Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] his [noun] as the " in BNC.

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1 Willy Brandt tried to present his policy as the natural continuation of Adenauer 's : he would reconcile Germany with the East in the same way as the old man had reconciled her with the West .
2 Cameron turned back into the house for his cloak and tried to order his thoughts as the last fogginess of sleep evaporated in his head .
3 But the prime minister failed to broaden his alliance as the former Communists of the Democratic party of the Left and the small Republican Party refused to join his administration .
4 LIVERPUDLIAN professional golfer Karl ‘ Hitman ’ Woodward ( 42 ) , was today aiming to establish his claim as the longest driver in the world .
5 Alexei remembered Sidacai 's veiled insolence — the times when he had used his status as the son of a son of Daijin to thwart Burun .
6 The Financial Times of Jan. 3 reported that Rabin had asserted his role as the Labour Party 's " chief playmaker " to the " evident discomfiture " of Shimon Peres .
7 Finally Ayatollah Khomeini had reclaimed his mantle as the most radical of the Imams by proclaiming a fatwa against Rushdie in February 1989 , effectively condemning him to death .
8 But we do know God is present , if we have accepted his word as the final authority on his character .
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