as a physician and in 1280 went to Flanders to treat the nephew of the count . |
| 9 | He was one of the six sons of rabbi Moses of London , active as a businessman and in communal affairs from around 1240 onwards and writer of an authoritative work on biblical punctuation , and his wife Antera , the daughter of Jacob . |