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Discover LudwigThe phrase "as a boy for" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a time period or experience related to being a boy, but it lacks clarity and context.
Example: "As a boy for many years, I dreamed of becoming an astronaut."
Alternatives: "during my childhood" or "when I was a boy".
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He left Haiti as a boy for the United States, where he was raised in Brooklyn.
He began playing cricket as a boy for Dutton Forshaw cricket club.
His second child, a girl, was named James and even disguised as a boy for a few months.
His father, a poetry-loving amateur oud player, fled his village as a boy for Nablus in 1948.
The work was inspired by tunes Elgar wrote as a boy for a children's play to be performed by his siblings.
I can't say that I ever felt like a boy, I just had to live as a boy for the first 16 years of my life.
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He did remember heat and a baseball field and himself as a boy waiting for friends to gather for a game.
He traveled throughout the world and on his return had a choice between jobs as a delivery boy for a butcher or a copy boy at The Times.
"And it was viewed internally as a boy channel, for science fiction geeks," she continued.
And the way that they were coached on what they could do as a boy was, for the boys – very different than the women.
It ends with tree limbs rather embarrassingly writhing about as a boy prays for revenge from the Tree God.
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