Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He described himself as the sinful Messiah . |
| 2 | The January price rises [ see p. 38730-31 ] had been higher than expected and painful , but he described them as the logical conclusions of the policies of Soviet Prime Ministers Nikolai Ryzhkov and Valentin Pavlov . |
| 3 | He regards it as the Big Smoke . |
| 4 | He saw himself as the only point of free will in the landscape before him , and if he could move his body with a purpose , then his mind would shake off the slough of misery and clear for action . |
| 5 | Franco , however , would not delegate because he saw himself as the only person capable of carrying out the mission of maintaining a united Spain . |
| 6 | He saw himself as the political leader of the Evangelicals , but in reality his views were too extreme and his style too combative for him to command general support . |
| 7 | Craig proposed an emergency voluntary coalition with the SDLP because he saw it as the only way in which some sort of devolved government could be maintained . |
| 8 | He saw it as the only realistic long term solution to Selborne 's dilemma . |
| 9 | He imagines himself as the only adult in a large field of rye , standing by the edge of a cliff . |
| 10 | Thompson on the other hand was keen to await the Great Eastern 's launch , for he envisioned it as the ideal cable-layer . |