Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I just thought as a woman not , you know as a person |
| 2 | David asked if I could jive and at this particular time I always dressed as a man , which was probably another reason Calvin and I got along very well because Calvin wore velvet suits and I wore velvet suits — so that was one area we got on very well . |
| 3 | I still keep as a bookmark my ticket for the 1989 Revolution Day parade in Red Square . |
| 4 | I managed to grab a seat , or a seatette , for what I still regarded as a trip to Bangkok ( that is , a trip to your auntie might take , not Timothy Leary ) . |
| 5 | I wanted to be a winner when I played football and I still do as a manager . ’ |
| 6 | Now , although I have great respect for er , the representative of the Osteoporosis Society I se , I still think as a epidemiologist that there have n't been enough women on H R T for long enough |
| 7 | Perhaps my allegiance to the latter may in part be conditioned by the fact that grew up in its company , in which case I should similarly prefer Fritz Reiner 's 78s of the Shostakovich Sixth ( Columbia , 6/37 ) , which I also bought as a schoolboy . |
| 8 | I also work as a lunchtime supervisor at the school so it 's nice to watch some of the children who went to playgroup grow up . |
| 9 | I wanted the girls to have an opportunity that I never had as a child . |
| 10 | The outer room contained two wash-hand basins with a paper towel dispenser and , to the left of the door , a long Formica-covered counter with a glass above it which apparently served as a dressing-table . |
| 11 | The IP 3 R displays a bell-shaped response to calcium which thus functions as a coagonist with InsP 3 to release stored calcium . |
| 12 | England in reply were dismissed for 454 , with Les Ames ( 137 ) and ‘ Gubby ’ Allen ( 122 ) putting on an eighth-wicket partnership of 246 , which still stands as a Test record for that wicket . |
| 13 | A RollsRoyce tourer , built for Lord Astor in 1935 but which also served as a machine gun carrier in the Second World War and later as a hearse , is among classic cars gathering at Duncombe Park , near Helmsley on Sunday . |
| 14 | They were in the hallway which also served as a reception area for the hotel and Hope raised his voice to include as many eavesdroppers as possible in his private conversation with the landlord . |
| 15 | There is a cosy lounge which also doubles as a dining room , plus an attractive garden with deckchairs and parasols . |
| 16 | A small seat , which also serves as a kneeler when it is turned upside down , is a practical item which can be carried in one hand . |
| 17 | The Hunt-class ship , which also acts as a mine sweeper , is characterised by a superstructure made of glass reinforced plastic and is strong enough to withstand the explosive shock of mines . |
| 18 | Consideration was given to living there , but the thought of sixty bedrooms and only one bathroom was too much Legend has it that the place was once so deprived of modern conveniences that drinking water would sometimes be collected by a footman with a silver pitcher from a stream flowing in front of the main door which originally served as a moat . |
| 19 | All through the pages of Ramakrishna 's biography appears his gentle humour which often acted as a prelude to his flights of ecstasy . |
| 20 | Such changes would also encourage a more positive and better negotiated start for many step-families which often fail as a result of unresolved divorce issues . |
| 21 | In the last stages of composition , after the destruction of the ‘ society ’ names , ‘ De Bailhache , Fresca , Mrs. Cammel ’ , Eliot amended his original version , adding some lines which surely came as a result of his meeting with Peters : |
| 22 | No accident that the preceding round of fashion for women had emphasized the breasts ( which virtually disappeared as a fashion accessory in the sixties ) . |
| 23 | As they have just been inexplicitly stated , each of these views is in fact itself better regarded as a set of possible views . |
| 24 | Harry , who only joined as a boarder a week ago , began his day opening cards and presents . |
| 25 | Kylie wrote regularly to the Riddifords and also her great aunt , Dilys Evans , a sprightly 80-year-old who still worked as a waitress in the town of Maesteg . |
| 26 | The photograph she always used as a bookmark fluttered out of it . |
| 27 | One woman fainted on smelling the sea potion — it reminded her of when she nearly drowned as a child . |
| 28 | , Samuel ( 1737–1807 ) , architect , was born 8 September 1737 at Blackbrook Farm , Weeford , Staffordshire , the third of the seven sons and nine children of Benjamin Wyatt , farmer and timber merchant of Weeford , who also practised as a builder and architect , and his wife Mary Wright . |
| 29 | Lauda , who also acts as a consultant to the Ferrari F1 team , has shown an inclination to name his aircraft after famous musicians . |
| 30 | He had managed to reconnoitre the area between the South Foreland and Beachy Head and to study the roads between there and London when he was given away by the careless talk , prompted by malice , of the ambassador 's homosexual secretary , a subsequently notorious transvestite , the Chevalier d'Éon , who later lived as a woman . |