Example sentences of "[verb] to himself as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He referred to himself as a Glasgow businessman . |
| 2 | ‘ And for the sake of the greater justice , ’ Yeremi murmured to himself as a personal amen . |
| 3 | That 's really the interpretation of extrovert and introvert and the fact that it can apply to you know being loud and gregarious as an extrovert or being quiet and keeps to himself as an introvert that 's more of a popular view which is n't the sort of thing we 're trying to put across . |
| 4 | ‘ It does n't apply , ’ Kingsley Amis remarked to himself as an adolescent Marxist on joining the army during the war and glancing around the barracks at his new comrades . |
| 5 | The Maggot referred to himself as a ‘ good old country boy ’ which description provoked Ellen , who could not stand the sight of him , to comment that John Maggovertski was to country what the serpent was to Eden . |
| 6 | This element of the second stanza creates a sensation that Tithonus now refers to himself as a completely different man to what he was in his youth as it was such a long time ago . |
| 7 | On the question of money , Stan refers to himself as an entrepreneur . |
| 8 | The former health secretary brushed aside talk of a demotion by referring to himself as the new Minister for Majorism . |