Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [verb] [pn reflx] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will grow old gracefully , as we are advised ; and as I made ready for the night I tried to see myself as the little girls must have seen me . |
| 2 | Elizabeth : I 'm here not representing anything , but I do define myself as a revolutionary and radical feminist . |
| 3 | When I first went to see Timo Metsola I had to represent myself as a reporter from that magazine . |
| 4 | Mr D. Davidson turned out to be Alec 's father and after I had identified myself as an old school-friend of Alec 's — I allowed myself a little poetic licence in this description — he confirmed that Alec still lived in Strondonald . |
| 5 | ( I have regarded myself as a feminist ever since I finally stopped wanting to be a pretend boy like George in the Famous Five . ) |
| 6 | To achieve the latter I have to see myself as an object , to know how my regretting might appear . |
| 7 | I have described myself as a loner with the profession of an artist-writer . |
| 8 | It was the first time in my life I wanted to carry myself as a woman , not like a weird , kinda little ragamuffin girl . ’ |
| 9 | PC Works 3.0 is an enhanced version of Microsoft Works ( known as MS Works ) which has established itself as a very popular integrated package . |
| 10 | But it comes down to how openly you want to express yourself as a Muslim . |
| 11 | Anyone who has enrolled himself as a disciple of Jesus will want to study the Gospels to discover his teaching about prayer . |
| 12 | Supporters of his visit included Western Goals founder member Stuart Millson , who has described himself as a fascist and a racist , and BNP deputy leader Richard Edmonds , who has said he wanted to emulate what Le Pen has done in France . |
| 13 | She has valued herself as a beauty , and now that her looks have departed she is left with nothing : |
| 14 | In some ways she was very unsuited to this life — indeed she has described herself as a ‘ misfit ’ in Baldersdale . |
| 15 | He wo n't do it without help from his manager , a man who likes to present himself as a disciplinarian but who appears powerless to prevent his players misbehaving on the field . |
| 16 | By eleven that morning she had installed herself as the cleaning dragon and there were twenty-seven earthenware bowls soaking in a strong solution of bleach . |
| 17 | But more astute moves made even before she had established herself as a world star had guaranteed that she collected an above average share of the money her records were making . |
| 18 | The Treasurer was Joseph Barnard , who had established himself as a coal merchant in Bedford by 1773 , after which he founded the bank which bore his name . |
| 19 | It is likely that attempts were made to create similar kingdoms on the western frontier along the Severn Valley , but these were frustrated by Caratacus , who had established himself as the head of the anti-Roman forces in the region now known as Wales . |
| 20 | You learn to love him though your sister ; you learn to enjoy at second hand what she enjoys , and you come to regard yourself as a non-person , an appendage , the other twin , the dull one . |
| 21 | Her expert fingers fumbled clumsily at his fly , as she wanted to present herself as a nervous , but willing , maiden . |
| 22 | In a second phase the baby 's unified perceptions are shattered and she begins to understand herself as a subject disturbingly distant from the external world . |
| 23 | Included in this group are schizophrenic subjects who have injured themselves as a consequence of a delusional belief ( for example , that part of the body was evil ) , or because of an hallucination ( such as one in which voices tell the subject to harm himself ) . |
| 24 | We do — quite practically and with useful influence — if we choose to cast ourselves as a vigorous , amending , debating part of the European team . |
| 25 | ‘ In that relatively short space of time we have established ourselves as a vital source of providing banking services to local people . |
| 26 | They tend to consider themselves as the true bearers of Islam , forgetting that four out every five Muslims are not Arabs . |
| 27 | Once this conviction had been acquired , however , it became almost impossible to dislodge it , and they came to see themselves as an elite , chosen people permanently set apart from the majority of their unregenerate contemporaries . |
| 28 | He argued , historically , that he knew ‘ of no period in which the police have had such a loud and didactic public presence , … [ or ] when they have offered themselves as a distinct interest as one of the great ‘ institutions ’ and perhaps the first in the realm ’ . |
| 29 | The Council , in sum , is seeking most of the tools it needs to relaunch itself as an active , respected self-regulator . |
| 30 | The Council , in sum , is seeking most of the tools it needs to relaunch itself as an active , respected self-regulator . |