Example sentences of "[verb] of [pron] [noun] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can , therefore , think of my movement as a superposition , or addition , of these easterly and northerly movements . |
| 2 | And so he thinks of his labour as a commodity , like tea or iron . |
| 3 | The first meeting between producer and playwright was not a success , however — Sherek found Eliot difficult and withdrawn ; he had heard of his reputation as a " recluse " and noticed a look of " horrified distress " when he was introduced to the plump and ebullient Sherek . |
| 4 | The fact that Oslear has been stripped of his position as the umpires ' boss at their annual meeting , means that Palmer , Hampshire and the England team now fear Allan Lamb 's sensational Daily Mirror revelations may never be backed by cricket 's dithering chiefs at the Test and County Cricket Board . |
| 5 | It comes as a surprise to find him boasting of his prowess as a rioter . |
| 6 | Louisa would n't have thought of her father as a mystic brother . ’ |
| 7 | I 've never thought of my divorce as a failure . |
| 8 | Have you ever thought of your boss as a woolly mammoth ? |
| 9 | Morland , a notoriously untrustworthy man , openly boasted of his skill as a forger . |
| 10 | Agnes thought of her clothes and jewellery in such terms , just as she thought of her car as a two-year-old 3-door Chevette ES in Regatta Blue with wing mirrors and two radio aerials . |
| 11 | He thought of his studio as a barge interior . |
| 12 | My story is similar to Annie 's in that I made the same mistake and thought of my granddaughter as a substitute child . |
| 13 | She spoke of her role as an officer for the Parish Environment Initiative , set up 18 months ago to help parish councils and interested groups to take care of their ‘ local patch ’ . |
| 14 | Now one of the most wanted men in China , Liu Binyan — whose faith in the Communist Party still endures — spoke of his writings as a ‘ second kind of loyalty ’ to the party . |
| 15 | Most people probably think of their home as a ‘ safe ’ place but , in reality , the average home is potentially a very dangerous environment . |
| 16 | To understand this concept , think of your fretboard as a conveyor belt . |
| 17 | Think of your board as a speedboat . |
| 18 | Try to capture the architectural shape of the lecture Think of your notes as a skeleton or outline of the lecture you 'll give to your fellow students who are absent . |
| 19 | Think of your hair as a delicate and expensive yarn that needs to be pampered , rather like a luxurious cashmere sweater , and you 'll be on the right track ! |
| 20 | The difference between personality and behaviour becomes clearer if you think of your personality as the thread of consistency that runs through everything you do . |
| 21 | ( all excuses I have heard before ) then just think of your entry as a donation instead of a likely winner . |
| 22 | Alex Downie MHK said of his task as a judge , ‘ It was a difficult but enjoyable job . ’ |
| 23 | then went on to distinguish the case of a party ‘ deprived of his title as a result of a forged document which he did not execute ’ from the case where the party ‘ has been deprived as a result of a document which he himself executed , albeit under a mistake induced by fraud ’ and commented that ‘ when the court comes to exercise its discretion , different considerations may well apply . ’ |
| 24 | She talks of her beauty as a fact which she will neither boast about nor play down . |
| 25 | When he talks of his work as a film editor , an edge appears in Gordon 's voice , a timbre of professionalism . |