Example sentences of "[prep] himself as the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George Albert Smith was later of course erm to come on and make a big name , a world name for himself as the inventor of the first colour process , a very simple , two-colour process , but it was invented by him in Brighton , and it was the first world colour process . |
| 2 | All the same it is extraordinary to find the Roman Church ( 1 ) acquiescing in Constantine 's total indifference to Jesus ; ( 2 ) deferring to Constantine 's presentation of himself as the Messiah ; and ( 3 ) acknowledging the definition of Messiahship — that is , a military and political figure — embodied by Constantine . |
| 3 | When giving interviews to the press Hauser liked to paint a picture of himself as the company 's father figure . |
| 4 | It was a delicate moment for Franco , who had so closely linked the legitimacy of his power to his presentation of himself as the defender of the Catholic faith . |
| 5 | By fostering an image of himself as the inheritor of Charlemagne 's empire , he did much to create that image of Charlemagne which dominated the later middle ages . |
| 6 | He could tell endless tales , normally with himself as the butt . |
| 7 | His film of Henry V , with himself as the rabble rousing monarch backed by a troupe of glittering British heavyweights , opens on October 6 . |
| 8 | Manson was so pleased with the ensuing panic that rippled through Hollywood after the murders were discovered that he organised another raid , this time with himself as the leader . |
| 9 | William Booth , a Methodist local preacher , began evangelical and rescue work in the East End of London in 1865 , and that eventually led , in 1878 to the first formation of the Salvation Army , with himself as the General in charge . |
| 10 | Old Donald chuckled in himself as the scene in the road came over him again . |