Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | erm I must confess I 've always had rather a soft spot for macro mutations , I do n't know why , it may have had something to do with Goldsmith 's prose , which is sort of rather moving when you get into it , erm and partly , and this is an interesting comment as an aside , that I knew as an undergraduate that to argue in favour of Goldsmith would make my teachers in general , and Professor J B S Halldane in particular , exceedingly angry and making one 's teachers angry is , after all , one of the activities into which undergraduates should occasionally go . |
| 2 | I thanked God for the small wrist compass that I wore as a matter of habit whenever I set out in a boat . |
| 3 | Now that my sons are becoming more independent , I have time for myself and confidence in middle age that I lacked as a youngster . |
| 4 | It seems that I count as a visitor . ’ |
| 5 | The application to the local community is one that I put as a challenge to all : How can we help people to take seriously membership in the Eucharistic community of faith ? |
| 6 | As I have two young children , I fit my working time around school and sleep times so I am lucky to have a small room at home that I use as a studio . |
| 7 | One of my activities outside HTV , approved of by the company , is that I act as a consultant to a communication company and help to train industrialists , business executives and trade union officials who want to come to terms with the necessary techniques of appearing on television . |
| 8 | I should make it clear at the outset that I act as a parliamentary consultant to the Professional Association of Teachers and that much of what I shall say tonight will be based on the practical experience of PAT members . |
| 9 | That I take as a sort of axiom , as given to start with , in this argument . |
| 10 | That I take as a sort of axiom , as , as , as given to start with in this argument . |
| 11 | Amaury de Craon wrote to Edward II from Sablé in November 1323 telling him that the ‘ great uneasiness of heart that I feel as a result of the dispute between you and your brother the king of France , our lord , and a desire to find ways , according to my humble ability , to prevent it , has emboldened me to write the following things ’ . |
| 12 | All I will say is that I reject as a model of justice the view which has temporarily gained favour in many developed societies : namely , the view that each person is entitled to what he can get , and let the next man look out for himself as best he can . |
| 13 | The limitations are the lack of footswitching between the clean/crunch and OD1/OD2 modes , and that I see as a drawback ( unless you find you prefer one or the other and stick to it ) . |
| 14 | Erm and I had to think up something that I do as a hobby er to teach other people . |
| 15 | The ‘ Snowball turnips that I used as a catch crop wherever a patch fell vacant were deliciously tender and sweet ; so too were the young ‘ Early Nantes ’ carrots I cropped among the ‘ Topper ’ shallots . |
| 16 | It was in September 1953 that I arrived as a new boy at Woolverstone Hall School and it may be that Ray was also new to the school . |
| 17 | Before the hon. Gentleman gets up , let me say that I worked as a probation officer in the King 's Cross area , which was one of the most difficult areas for homelessness in the 1970s . |
| 18 | I am afraid that her reply was not as sympathetic as the contribution that she made as a Back Bencher when talking about Florence Smith . |
| 19 | Lisa B says again and again that she knows as a model going into music she has to prove herself . |
| 20 | But her cause was badly damaged in 1985 , the day before she was to sit next to the Prince of Wales at a dinner in Florida , when it was revealed that she posed as a nude model in magazines and appeared in pornographic films in the late 1960s . |
| 21 | Can you remember any games that you played as a child ? |
| 22 | But it is something that you recognize as a problem ? |
| 23 | Pineapple it was , that you had as a drink , that you did n't like . |
| 24 | ‘ I believe it is quite hard , the work that you do as a Strict Regime prisoner . |
| 25 | I mean here we are , we 've been talking about taking holidays in this area , and I imagine that much of the work that you do as a local Tourist Board is not actually directly aimed at people who live in this area . |
| 26 | Consider each impasse that you meet as a stepping stone along the path to eventual happiness and fulfilment . |
| 27 | It 's something that we regard as an interesting development . |
| 28 | And to ensure that we act as a group and not just a collection of separate offices . |
| 29 | I mean it 's an enormous resource in terms of talented people , facilities , interesting ideas that we use as a bank to fuel other parts of the region which are less active . |
| 30 | A song that we hear as a long light squeal . |