Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [adv] [verb] as a " in BNC.

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1	YVONNE MURRAY has suddenly emerged as a contender for a trip to the world indoor championships in Toronto next month .
2	As Othello tells him that Cassio had even acted as a go-between in their courtship , Iago appears surprised — ‘ Indeed ! ’ — and takes refuge behind a series of evasive answers — ‘ Honest , my lord ? ’
3	What Amis has also acknowledged as a writer is that nice things are n't necessarily as funny as nasty things .
4	Dr Almahawi had earlier worked as a junior doctor , assisting in operations in the South Tyrone Hospital , Dungannon , in periods from 1988 to 1990 .
5	Dr Almahawi had earlier worked as a junior doctor assisting in operations in the South Tyrone Hospital , Dungannon , during periods of employment from 1988 to 1990 .
6	Harry had recently retired as a director of a multi-national company , and , apart from spending more time gardening , had not developed any replacement interests .
7	Goh had formally resigned as a member of parliament ( while remaining Prime Minister ) on Dec. 1 in order to contest the by-election .
8	In both cases he faces the same moral dilemma which Kureishi has often encountered as a reluctant spokesman for the Asian community .
9	Despite her previous marriage , Æthelthryth had always lived as a virgin and was determined to remain one , retiring altogether to live as a nun in Coldingham about 672 .
10	Ian had previously qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1983 with Downie Wilson & Co .
11	‘ Yes and no , ’ mumbled Hyacinth , to whom the news of the arrest and incarceration of the chairman of the YCs had just come as a surprise .
12	Pam Murphy has recently enrolled as a postgraduate student in experimental physics , and Carol Wallis , having got a degree and a postgraduate degree at Cambridge , and taught in various places , is now working as a Research Fellow in biochemistry at the university .

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