Example sentences of "as [noun] [vb past] [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This pattern had never been noticed before , but as soon as researchers started looking for it , several case studies of what is now known as phonological dyslexia were reported in rapid succession in the early 1980s . |
| 2 | His regrets about not meeting Tyson might evaporate if they opened the gates of the Indiana youth centre tomorrow , especially as Holyfield seemed made for an opponent who is currently America 's most famous jailbird . |
| 3 | Neff built up the firm 's business in the USA not by dint of one overwhelming individual personality , as Roche had done for Heidrick and Struggles , but by exemplifying the success of the Spencer Stuart method of problem-solving in management crises across a range of corporate sectors . |
| 4 | As Ronni continued to ponder for a moment , Jeff leaned across the table . |
| 5 | Significantly , by the end of the period coinage as cash had appeared for commercial transactions . |
| 6 | It 's no good depending as Owen said waiting for people to fit lights themselves , they wo n't because they do n't think accidents can happen to them . |
| 7 | Both also operated as armies had done for many previous centuries by finding their supplies from the land as they moved about . |
| 8 | Just as Ella had cared for the poor and the prostitute whom no one had wanted to know so Eva began to appreciate feelings she had only known before in her work in Africa . |
| 9 | The introductions were reciprocated by Hope who gathered Mary into his corner as proprietorially as Shelborne had spoken for Catherine . |
| 10 | He did not use the existing Defence Committee , which he chaired , as Attlee had done for Korea . |
| 11 | Working-class women cuddled their babies up in the warm as women had done for millions of years . |