Example sentences of "himself as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sees himself as the man to even out inequalities and re-impose Buddhist order . |
| 2 | He had cast himself as the Devil , and David Poole ( a couple of years older , although also a newcomer to dancing ) as the leading soldier . |
| 3 | This is a film trailer , she thought , and at any moment he is going to turn around and reveal himself as the hero , the hunted spy or the detective . |
| 4 | ‘ If he had proposed himself as the negotiator , maybe . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | A greasy tub of lard with filthy hair and a red , unshaven face introduced himself as the keeper and became almost fawning when Benjamin informed him who he was . |
| 7 | Well can one imagine Knobelsdorf , swept along by ambition , seeing himself as the organiser of victory at Verdun , exalted to become the Ludendorff of the Western Front . |
| 8 | Old Donald chuckled in himself as the scene in the road came over him again . |
| 9 | The itinerary included parts of Czechoslovakia and Austria and a day trip into Hungary , with Martin Randall himself as the lecturer . |
| 10 | Mr Kinnock presenting himself as the country 's next Prime Minister , won a standing ovation at his Party Conference at Blackpool . |
| 11 | He could tell endless tales , normally with himself as the butt . |
| 12 | The man who had opened the emergency door identified himself as the co-pilot and informed them that the pilot who had been at the controls had been knocked unconscious at the moment of impact and was badly injured . |
| 13 | MIKHAIL Gorbachev presents himself as the saviour of socialism . |
| 14 | All the same it is extraordinary to find the Roman Church ( 1 ) acquiescing in Constantine 's total indifference to Jesus ; ( 2 ) deferring to Constantine 's presentation of himself as the Messiah ; and ( 3 ) acknowledging the definition of Messiahship — that is , a military and political figure — embodied by Constantine . |
| 15 | When giving interviews to the press Hauser liked to paint a picture of himself as the company 's father figure . |
| 16 | Cynics might doubt his commitment to social security , as he introduced himself as the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ( his previous job ) , but in his usual good-humoured style , Frank Field simply thanked him and said they would recommend him to Downing Street for a new job because of his social security knowledge . |
| 17 | It is evident that Ricardou had established a new doxa of reflexivity from which no deviations could be permitted , such was the extent to which he saw himself as the custodian of a radical modernity . |
| 18 | And if King Fahd refuses to have them there , then he can no longer present himself as the guardian , on behalf of the Muslim world , of the holy places . |
| 19 | Mandeville , who saw himself as the King 's own commissioner and therefore self-appointed leader , shouted orders ; the great gates swung open , and he led us out . |
| 20 | It is likely that attempts were made to create similar kingdoms on the western frontier along the Severn Valley , but these were frustrated by Caratacus , who had established himself as the head of the anti-Roman forces in the region now known as Wales . |
| 21 | Lampi has known Emmett Chapman since he started playing music , and sees himself as the Stick 's embassador . |
| 22 | Democratic optimists say Clinton will now shift gears , promoting himself as the candidate of energy and change against Bush 's stuck-in-the-mud , colourlessly pragmatic , status quo conservatism . |
| 23 | Clinton had cast himself as the candidate of new economic opportunity and appealed over and over for voters to summon the ‘ courage to change ’ by electing him and running mate Al Gore . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In the end the partner bought at a knock-down price , without naming himself as the buyer until the offer had been accepted . |
| 26 | He sees himself as the successor both to the Assyrian and Babylonian monarchies , conquerors of the Middle East , and to Saladin , who became leader of a vast Syro-Palestino-Egyptian Empire , and gained a prodigious reputation for avenging Islam when he recaptured Jerusalem from the Frankish crusaders in 1187 . |
| 27 | But it is not only through his healings and exorcisms that Jesus shows himself as the bearer of the Spirit : he claims it explicitly in the controversy with the scribes about Beelzebub ( apparently another name for Satan , conceived of as ‘ lord of the house ’ ) . |
| 28 | Bath 's Ben Clarke has so far established himself as the pick of the British Lions touring squad in New Zealand |
| 29 | God reveals himself as the God of their ancestors , and God of the present : " I am . " |
| 30 | Re then described himself as the creator and related his names of Khepri at sunrise , Re at noon and Atum at sunset . |