Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] his [noun] as [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had caught his eye as she came down the aisle . |
| 2 | Her hair , glowing like a brazier through the early-morning mist , her high boots and her cream-coloured quilted jacket with its exaggerated shoulders , had drawn his gaze as he sat impatiently in a line of cars while the pickets argued with the driver of an articulated wagon that was trying to enter the University . |
| 3 | The car driver had sounded his horn as he screeched to a halt . |
| 4 | She was beside him and she had taken his arm as they waited on the pavement across the road . |
| 5 | It had been his only possession when he had fled his home as it burned . |
| 6 | He had failed his race as he had failed his family . |