Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Text could be created on the Macintosh or passed as a file from any other computer , graphics were catered for by MacPaint , Draw or business graphics programs like Microsoft Chart . |
| 2 | The hazards to which spectacles are prone include being lost , broken , ill-fitting , dirty , put on crookedly or rejected as an aid to better seeing . |
| 3 | From now on he either fought on the French side or acted as a neutral between the parties . |
| 4 | It no longer supervised , as in the seventeenth century , the administration of certain Russian provinces , or acted as a tax-collecting body . |
| 5 | They can be added to stir-fry vegetables at the end of cooking or served as an accompaniment . |
| 6 | There is no authentic or unified ‘ original ’ self which can simply be recovered or discovered as the source of ‘ autonomous ’ actions . |
| 7 | Big Allen , the highest peak of the foinland , which was so often veiled in mist or appeared as a blurred blue shape , this morning showed every crevice and crag on its slopes , every wind-bent bilberry , every clump of ling . |
| 8 | I think that also that said to me at the point that there is , people need to er , be paid attendance because otherwise you deny people the opportunity to be able to stand for council , there , otherwise you are going to end up with those that are either rich or retired as the only people who can attend a council which , and therefore we must remember that and make sure those who want to have the opportunity to participate in local government are actually compensated for their , for their erm , for their work . |
| 9 | the case that most people regard the way in which the National Library has been built and planned as a total national disaster and a vast waste of public money . |
| 10 | So I graduated from watcher to player and clapped as the sons and the Omani drummers played and sang . |
| 11 | And [ Molla Fenari " s ] standing rose in [ the sultan " s ] estimation and he occupied the highest place therein and consulted with the sultan in all affairs [ of state ] and became as the vezir … |
| 12 | Plenty of other good bands around the country have tried to grab at the coat-tails the Manchester scene and failed as a result . |
| 13 | In 1894 he lost his job and failed as a cobbler . |
| 14 | Plenty of other good bands around the country have tried to grab at the coat-tails the Manchester scene and failed as a result . |
| 15 | He had an excellent temperament and lived as a family pet . |
| 16 | Linked to an alleged coup attempt by Mao 's then heir-apparent Lin Biao in 1971 , Chen was arrested and reviled as a traitor . |
| 17 | Automatic weighing machines are very accurate and sample packs are taken regularly and weighed as a check . |
| 18 | And used as a medicine as well . |
| 19 | And used as a medicine ? |
| 20 | The US engine was initially designated as GE 's model l–A ( later improved and redesignated as the 1–14 for use in the three XP aircraft ) and with continued improvements , evolved into the l–16/J–31 series turbojets . |
| 21 | Moonshine on the holly leaves showed the way she twitched and jerked as the blackthorn spines probed deeper into the soft moss of her womb . |
| 22 | The crowd , jubilant at President Fidel Ramos ' decision to allow the body 's return , pushed and shouted as the 727 jet , which bore an image of Marcos and the words ‘ I am a Filipino , ’ taxied to the terminal . |
| 23 | Turning to head for the pool , she gasped and staggered as a figure loomed before her |
| 24 | She beamed at her husband , bravely facing the barrage of produce , and winced as a particularly juicy specimen caught him right on the chin . |
| 25 | Whitlock pulled himself to his feet and winced as a sharp pain shot through his left leg . |
| 26 | The front tyres jerked and bounced as the Zetor bored into the pile and began to climb and crush it . |
| 27 | I then learnt yoga and trained as a teacher . |
| 28 | But the growth in consumer debt should not be simply seen and condemned as a complete descent into mindless consumerism . |
| 29 | For elders with histories of secure attachments , a diminished capacity to desire new attachments may be accepted sagely as age-appropriate — or feared and rejected as an unwelcome sign of old age and impending death . |
| 30 | If he takes no action , well and good ; if he seeks an injunction , the issue can be litigated and appealed as a matter of principle , without the danger of suffering a heavy penalty for an offence — eg of contempt of court — which has already been committed . |