Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pn reflx] as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the set , Dustin cast himself as the sensible person , whereas Mia was busy ‘ talking to the spirit of Mozart ’ , perhaps under the influence of André Previn ( still married to Dory Previn ) , the conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra , with whom she had recently fallen in love . |
| 2 | The Communists saw themselves as the only alternative to the Labour , Liberal and Conservative Parties . |
| 3 | In this speech , Mr Patten confirmed himself as the leading exponent in the Cabinet of a traditional Toryism owing nothing to Mrs Thatcher . |
| 4 | Second seed Sampras established himself as the odds-on favourite to win his second US Open title with a 6–7 7–6 6–1 6–1 victory . |
| 5 | Further attempts at fostering were not tried , and the residential workers saw themselves as the main people in Michael 's life . |
| 6 | The magnates saw themselves as the natural counsellors of the king , and argued in the Boulogne agreement and in the petition against the Despensers that they had a duty to act to protect the realm if the king was being led by unwise counsel . |
| 7 | Nehru saw himself as the central figure ; the veteran of the fight against colonialism and the apostle of non-alignment . |
| 8 | After the defection of members like John Strachey and Harold Nicolson , Mosley 's movement relaunched itself as the British Union of Fascists on I October 1932 . |
| 9 | Indeed there is no doubt that in overthrowing capitalism , and seeing it as the source of all modern evils , the Soviets saw themselves as the true heirs of the Enlightenment . |
| 10 | Marxism invented itself as the proper understanding of the nature of history seen from the perspective of labour , and should therefore have become the perspective and consciousness of labour . |
| 11 | London-born Mike MacFarlane established himself as the top black British athlete by winning the 200 metres European title , though his form thereafter lapsed and , although he made the 1980 Olympic sprint team , he failed to make the finals . |
| 12 | The early 1980s was a time of immense fertility for blacks in sport : as well as their presence in athletics , boxing and soccer , Desmond Douglas established himself as the top table tennis player in the UK , ; Eugene Codrington consolidated his captaincy of the British karate team ( composed mainly of other blacks ) and Roland Butcher became the second black player to play for an MCC touring side ( the first being Basil D'Oliviera of South Africa ) . |
| 13 | It means that Paul VI saw himself as the true heir of Pope John — but of a very different Pope John from the version usually presented to the public . |