Example sentences of "you [be] [verb] [pers pn] as [art] " in BNC.

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1 You sorted it out and settled it ten years ago , but now you are facing it as a new problem at your present age .
2 But on paper you can see that you 're intending it as a an augmented interval .
3 It was sensible , as Mrs Thatcher had , ‘ to counsel caution in the maelstrom , but it all depends on whether you 're saying that in order to guide events in a steady fashion or whether you 're using it as an alibi to do nothing .
4 So you 're using it as an excuse ?
5 ‘ So you were using me as a stud , min kaere .
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