Example sentences of "[vb past] themselves as the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They described themselves as the forgotten people of Chile . |
| 2 | ‘ The English are great lovers of themselves , and of everything belonging to them ’ , wrote the Venetian diplomat Andrea Trevisano at the end of the fifteenth century ; ‘ they think that there are no other men than themselves , and no other world but England ; and whenever they see a handsome foreigner , they say that he ‘ looks like an Englishman' ’ and that ‘ it is a great pity that he should not be an Englishman ’ , words echoed exactly in 1521 by the Scottish scholar John Major ; while the German knight Nicolas von Popplau , who visited England in 1484 , found a people who regarded themselves as the wisest in the world . |
| 3 | In the 380s and 390s pagan aristocrats such as Q. A. Symmachus , Vettius Agorius Praetextatus , or Nicomachus Flavianus , alienated from the Christian court and from the men newly risen through its patronage into the upper ranks of society , saw themselves as the guardians of ancient Roman values , including Roman religion , literature , and even artistic styles . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The delegates , again often chosen by public meetings , saw themselves as the aroused mass of principled antislavery , cutting across the political and religious differences of their communities . |
| 6 | Further attempts at fostering were not tried , and the residential workers saw themselves as the main people in Michael 's life . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | That is , it originally comprised the band of Dionysus-worshippers who , in their ecstatic state , saw themselves as the god 's goatlike attendants , fictitious nature spirits in a fictitious natural state . |
| 9 | They shared the community 's commitment to education and saw themselves as the vanguard of it . |
| 10 | They were both arrogant , both lechers , both saw themselves as the answer to all the problems on earth . |
| 11 | Resisters , on the other hand , saw themselves as the nation-in-arms . |
| 12 | The Communists saw themselves as the only alternative to the Labour , Liberal and Conservative Parties . |
| 13 | A fortnight later they announced themselves as the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and a few days after that , on 2 September , as the climax to weeks of stupendous political demonstrations , Vietnam declared its independence . |
| 14 | The two ladies , breathless after their struggle with their German shepherd dog , announced themselves as the two Misses Bradshaw . |
| 15 | No club was named in the piece but Wyre Boat Angling Club have complained to Angler 's Mail that they recognized themselves as the targets of Bob 's attack — and say his comments are inaccurate , totally unjustified and reflect solely a minority view . |