Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] he as [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When John McEnroe stunned the tennis world by beating Boris Becker at the Australian Open , after a succession of resounding defeats from the player who succeeded him as Wimbledon Champion in 1985 , he described it as ‘ getting a monkey off my back . ’ |
| 2 | He gave land to Chad at Barrow in Lindsey for the building of a monastery ( HE IV , 3 ) , and when Chad died Wynfrith , who succeeded him as bishop , was evidently abbot of Barrow ( HE IV , 6 ) . |
| 3 | In the early 1640s Best compiled an account of his farming methods and other country matters , such as ‘ the fashions att our Country weddings ’ , for the benefit of his son , John ( 1620–69 ) , who succeeded him as lord of the manor . |
| 4 | Having spent almost all this money on adventurous travelling in South America , the United States , and Canada , he returned in 1908 and was rescued this time by his brother , who employed him as manager of his motor-car showroom in Brighton . |
| 5 | He was subsequently traced and cleared by Oxford police , who knew him as Stephen Smith , a wandering sheet music salesman . |
| 6 | In turn , many of the Aborigines Gould encountered , and especially those who accompanied him as guides on his collecting expeditions , grew to admire him and to recognise a kindred spirit in the eccentric and enthusiastic white man . |