Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mosley came increasingly to see himself as the spokesman of the war generation , who refused to compromise his idealistic principles with the political realities of the post-war world . |
| 32 | ‘ Confidentiality ’ may mean my right ( or wish ) that you do not pass on what I have told you ( or do n't identify me as the informant ) , or it may mean my wish ( or right ) that you do not pass on information about me , or , with ‘ professional ’ prefixed , it may mean that our group will support each other by saying nothing about each other 's judgements , competencies or foibles . |
| 33 | ‘ The Arts Council have problems , too : I do n't see them as the enemy , but they create a situation which gives rise to the criticisms they make . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ Men do n't see me as the stuff of their romantic dreams . |
| 35 | She had lived her twenty-two years surrounded by life 's little luxuries , all the wonderful comforts that money could buy , and she did n't see herself as the sort of healthy , hardy girl who could endure too many minor inconveniences with a cheery smile . |
| 36 | Once again demonstrating the resilience which had become a characteristic of his candidacy , Clinton campaigned strongly in New York , and even chose it as the venue for his first foreign policy speech since December . |
| 37 | He might radiate power and control but he did n't strike her as the kind of man who would number nursing skills among his repertoire . |
| 38 | ‘ You do n't strike me as the type who 'd be unduly overwhelmed by my so-called fame . |
| 39 | ‘ You did n't strike me as the kind of man who would put much stock in stereotypes . ’ |
| 40 | Anyway , you do n't strike me as the sort who 's ashamed of her body . ’ |
| 41 | As I said , you do n't strike me as the sort of girl who hides her body from the public gaze , so I do n't know why you 're bothering to do so now . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ Zoser does n't strike me as the sort of person who would have contacts . ’ |
| 43 | Said ‘ tell me more ’ , then revealed himself as the reviewer of the DOE proposal and only later suggested that we collaborate … |
| 44 | Re then described himself as the creator and related his names of Khepri at sunrise , Re at noon and Atum at sunset . |
| 45 | A market participant with no initial assets perceives the possibility of making large profits by buying up all the available supply of a given resource , and then establishing himself as the monopolist producer of a particular commodity . |
| 46 | She had expected pain , almost welcomed it as the payment for ridding herself of her despised virginity which had labelled her in her own mind as undesired — unloved . |
| 47 | It would also threaten the stability of the polity itself , and Gloucester 's public pronouncements in this period consistently present him as the defender of his brother 's achievements against the machinations of the Woodvilles . |
| 48 | It would also threaten the stability of the polity itself , and Gloucester 's public pronouncements in this period consistently present him as the defender of his brother 's achievements against the machinations of the Woodvilles . |
| 49 | You could even press the flowers that were worn or used at the event and then use them as the decoration . |
| 50 | Or maybe use me as the basis for tissue culture , body-bank , whatever . ’ |
| 51 | Unsurprisingly , the court has held that a person charged with making an appointment can not validly appoint himself as the expert : Jones ( M ) v Jones ( R R ) [ 1971 ] 1 WLR 840 . |
| 52 | The Khmers Rouges had previously designated themselves as the Party of Democratic Kampuchea . |
| 53 | I had again beaten the top sprinters of Europe , firmly establishing myself as the continent 's number one . |
| 54 | " Whatever the force of this cryptic remark , it is up to us as readers to find a value for these preferences , or else to dismiss them as the outcome of prejudice or eccentricity . |
| 55 | But , although I heard that music , I never saw it as the kind of music I 'd be involved in And that was because Kensal Green was a deprived place and the most deprived people were the blacks . |
| 56 | This time he had informed him of two witnesses that he had brought to Nottingham , who had subsequently identified him as the man they had seen in Cross Street at the time of the murder . |