Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can remember willing him to jump out as a child . |
| 2 | Executive members of one of the party 's most active branches , Mossend , confirmed yesterday they had written to Mr Salmond asking him to stand down as a result of the MPs ' decision to strike a deal with the Conservatives in exchange for their votes on the Maastricht bill . |
| 3 | Significantly , the one recorded local dispute in which he was concerned ( a violent struggle over the manor of Gregories in Theydon Garnon ) shows him drawn in as a political heavyweight to counterbalance strong support on the other side . |
| 4 | Significantly , the one recorded local dispute in which he was concerned ( a violent struggle over the manor of Gregories in Theydon Garnon ) shows him drawn in as a political heavyweight to counterbalance strong support on the other side . |
| 5 | They did not share the critics ' dismay that bumptious Mr Spielberg should have borrowed that nice Mr Barrie 's little boy , allowed him to grow up as an awful Dad , and then sent him back to learn a few lessons in Captain Hook 's theme-park paradise . |
| 6 | He returned for his father 's funeral , the first time he 'd been back to Zimbala in seventeen years , and Jamel was able to persuade him to stay on as the new editor of the country 's leading daily newspaper , La Voix . |
| 7 | His eyesight was below par which disqualified him from being a pilot — and annoyed him a lot — but he passed out as a navigator . |
| 8 | He passed out as an |
| 9 | When he got on as a substitute against Sweden he was first class ; in Albania he was one of our best players . ’ |
| 10 | Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan tried to lure Beardsley back to his native North East earlier this season , but Kendall spurned their attempt for the player he holds up as an example to all professionals . |
| 11 | He dresses up as a woman to play a nanny working for a yuppie in Mrs Doutfire . |
| 12 | Nonetheless he stands out as a prophetic beacon , a fresh and radical thinker whose radicalism did not lie in attempting a consciously ‘ modern reinterpretation ’ of Christian faith , but in struggling afresh with the heart of the matter , and charting out a very different course from those being recommended on all sides around him . |
| 13 | Int he trained up as a welder now ? |
| 14 | ‘ The moment I will never forget is our second goal in the Cup final against Manchester United when he came on as a substitute . |
| 15 | If anyone have seen pictures from our game against Poland he came on as a substitute for Fjortoft as lone attacker — and he played brilliantly for the 20 minutes he was on . |
| 16 | McLoughlin giving Ireland the trip to the USA with his 1–1 equalizer vs Northern Ireland — he came on as a substitute — meaning that Ireland left Denmark at home — same points , same goal difference — but Ireland got more goals |
| 17 | He came on as a substitute against Monaghan in the provincial semi-final and played well , but a place in the final starting line-up still eluded him . |
| 18 | ‘ Apart from his match-winning goal against Oxford United , I was pleased with his overall contribution when he came on as a second-half substitute . |
| 19 | he ends up as a tramp and he gets to ah son get in and you know he fucking hanging out the back of the window we had , we had enough money to move to a bigger house right , and they got this little |
| 20 | Germany 's World Cup maestro believes that in a former life he popped up as a plant — or an animal . |
| 21 | He signed on as a steward , having acquired some skill in cooking . |
| 22 | Thinking that he preferred to make a career in journalism , after failing his second professional examination in 1882 , he signed on as an able seaman , went from Port Mackay to the South Sea Islands to study the traffic in Kanaka islanders , and published his findings in the Melbourne Age , arousing considerable controversy . |
| 23 | He glanced round as the throb of a diesel engine sounded in the yard . |
| 24 | Janet posted a letter for me last week to a friend who I worked with at Ipswich , she was one of the girls behind the counter and at the moment they , her and her husband , he , he , he , he was on the , he finished up but he started as a lad in the kitchen but he finished up as a chef on the dining cars and they married and er and they 've got er two children erm they 're married to and , and we kept , we 've kept in touch with each other for sixty years |
| 25 | According to one story he started out as a liveryman in England and ran away to sea after stealing his mistress 's jewels . |
| 26 | He started out as a full-back with Bath and looked set for the glittering prizes . |
| 27 | Yeah erm well that can , that can be difficult erm I know er when er when Dave did his psychology degree here erm he started out as an electrical engineer and he got interested |
| 28 | He started off as a counter clerk |
| 29 | He singled out as the most significant object , a bronze mace 13½ ″ long in the form of the club of Hercules surmounted by a panel of figures in solid relief . |
| 30 | Then he broke off as a newcomer appeared , working his way through the throng of people leaving the Chapel , against the tide . |