Example sentences of "[pron] as [art] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And me as the World 's Sweetheart . |
| 2 | When giving interviews to the press Hauser liked to paint a picture of himself as the company 's father figure . |
| 3 | Lampi has known Emmett Chapman since he started playing music , and sees himself as the Stick 's embassador . |
| 4 | ‘ Handsome is as handsome does , ’ snapped Matey , who as an ex-children 's nurse had a fund of such sayings . |
| 5 | ‘ It is not often , ’ said Hugh with a rueful smile , ‘ that I must listen to you as the devil 's advocate , where a youngster in trouble is concerned . |
| 6 | He is merely makin' a formal proposal of marriage and is simply askin' you as the girl 's father to think about it . |
| 7 | Emily saw herself as the Elephant 's Child in the Just So Stories , drawn by her ‘ satiable curiosity to partake of all new experience . |
| 8 | Chasseguet-Smirgel ( 1985 ) suggests that a woman 's ego-ideal is constructed first by identification with the mother , and only then by a redefinition of herself as the father 's wife . |
| 9 | She hoped that if he was a churchgoer-which was unlikely these days he would not recognise her as the vicar 's wife . |
| 10 | An elderly widow who was robbed , attacked , and raped by a gang of youths was moved to sheltered dwellings with the help of the police , visited by policewomen from the unit at least once a week , and taken regularly to visit the family of one of the policewomen , which adopted her as the children 's granny . |
| 11 | And therefore think him as a serpent 's egg , |
| 12 | ‘ And therefore think him as a serpent 's egg , |
| 13 | It becomes less important to Picasso later on but it is something which is constant for Matisse and it has always been recognised by critics who have described him as a painter 's painter . |
| 14 | After the death of John Rose [ q.v. ] in 1677 , Gurle succeeded him as the king 's gardener at St James 's , with £320 a year to maintain the garden and another £240 a year as his own salary . |
| 15 | His claim that we described him as the IRA 's Chief of Staff is untrue . |
| 16 | She says I should n't be treating it as a doll 's house , a playing place when I 'm young . ’ |
| 17 | John Major has launched another attack on the Social Chapter of the Maastricht Treaty , dismissing it as a socialist 's charter . |
| 18 | Seen in this gallery context it invites us to view it as an individual 's response to a constructed drama . |
| 19 | HW = Husband sees it as the wife 's decision HJ = Husband sees it as a joint decision HH = Husband sees it as the husband 's decision WW = Wife sees it as the wife 's decision WJ = Wife sees it as a joint decision WH = Wife sees it as the husband 's decision . |
| 20 | HW = Husband sees it as the wife 's decision HJ = Husband sees it as a joint decision HH = Husband sees it as the husband 's decision WW = Wife sees it as the wife 's decision WJ = Wife sees it as a joint decision WH = Wife sees it as the husband 's decision . |
| 21 | We do not , however , see it as the school 's place to enforce the accent known as Received Pronunciation . |
| 22 | All these considerations persuaded my Group to follow Kingman , and to argue forcibly , in a passage we underlined , that although children should speak Standard English , we ‘ do not , however , see it as the school 's place to enforce the accent known as Received Pronunciation , . |
| 23 | ( It is tempting to call this curve ‘ the tail ’ , though in fact the old mythological figures show it as the Bear 's head . ) |
| 24 | HW = Husband sees it as the wife 's decision HJ = Husband sees it as a joint decision HH = Husband sees it as the husband 's decision WW = Wife sees it as the wife 's decision WJ = Wife sees it as a joint decision WH = Wife sees it as the husband 's decision . |
| 25 | HW = Husband sees it as the wife 's decision HJ = Husband sees it as a joint decision HH = Husband sees it as the husband 's decision WW = Wife sees it as the wife 's decision WJ = Wife sees it as a joint decision WH = Wife sees it as the husband 's decision . |
| 26 | I had again beaten the top sprinters of Europe , firmly establishing myself as the continent 's number one . |
| 27 | The sound moved through us as the gunman 's shoulder and body jerked with the recoil of the rifle , the small boy 's face alert , fixated . |