Example sentences of "[noun] he [verb] [pron] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | No one really wants to know about him , and he knows why he agreed to do the film , why on the last day of shooting he dismissed it as a ‘ stinker ’ , what he thinks of it now . |
| 2 | Having rebelled against his childhood religion he describes himself as a ‘ prolapsed ’ Catholic . |
| 3 | But to Dustin 's credit he recognised it as a role in which he could immediately dissociate himself from the whole ‘ image ’ concept of acting , as well as prove that , ‘ I was a character actor , not just this nebbish kid that Nichols found . |
| 4 | Karenin also tells Anna he loves her as a husband but she does n't believe he is capable of love or knows what it is either . |
| 5 | God moved in mysterious ways — to Richie he manifested himself as an extremely successful car salesman . |
| 6 | When Booth 's assistant visited the church he praised it as a ‘ great and successful attempt to adapt the aspiring and inspiriting beauty of Gothic architecture to the congregational ideal ’ . |
| 7 | Tony signalled her not to annoy Frank in case he used it as an excuse to follow Terry , but he only seemed amused . |
| 8 | Perhaps if he fancied Perdita he saw her as a potential mother-in-law . |
| 9 | In the end he presents it as a solution to the problem which he had been set but it is really nothing of the sort . |
| 10 | At the beginning of the book Celie despises her husband , Albert , because of the way he treats her as an object . |
| 11 | ‘ I left him because I could n't handle the shadow his expectations threw over me … the way he cast me as a member of his dream . |
| 12 | Nothing is known of Hotham 's early years , but at some time he established himself as a hatter and hosier in Serle Street , Lincoln 's Inn , London , and later ( c .1752 ) in the Strand , advertising his wares by circulating copper tokens in London and the provinces . |