Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And my real father — I mean my official , signed and sealed father — struck me the only time I met him as a grandiose old phoney . |
| 2 | ‘ But when I tried it as a young kid I could n't even hit the pitch for several years . |
| 3 | Like Richter and Tatyana Nikolaieva , I seen him as the founding father of all true musical quality , a composer far removed from conventional notions of sobriety , academicism or dryness . |
| 4 | I rated him as the best British droll comedian we had . |
| 5 | Personally , I regarded it as a good thing . |
| 6 | I cried out in relief and happiness : I thought I recognised him as a former schoolmate , a boy with whom I used to exchange groans about the maths problems whose solutions so frequently eluded us . |
| 7 | I felt it as a great loss because even after her retirement she remained a wonderful source of advice and inspiration to young singers . |
| 8 | The size of the brood was only six fish but as these were my first Cardinal Tetras I treated them as a normal spawning , with partial weekly water changes . |
| 9 | This was best summed up by Everett , the market gardener : ‘ She were never a gel , but I knew her as a young woman and she were old then . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I knew him as a hard-working , modest , and honest politician , ’ he said . |
| 11 | I had been there and I knew it as a beautiful seaside resort , but that was n't why I was so delighted . |
| 12 | ‘ I could n't believe he drugged me because I saw him as a caring person , he had got me into his confidence . |
| 13 | In that too I saw him as an obvious heir to the boys of the old Paris suburbs ’ ( p. 143 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ I saw it as an exciting challenge and a chance to be nearer the business . |
| 15 | Foolishly , I took it as a good sign . |
| 16 | When I bought her as a young heifer , a friend went on and on about how small she was until I wondered if I was going to have a beast left at all by the time she had finished . |
| 17 | There I had him as a charming , affectionate colleague of mature judgment . |
| 18 | At the time I accepted it as a marvellous background for the all-important hunting , though too young really to appreciate this privileged glimpse of Indian court life . |