Example sentences of "i came [adv prt] as [art] " in BNC.

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1 thank you and you would accept would n't you , that if we have a brochure , let us say printed for next January , January nineteen ninety four alright , and I came along as a retired person in the Spring of nineteen ninety five or indeed the Summer of nineteen ninety five , fifteen , sixteen , seventeen , eighteen months later , those brochure figures will inevitably be out of date in the sense of being inaccurate would n't they ?
2 A passion born of the habit I came by as a girl at school .
3 Finally I came in as a ‘ check ’ knitter , making the garment to the written instructions to see that there were no errors in them .
4 I came in as a young teacher , enthusiastic , full of new ideas but you soon find that the old attitudes rub off on you , and so you end up thinking , ‘ Oh , why am I doing this ?
5 But I came back as a Gnome .
6 I came out as a result of sexual frustration and a desire to be honest with myself .
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