Example sentences of "[prep] i as [art] " in BNC.

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1 That was the attraction for me as a director . ’
2 But my education made things harder for me as a soldier , paradoxically , for I thought too much and questioned the wisdom of those in command .
3 For me as a child , Glasgow was its buildings ; the city was physically oppressive in a way that is painfully memorable .
4 But in fact there was very little apart from discussion at the end , that was actually relevant to voluntary services , it was about local government reorganization which was very interesting , for me as a parish councillor .
5 ‘ When I bought this house and insisted she move in with me she took the path of least resistance and agreed , although even then if I 'd had the wits to see them all the signs were there that although she relished my role as provider she cared very little for me as a person . ’
6 So therefore was there anything for me as a consumer go along to the theatre , have a back programme that has been sponsored by Hydro Electric to use the bad example .
7 WHAT began for me as a culture shock 25 years ago , has now transmuted into an enduring sense of sorrow and frustration .
8 ‘ Obviously , this is a new experience for me as a manager . ’
9 The only things the Tories did for me as a businessman was to empty a lot of factory space which made it easy to buy up .
10 For me as a designer , the feel is similar to rayon , with lustre and drapeability .
11 ‘ That is a great honour for me as an Irishman , ’ he said .
12 Now if I am a good reporter , in a sense I 'm going to let the original question flow past me as a starter , I may use it , I may not use it .
13 And because , as I say , of my conventional background there seemed at the time a tendency to think of me as a reactionary young man .
14 I would like you to think of me as a friend .
15 I felt betrayed ; I had never thought of all my friends noticing my weight , and that they had all been thinking of me as a fat person .
16 ‘ She says she can think of me as a husband seven years after Troy 's disappearance . ’
17 Separate from my parents in another country , I came to a new knowledge of me as a self apart .
18 He does n't even think of me as a woman . ’
19 ‘ I am , ’ Piers agreed , ‘ although you can continue to think of me as a glorified carpenter if you like . ’
20 ‘ Because you still think of me as a child who needs your psychoanalysis ? ’
21 ‘ But he thinks of me as a child , someone too unsophisticated and inexperienced for him . ’
22 Well , I do n't actually know if he 's proud of my work , but he 's certainly proud of me as a person if that makes any sense . ’
23 When he did n't reply she added , ‘ If I say yes you 'll think it confirms your view of me as a fortune-hunter .
24 ‘ But this is the point where you stop thinking of me as a frustrated lover , or even as just a man .
25 Also , I often feel I gain from venomously critical views of me as an artist , more than from dithery , sloppily fawning , supportive views . ’
26 At home it was a simple matter for me to parade my learning in front of my sisters , stressing my more advanced academic achievements at every possible opportunity , and remaining quite oblivious to their assessment of me as an insufferable little prig .
27 ‘ Just think of me as the Ghost of Cameron Yet to Come … ’
28 Soon after he had taken me under his ample wing he had remarked , ‘ Think of me as the Brahmin of the Banal !
29 And if I speak a bit plain … just think of me as the woman who gave up everything to save you girls from their worst dangers Dear sisters there is not one of us ladies … who wo n't tell you that we have learnt our most precious lessons of faith … and patience , and self-sacrifice and contentedness under trials from you .
30 You 're only a two foot imp , cos er unlike me as a man being six foot
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