Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] as [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe they provided Wulfstan , who used as his pseudonym the name Lupus , the Wolf , with ready sources of illustration . |
| 2 | The only one of the three daughters around was Dorothy , who acted as our guide and mentor and came with us , first on a visit to Speight 's Brewery which was memorable for the guide , who delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice and an accent so broad that even Dorothy had trouble understanding it , heaven knows what all the Japanese tourists made of it ! — and second , on the Taieri Gorge railway , an afternoon 's ride up into Central Otago , with stops along the way . |
| 3 | Before shaving , he rang his office and spoke to the woman police constable who acted as his secretary . |
| 4 | Thus Gloucester 's possession of Chesham ( Bucks. ) gave him the service of the Wedons , who had held land in the manor since the thirteenth century and who acted as his bailiffs there . |
| 5 | Thus Gloucester 's possession of Chesham ( Bucks. ) gave him the service of the Wedons , who had held land in the manor since the thirteenth century and who acted as his bailiffs there . |
| 6 | The duke 's Lincolnshire land , for instance , brought him into contact with Robert Ratcliffe of Tattershall , who acted as his steward in the county . |
| 7 | The duke 's Lincolnshire land , for instance , brought him into contact with Robert Ratcliffe of Tattershall , who acted as his steward in the county . |
| 8 | And the boy who served as my messenger is illiterate — a rare gift in a servant . ’ |
| 9 | The anthem : ‘ Blessed by Thou , Lord God of Israel ’ was sung by Thomas Street Church choir and the sermon was preached by Mr Guard who chose as his text the fourth verse of the twenty-seventh Psalm : ‘ One thing have I desired of the Lord , that will I seek after , that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life , to behold the beauty of the Lord and to enquire in His temple . ’ |
| 10 | Sister Susan McGuiness FCJ , was the principal speaker who took as her theme , ‘ The Road to Emmaus — a Journey Through Grief ’ . |
| 11 | He follows Father Giles Hibbert OP , the chaplain to the circle , who took as his theme the topic of Righteousness and Justice at the December meeting . |
| 12 | The debate was chaired by the Chancellor ; the motion was proposed by Professor Sir Douglas Hague , who took as his debating point the similarity between the University and prison systems . |