Example sentences of "[v-ing] as [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( vii ) We follow current grammatical theory and practice in treating as clauses what are traditionally called participial , gerund , and infinitive constructions ; for example " Eating people is wrong " , " a woman destined for greatness " , " I 'm sorry to hear it " . |
| 2 | This was indeed a triumph ; like most of those who make predictions , Owen got some animals wrong later ( identifying as mammals what turned out to be reptilian remains ) , but connoisseurship is a matter of probabilities rather than certainties . |
| 3 | Using as data what respondents say about themselves offers the social researcher access to a vast storehouse of information . |
| 4 | And we tell our graduate students that they must never take such risks , construing as scruple what in fact is timidity . |
| 5 | She could feel her cheeks burning as girls she 'd been to the convent school with in Naas said , ‘ Welcome , mam ’ and some had slyness in their smiles . |