Example sentences of "[verb] she as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She smiled as her father began : he would have been happy being a teacher ; he had often told her that and at one stage — in the nature of parents ' bequeathing unfulfilled ambitions to their children — he had hoped that Mr Fenton might consider her as a pupil teacher ( just for the mornings , of course , he needed her the rest of the day ) . |
| 2 | They threatened that , if he did not co-operate , the Northern Ireland emergency powers of detention would be used to intern her as a dangerous subversive . |
| 3 | She thought she might avoid the place for a few days herself , just in case the boy had any ideas of adopting her as a protector . |
| 4 | Neither of them knew her well , but they would recognise her as the secretary of someone important in the administration . |
| 5 | She hoped that if he was a churchgoer-which was unlikely these days he would not recognise her as the vicar 's wife . |
| 6 | I ca n't respect her as an aunt . |
| 7 | Her fiancé has now reported her as a missing person , I believe . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Giles Hawick is taking it seriously enough to have reported her as a missing person , ’ he said tightly . |
| 9 | For , if he used her as a model , she used him as good copy . |
| 10 | But Susan Einzig had a more significant , also more complex , place in his life : though to all appearances she and Minton were a couple , he used her as a decoy to attract into their orbit , through her role as the attractive elder woman , keen on dancing and having a good time , the lusty heterosexual students whose company Minton needed and whom , when rebuffed by Susan , he scooped up on the rebound , with mocking asides about the inadequacy of women . |
| 11 | Small animals used her as a shelter , burrowing into her rotting bowels . |
| 12 | Alice Perrers 's intimacy with the king began in the 1360s , and she received lavish gifts of jewellery and clothes , together with enough property to establish her as a substantial landowner in her own right . |
| 13 | The young man 's intentions had been honourable and he had asked his father to obtain her as a bride . |
| 14 | By an effort of memory she could just recall a time when money had been plentiful , and her father — then strong and well — had spent it with a gay extravagance which had delighted her as a small child . |
| 15 | I 'd never considered her as a wife . " |
| 16 | Mrs Nowak had impressed her as a strong woman , a woman inclined to fantasy perhaps , but resilient and not inclined to despair . |
| 17 | Her instructor , Sally Sheffield , described her as a competent first-aider who did not panic . |
| 18 | On hearing of her death , Prime Minister Cavaco Silva described her as a person ‘ of exceptional quality who contributed with vigour and impartiality to the appreciation of culture in Portugal and the presentation of Portuguese culture abroad . ’ |
| 19 | Her mother described her as a dog waiting for the next command , and all she wanted to do was hold out her arms and say ‘ Come here ’ , but she was completely powerless to do anything at all . |
| 20 | Christopher Feake [ q.v. ] described her as a gentlewoman , and her fluent and confident style points in the same direction . |
| 21 | The woman seemed pious and withdrawn : indeed , one of the innkeepers actually described her as a nun . |
| 22 | The performance of Lucy Alcorn ( Mrs Montgomery ) was also noted by Mr Poynor who described her as a ‘ natural , easy actress . ’ |
| 23 | Teachers at Emma 's school described her as a ’ little dynamo ’ a talented athlete . |
| 24 | She joined an insurance company , which trained her as an accounts clerk . |
| 25 | Arnold in no way undervalues her as an artist . |
| 26 | Whilst the pert , Californian sexuality of Baywatch bimbos seems to be aimed at the heart of adolescent lust , Schiffer possesses a vital ambiguity within her features and her poise which recreates her as a story waiting to be told , as opposed to a fantasy waiting to be fulfilled . |
| 27 | They became lovers , but Valerie did n't know that Sanquest regarded her as a mere plaything — someone he could have a little fun with ; someone he could display before his friends as his latest conquest . |
| 28 | No , Steen 's behaviour certainly suggested that he regarded her as a threat in some way . |
| 29 | Of course , there also appear to have been a good number of people who regarded her as an eccentric or a ‘ mope ’ . |
| 30 | She was still the only female field operative in the organization but her gutsy determination and self-confidence had won over her male colleagues who now regarded her as an equal . |