Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm less interested in Araeen 's assertions about modernism than in the following questions : what are the differences between the older artists who came here as immigrants and the young artists who were born in Britain ? |
| 2 | It was dedicated by the Reverend Norman Boyd , Chapman 's vicar at St Mary 's , Hendon , who acted unofficially as the club 's chaplain . |
| 3 | At the core is her sister Lady Sarah McCorquodale , who acted both as her lady-in-waiting and personal assistant . |
| 4 | This can be attributed to a number of factors : the increased availability of street heroin in Wirral during the early 1980s ; the periodic droughts of pot and speed at around about the same time ( some of the users suggested a direct relation between these phenomena ) ; the existence of large numbers of users initiated in the 1978–81 period who acted both as models to emulate and who were also probably the first dealers the new initiates came into contact with . |
| 5 | The former mandatory distinction , between brokers , who acted only as agents for their clients , and jobbers who acted only as market-making principals , has disappeared ; as a result of ‘ Big Bang ’ , firms may now act as either , so long as they disclose to the client whether they are acting as agents or principals . |
| 6 | Marc Pajot , skipper of Ville de Paris , says that Jacques Chirac has pledged continuing support from the City of Paris , together with Yvon Jacob , of Legris Industries , who stepped aboard as principal sponsor of Pajot 's second Cup campaign . |
| 7 | Nor did Gillian , who talked just as if she 'd only just run to the signpost and back . |
| 8 | But Iain , who worked briefly as an architect , says he 's too old to worry about pop fame . |
| 9 | Sarah , 31 , was an attractive , stylishly dressed woman who worked part-time as the manager of an interior design shop , and spent the rest of her time looking after her daughter , Zoe , aged two . |
| 10 | The farmers listened to him , and he was no great admirer of Edward Heath , who replaced Home as leader of the Conservatives in the summer of 1965 . |
| 11 | DENNIS SILK , a three-time Cambridge Blue who also played for Somerset , was names as MCC 's next president at the club 's AGM at Lord 's on May 6 , Silk , 60 , who retired recently as Warden of Radley College , takes over from Michael Melluish on Oct 1 , and will be the first to spend two years in office , under anew rule passed at the AGM . |
| 12 | He has to decide whether he should stay on pending a full trial of the bitter dispute between the two men , who stood side-by-side as saviours of the financially troubled club in 1991 . |