Example sentences of "[verb] i as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'm going anywhere where I want them to see me as a ‘ teacher ’ you know with all that that implies , then I 'll wear my wedding ring . |
| 2 | I 've been a candidate before , I do n't like to do things badly , since coming into politics I do n't think I have done things badly , I do n't want to fail you and I do n't want you to see me as a failure . |
| 3 | You 're about as pleased to see me as a peasant is to meet the tax-gatherer ! ’ |
| 4 | The Jungle Book was not mentioned again by any of them , as if they were n't ready to see me as an actor but preferred me in my old role as a useless boy . |
| 5 | They were using me as a guinea-pig to investigate the hourly variation in mental efficiency of those with irregular sleeping patterns , such as airline pilots or globe-trotting diplomats . |
| 6 | ‘ So you were using me as a stud , min kaere . |
| 7 | ‘ Damn it , Kathleen , do n't you go using me as a shield . |
| 8 | ‘ I am not the bravest of men , I 'll be honest I did not like Sir Ralph using me as a page boy but he distrusted the others . ’ |
| 9 | However , apparently you have no trouble seeing me as a thief ! ’ |
| 10 | She did n't want me as a kid . |
| 11 | Fox , 24 , says : ‘ Dave Stringer did n't fancy me as a player , it was as simple as that . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't treat me as a child ! ’ she cried scornfully , ‘ You know that I love you , and that 's why I 'm being packed off . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Other students did n't treat me as a mature student and I got to know students aged 17 to 70 . |
| 14 | I first met him when he came to interview me as a young reporter . |
| 15 | Fiona hugged me as a long-lost brother and said Harry still could n't be quite clear in his mind as he was saying now that he remembered drowning . |
| 16 | We got about six sentences too deep in our conversation for her to institute personal questions about my background , without appearing offensive ( she had to treat me as a person now and not a peon ) , even for Asians who delight in asking pertinent questions as to age , income , etc. , unthinkable for more backward Europeans . |
| 17 | NFC impresses me as a democratically managed organisation . |
| 18 | He seemed to like me as a person — I felt I could trust him . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't think anybody will ever regard me as a BBC insider , ’ he insists . |
| 20 | She has always been kindness itself to me , but I have a feeling in my bones that she would not regard me as a wholly reliable supporter . |
| 21 | He may regard me as an amateur but the fact is that , due to physical difficulties , I can not pull and twist in a horizontal mode and so I invoked gravity to assist . |
| 22 | Chris Patten has now joined me as a party chairman held responsible for winning an election by running a bad campaign ! |
| 23 | I mean I as a company Cumbria Power Tools will always , you know , it will survive because there 's only me and this |
| 24 | It devalues me as an artist , painting is WORK , just because I 'm a woman . |
| 25 | Wessex region would not recognise me as a senior registrar until the college 's approval had been received . |
| 26 | ‘ She 's told me all about you , but do n't count me as an enemy . |
| 27 | John trained frantically hard with press-ups to increase his strength and , as Pamela Chrimes described it , ‘ used me as a dumbbell until he could cope ’ . |
| 28 | After a time they used me as a courier : everybody else on the staff thought they were being watched . |
| 29 | He has always impressed me as a man of great good humour , and with a wonderful fund of stories . |
| 30 | After visiting Bruce Hutchison , the next stop would be at the home of Mrs Nellie McClung whose books ‘ Clearing in the West ’ and ‘ The Stream Runs Fast ’ had impressed me as a youth . |