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Example sentences of "[pron] see [pers pn] [prep] a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	I see him as a servile little bugger !
2	I see him as a sort of spiritual descendant of Norman Mailer , just as Mailer took on the mantle of Lawrence — in fact I wrote an essay on that very subject in my last term at school .
3	I thought he played well against England last week and I see him as a valuable member of our squad . ’
4	I see him in a white coat .
5	‘ Now I see her as a potential suicide — the ultimate protest .
6	‘ God , I see you as a Carmen , ’ he said .
7	‘ I see you as a sister for my daughter — the sister she never had .
8	I see it with a rather different gloss .
9	That 's the fundamental as far as I see it of a pension fund .
10	His view of contemporary comedy as a whole is equally oblique : ‘ I see it as a very , very long trench with a worm and a piece of hot bacon nearby . ’
11	The sunlight is falling like a gentle rain and I see it as a silent , unpolluting fuel ; which when it reaches the ground bursts forth in leaves and flowers and is the strength which upholds the trees , and if it failed , all life would fail .
12	I myself have no inclinations towards mysticism whatsoever : I see it as a conscious attempt to transcend the exigencies of the material world , including poverty , in the interest or pursuit of some higher mode of consciousness .
13	At one moment I see it as a drawing of a duck , at the next as that of a rabbit .
14	When I say , ‘ Now I see it as a duck ’ , am I saying that I have a certain Lockean visual sensation — that is , that the figure appears to me , in a non-concept-dependent sense of ‘ appears ’ , in a certain way — which I have found I always have when I am led by the accompanying text to apply the figure in a certain way ?
15	If ‘ Now I see it as a duck ’ did mean this , then the sensation would have to be such as to lead to the judgement ‘ a drawing of a duck ’ and not such as to lead to the judgement ‘ a drawing of a rabbit ’ .
16	The squeamish would doubtless see it as sadistic ; I see it as a test of character and inner strength .
17	I see it as a silly gesture springing from her work in advertising , the promotion of appearance over substance .
18	I see it as a personal thing . ’
19	For a daily paper ( given that the images can be transferred down a phone line ) I see it as a Godsend .
20	In his feedback meeting he told teachers : ‘ I see it as a self-appraisal and not an inspection .
21	I personally do n't define revolutionary feminism as that different from radical feminism , I see it as a kind of militant wing of radical feminism .
22	I am here partly because I was fortunate enough to have the happiest and healthiest of childhoods and I see it as a very happy obligation to try to do my best to ensure that all over the world it is possible for other children to enjoy something of what I had .
23	I ca n't remember now , but I still love it and continue to be amazed every time I see it in a catalogue for it seeds itself as freely as any common plantain .
24	The fry of livebearers and the eggs of any fish which happen to spawn are quickly devoured by the other fish — often including the parents , which see them as a meal .
25	You do , they gr they you see them in a different light .
26	It would mean you see me as a woman who happens to be in science , and not as a scientist .
27	That was well funny last time , you see me in a room , we 're playing er games .
28	‘ Well , she went just for a lark , y'know , but this Mabel , she 's very serious , never got married , y'know — not surprisin' either when you see 'er in a strong light .
29	You see it as a bogus science ?
30	She quoted an education lecturer , " if Risinghill were a country place , the natural conditions of rural life would throw the teacher into the community , but in London social conditions do not do this ; unless you see it as a need , you would go along quite happily thinking the community is not part of your job " ( Berg 1968:273 ) .