Example sentences of "[pron] as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is known to everyone as the 'Spruce Goose ’ , but what was its official name ? |
| 2 | ‘ Just think of me as the Ghost of Cameron Yet to Come … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You do n't strike me as the type who 'd be unduly overwhelmed by my so-called fame . |
| 4 | ‘ Men do n't see me as the stuff of their romantic dreams . |
| 5 | They probably imagined me as the gentleman flasher in the park ! ’ |
| 6 | They always see me as The Boss , and I do n't want to The Boss . |
| 7 | These meetings were largely an opportunity for Harold Wilson to use me as the wall of a fives court against which he banged the ball . |
| 8 | He often struck me as the kind of wide boy one found in England right after the war , people who made deals of the spivvier sort and did n't care who went down as long as they went up . |
| 9 | ‘ You strike me as the kind of fierce little feminist who thinks men are beneath her contempt , rapists one and all . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ You did n't strike me as the kind of man who would put much stock in stereotypes . ’ |
| 11 | A burst of laughter , another joke , more laughter , more jokes , laughter/jokes/laughter/jokes in an escalating feedback spiralling higher , robbing the guests of the ability to eat , straining our jawbones , while Robin is relentless , driven , reckless , focusing on me as the host — host of the dinner , but of his wit — reducing my voluble everyday self to a tongue-tied Zeppo Marx , hallucinating , hungry , exhausted , and in pain , until kapow ! |
| 12 | Soon after he had taken me under his ample wing he had remarked , ‘ Think of me as the Brahmin of the Banal ! |
| 13 | ‘ It left me as the sweeper , ’ he said . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | They will understand me too quickly ; they will turn my own generosity against me and despise me for the lovers I took ; and they will cast me as the woman who briefly threatened to interfere with the writing of the books which they have enjoyed reading . |
| 16 | Everything points to me as the murderer , the rapist . |
| 17 | Another small farm was shown me as the place where the mother of a young baby had forgotten to place the poker over its cradle : as a consequence the child , unprotected by iron , had been stolen by the fairies and replaced by a ‘ changeling ’ . |
| 18 | Oh , Mummy , could I go in the fancy-dress parade as Red Riding Hood , with Bully behind me as the wolf ? ’ |
| 19 | And me as the World 's Sweetheart . |
| 20 | Or maybe use me as the basis for tissue culture , body-bank , whatever . ’ |
| 21 | It names me as the messenger boy . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Confidentiality ’ may mean my right ( or wish ) that you do not pass on what I have told you ( or do n't identify me as the informant ) , or it may mean my wish ( or right ) that you do not pass on information about me , or , with ‘ professional ’ prefixed , it may mean that our group will support each other by saying nothing about each other 's judgements , competencies or foibles . |
| 23 | When , when they 've been down , and they 've been back to school , they 've sent me a collections of drawings and nice little notes about it , and we 've come firm friends because first they look at me , on me as the pond woman , oh , they saw me on television getting my award , and erm they thought that was rather wonderful , and so we , we , we talk and now the , the first ones have quite grown up . |
| 24 | She smiled at me as the lift doors opened , then mouthed a silent farewell and fluttered her fingers at me till the lift doors closed . |
| 25 | In February '91 Tony started an essay on Arafat , ‘ I hooked up with him on two different occasions , over the course of a couple months , trying to do a photo-essay on him ; which was probably the most ridiculous thing to do the first time out of the box for a while — talk about a third-rate Keystone kops movie , with me as the star ! ’ |
| 26 | With me as the guest of honour , and piece de resistance . |
| 27 | ‘ In fact you strike me as the sort of poisonous little pockmark that will always be wrong ! |
| 28 | Anyway , you do n't strike me as the sort who 's ashamed of her body . ’ |
| 29 | As I said , you do n't strike me as the sort of girl who hides her body from the public gaze , so I do n't know why you 're bothering to do so now . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Zoser does n't strike me as the sort of person who would have contacts . ’ |