Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The young man who had let them in introduced himself as Malengin Fole . |
| 2 | I always saw myself as a creator of space for particular needs , and I found the best ideas which fitted in with that need and that slot and I then encouraged and challenged and stimulated and created the space for that production team to make that programme in the best possible way . |
| 3 | ‘ I always take myself as a starting point when it comes to songs , going on to explore situations in a manner that is very sound-oriented , ’ she says , rather vaguely . |
| 4 | Mr Bérégovoy , who so prided himself as a good manager , had to hear Edouard Balladur , the new prime minister , describe the economy as being in its worst state since the second world war . |
| 5 | Lloyd & Co. had received their instructions from a member of Mr. Mahdi 's group who apparently described himself as the ‘ foreign minister ’ of the Somali Republic . |
| 6 | In Cambridge she quickly established herself as a cult figure of mysterious portent : she claimed to be in love with her brother , whom nobody had ever seen , and went in for gnomic utterances and baroque clutter . |
| 7 | Do you still see yourself as a socialist ? |
| 8 | Indeed she once described herself as ‘ the Cabinet rebel ’ . |
| 9 | In searching for publications this will give a skewed result for those supervisors who always name themselves as the first author in multi-authored works . |
| 10 | Finn married a witch called Saar , who usually manifested herself as a deer . |
| 11 | As a consequence Bush , who once described himself as an " education president " , ended his four-year term without having signed a single piece of legislation designed to improve US schools . |
| 12 | Mary herself , in captivity in England but forever smuggling out letters and appeals , dealt slyly in shrouded half-promises and suggestions , but made one thing quite clear : she still regarded herself as rightful Queen of Scots and , even towards the end , offered no more than a grudging suggestion of James being ‘ associated ’ with her in ruling the country . |
| 13 | Now , have you ever fancied yourself as a bit of a cowboy ? |
| 14 | The three incumbents , Neely , Ross Dykes , and Bruce Taylor , were joined by Glenn Turner , m Lance Cairns ( who also offered himself as coach if Lees did n't stand ) , and Bruce Morrison ( who dismissed Dexter and Parfitt in his only Test , in 1962–63 ) . |
| 15 | After all Dr Kugelmann recommended Karlsbad to so untypical a member of the middle class as Karl Marx , who carefully registered himself as a ‘ man of private means ’ to avoid identification , until he discovered that as Dr Marx he could save some of the rather steep Kurtaxe . |
| 16 | Mrs Thatcher , however , has remained a mobilizer ; she clearly regards herself as Heath plus , providing greater political will and persistence . |
| 17 | It was very much an artisan street this , but with a smattering of richer folk , too , so the shearmen , scribblers , shoemakers , carpenters and shop-keepers were neighbours to an attorney and two well-heeled clothiers — Thomas Clement , employing 11 scribblers and 12 shearmen , and Henry Sheppard , who even described himself as a ‘ Gentleman ’ . |
| 18 | She cheerfully describes herself as a ‘ big girlie ’ . |
| 19 | Mr Symington , who proudly describes himself as one of the last supply-siders , has cut taxes for the past two years . |
| 20 | The court has to consider the child 's welfare as the court 's paramount consideration , and also has to consider the various aspects referred to under section 1(3) , that is they have to consider the wishes of the children , their needs , the likely effects on the children of change , the characteristics of the children , the nature of the harm they have suffered and the capability of the parents or anybody else offering themselves as carers , which would include of course the grandparents in this case . |
| 21 | He eventually established himself as a regular first team player for the Parkhead club before he was transferred to Manchester United in 1973 . |
| 22 | He swiftly established himself as a dominant influence in New Zealand station architecture and produced many remarkable buildings . |
| 23 | by no means the first place to be discovered , it soon established itself as a maritime port of central importance to Canada 's growing economy ; though it commenced as a Jesuit mission-place , which explains its ethereal qualities . |
| 24 | The seven years of his second marriage were a stable and satisfying period for Howard and the time when he largely established himself as a country gentleman . |
| 25 | Phil joined the Palace in February 1984 for a modest £10,000 fee from Aylesbury Town , but he soon established himself as a valuable member of our League side , playing either on the left of midfield or up front as a striker , and he must probably be reckoned to be the best signing made for our club by manager Alan Mullery . |
| 26 | His first poems followed the Petrarchan tradition of his uncle , but he soon established himself as a versatile playwright , capable of producing dramas , pastorals , masques and , above all , comedies . |
| 27 | Had n't he already described himself as ‘ a political animal ’ — ‘ and with £19.50p attendance money a day as a Sheffield councillor , on which I 'm dependent by the way , I 'd need to be a political animal . ’ |
| 28 | In spite of the fact that the Carews had been in Ireland since the middle of the seventeenth century , he still regarded himself as an expatriate living among a semi-barbarous people in a semi-barbarous land . |
| 29 | He still described himself as a private tutor and the purpose of his journey abroad as ‘ holiday touring ’ . |
| 30 | Uncle Albert told her that when he did the weeding , he always imagined himself as some great monster uprooting trees and scaring the tiny people hiding under the stones . |