Example sentences of "[noun pl] see [pn reflx] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The Communists saw themselves as the only alternative to the Labour , Liberal and Conservative Parties . |
2 | Further attempts at fostering were not tried , and the residential workers saw themselves as the main people in Michael 's life . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | The Kurds see themselves as the forgotten people of modern times , although few have forgotten the name of the best-known Kurd of all — Salahuddin or Saladin . |
5 | 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 . |