Example sentences of "was [verb] on as " in BNC.
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| 1 | For about the first 12 years of its existence the centre was carried on as an unincorporated organisation . |
| 2 | Thus it was looked on as ‘ the all important matter ’ . |
| 3 | It was looked on as a very serious offence . |
| 4 | It was looked on as not advisable to deal with it under the Liverpool Corporation Act . |
| 5 | You 've got to remember that at the time , deregulation was looked on as an open cash-register . |
| 6 | There was a brief pause , then Rosemary was rushing on as if fearful that they would be back before she had said what she 'd rung up to say , which was , ‘ Can I ask a favour , Leith ? ’ |
| 7 | She was going on as if she loved the fucking man , not just the fucking ! |
| 8 | Labour was moving on as a renewed party — ‘ a party that cares as much about consumers as it cares about producers ; a party that wants to make the economy work as much as it wants to change the economy ; a party that embraces as much of the green as it does of the red ’ . |
| 9 | I sang in the choir at chapel and was called on as a boy soprano for various local concerts or for a solo or two at Bude parish church . |
| 10 | Of course , those who squeezed him out were at pains to say Young was staying on as Young Group chief executive . |
| 11 | It was laid on as a surprise by Nick 's colleagues at Norfolk county council . |
| 12 | Rhos Quarry closed in 1953 — a godsend to Evan 's health as well as his career — and after working briefly in the forestry plantations he was taken on as the first National Nature Reserve Warden of the newly-formed Nature Conservancy Council . |
| 13 | Philip was taken on as a sort of pupil-teacher , helping with the children and also furthering his own education . |
| 14 | I was taken on as a staff programme researcher for " Here Today " , Salary : £1,100 . |
| 15 | When the earl died without male issue in 1373 , he was taken on as a king 's knight by Edward III who , in addition to confirming the earl 's grant , awarded him an annuity for life of £50 . |
| 16 | A considerable part of these funds was passed on as dinar loans to domestic enterprises . |
| 17 | The Otago CA , like other sporting bodies , was moved publicly to urge young men to enlist ( each man who did was kept on as a financial member of the association for the duration ) . |
| 18 | Prague was chosen on as the site of the permanent secretariat of the CSCE . |