Example sentences of "i do [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] as " in BNC.

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1 I do not romanticise agony as a virtue , nor imagine that it makes me superior .
2 I do n't want marriage as a lifeline .
3 There 's an interesting historical paradox in the impact of AIDS on the gay community because without the existence of an international gay community I do n't think AIDS as a disease could have had the rapid impact it 's had on gay men .
4 Yes , but er I think that erm , before we champion er , or back er people like Mr Yeltsin and say that they rep represent progressive forces , I 'd like to be clear about where those forces see themselves going , because I do n't see nationalism as a progressive force in the er , in the last decade of the twentieth century , I think we need to be concentrating on those people who are trying to build a new international order rather than splitting things up in the Soviet Union in a way which may be catastrophic .
5 I do n't see television as an institution , nor as a continuum of programming into which my work must be fitted .
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