Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] [pron] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I only use it as a last resort , when the dog is impeding my progress . |
| 2 | ‘ But now I only use it as a last resort . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Does n't matter , I only brought them as a diversion anyway . |
| 4 | ‘ I only offer it as an example of the Catholic guilt complex , ’ said William , looking hurt . |
| 5 | I suddenly saw her as the shuttlecock in the game her husband is playing with his inamorata . |
| 6 | I always use him as an example when people ask why make travel difficult . |
| 7 | I always saw myself as a creator of space for particular needs , and I found the best ideas which fitted in with that need and that slot and I then encouraged and challenged and stimulated and created the space for that production team to make that programme in the best possible way . |
| 8 | ‘ I always take myself as a starting point when it comes to songs , going on to explore situations in a manner that is very sound-oriented , ’ she says , rather vaguely . |
| 9 | ‘ I also saw it as an excuse to eat . ’ |
| 10 | Can I also tell you as a a did you stick that gun into the back , behind the right ear of Mr ? |
| 11 | I really like him as a person because he cared and possessed other good qualities . |
| 12 | I really saw him as a wicked murderer . |
| 13 | A friend gave me a mini for scrap , but I immediately saw it as a hippo , so that 's what it became . |
| 14 | ‘ We do n't buy many sweets but the girls do enjoy them as an occasional treat — and I sometimes use them as a bribe ! |
| 15 | The outside stitches can now be removed , or I sometimes leave them as a trimming , worked in a contrasting colour . |
| 16 | I quite like her as a colleague and she 's very pleasant as a casual friend but she 's impossible to live with . |
| 17 | Foley does not want the permanent job , saying : ‘ I again regard it as a short-term business . ’ |
| 18 | " I definitely see it as an extension of the house . |
| 19 | I 'm not quite sure whether that was a pat on the back or what but anyway erm and when Martin offered you for a drink I actually took it as a cup of tea actually so |
| 20 | ‘ I actually saw it as a great challenge . |
| 21 | I therefore included it as a separate mode although my analysis remained highly tentative . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | In sum , in the contention which attended or , as some might prefer , the dialectical process which generated the structural change represented by the measures contained in the Reform Bill , the Whigs by proposing and the Tories by opposing them finally identified it as the exclusive issue on which people would stand up and be counted , for or against , yes or no . |
| 24 | Mr Leach , who had originally opposed Mr Taylor 's selection on procedural grounds , said : ‘ Some of them still treat me as an ally and I know what they are saying . |
| 25 | In fact , any other time it would probably have terrified her , now she rather welcomed it as a sign that life was normal after all . |
| 26 | ‘ It was because you instinctively recognised her as a rival . |
| 27 | She was a somewhat intense woman who probably rather enjoyed such gatherings , but I 've often wondered if she secretly used them as a ruse to get her husband home to mind the little one while she nipped out for a breather . |
| 28 | And they 're giving quite a lot back , and I , I know you only give it as a , as a guide , Mr Chairman , but two hundred and fifty pound , I would think that would have to be doubled . |
| 29 | But oh , Nicodemus if you only see him as a teacher you only see the minute part of me ! |
| 30 | She only did it as a temporary measures just |