Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] as [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Margaret Irwin cited it as another process from which women were excluded for what seemed to her good reason : " It requires both muscular strength and a certain " knack " .
2 Strains developed over the migration of the ‘ vyezzhye belye Kalmyki ’ to Russian territory , since the prince of the Teleuts regarded them as traitorous subjects and demanded their return .
3 Perhaps the Minoans regarded them as fearful intermediaries — essential but frightening go-betweens .
4 ‘ It seems a firm of accountants hired it as temporary accommodation while their offices were being refurbished and it 's due to be removed .
5 Important steps in reforming the structure of the economy during June included the launch of a mass privatization scheme , while the position of Yegor Gaidar , who was closely associated with the reform programme , was apparently strengthened when President Boris Yeltsin named him as Prime Minister on June 15 .
6 When I expressed my distaste , Gustave interpreted it as mere jealousy .
7 Asquith succeeded him as Prime Minister ; Lloyd George took his place , entering the Cabinet for the first time , as Chancellor of the Exchequer .
8 Its members saw it as further evidence of his obsession for being Patrick 's Sacred Keeper , the title of the biography he wrote on the poet in 1979 .
9 There were things embroidered in red wool on the top flap of the bag ; in time Carolyn recognized them as feminist symbols .
10 Fortunately , Mike 's mother took them as further manifestation of her confused mental state .
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