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Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] as [art] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	She did n't want me as a kid .
2	Fox , 24 , says : ‘ Dave Stringer did n't fancy me as a player , it was as simple as that .
3	‘ 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 . ’
4	‘ Other students did n't treat me as a mature student and I got to know students aged 17 to 70 .
5	They have subsequently been developed by other thinkers , but for clarity 's sake we shall treat them as a single body of thought .
6	Well you would treat them as a separate entity .
7	We shall treat them as a special type of word and give them the following rule : when a pair of prefix-plus-stem words exists , both members of which are spelt identically , one of which is a verb and the other is either a noun or an adjective , the stress will be placed on the second syllable of the verb but on the first syllable of the noun or adjective .
8	If exceptions , such as ‘ I promise to tell the truth ’ , occur to us , we can treat them as the exceptions that prove the rule .
9	The courts recognise these limitations , which are inherent in any system of taking evidence abroad ahead of the trial , but can not regard them as a sufficient objection to the making of the order .
10	Orthodox constitutional theory bestows on individual members the right of independent action and does not regard them as the representative of the party without which they would not have been elected ; over-solicitude for the wishes of their constituents would probably lead them into conflict with the party in parliament .
11	‘ I do n't think anybody will ever regard me as a BBC insider , ’ he insists .
12	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 .
13	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 .
14	You can buy them as a hedge against inflation , or as a straightforward investment .
15	And , if so , would he recognise them as a warning that Doreen was not the right woman for him ?
16	Steam lovers will recognise them as the engine and tender .
17	And you will recognise them as the words of Jesus .
18	Wessex region would not recognise me as a senior registrar until the college 's approval had been received .
19	‘ She 's told me all about you , but do n't count me as an enemy .
20	They might describe them as the unsettled ‘ shells ’ of the dead .
21	‘ We do n't buy many sweets but the girls do enjoy them as an occasional treat — and I sometimes use them as a bribe !
22	Home Office officials are keen to watch the progress of these schemes and in future could include them as a qualification for senior police posts .
23	He 'd need someone as a safety valve — you fit the bill . ’
24	A shopkeeper from a slave line might describe himself as a free Zuwayi without incongruity ; but other people would usually call him abd , a black with an enslaved grandparent somewhere in his line .
25	Hamad Hasan did not describe himself as a free Zuwayi , but his ventures into gardening and trade , and his use of his agricultural knowledge and skills , were characteristic activities of free men .
26	He would describe himself as a keen engineer rather than ‘ train spotter . ’
27	He , I suppose , would describe himself as a chauffeur-handyman .
28	‘ I know , dear — there is a farm next door to us back on the dear old homestead and Daddy does usually describe himself as a farmer — but I meant that we capitalist parasites would be taking the place of the oxen , not the horny-handed salt-of-the-earth types cracking the whip over them . ’
29	Would he describe himself as an intellectual ?
30	If he could adopt that standpoint , he might describe himself as an empirical realist but a transcendental idealist ; but , since he can not adopt that standpoint , he is just a ‘ realist ’ .