Example sentences of "[verb] to [pn reflx] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He referred to himself as a Glasgow businessman . |
| 2 | Prince and Starky also referred to themselves as the ‘ Two Anointed Ones ’ . |
| 3 | To my mind that clinched the connection with Pegasus Farm , the Winged Pegasus being the emblem of the Parachute Regiment which used to be called the Red Berets ( when Richard Todd was making films ) but nowadays ( since American Football and Rambo ) referred to themselves as the Maroon Machine . |
| 4 | After all we were all leading aircraftsmen on the course and the officer element were acting pilot officers on probation who generally referred to themselves as the lowest form of animal life within the RAF . |
| 5 | If they are still there , she added to herself as a dark afterthought . |
| 6 | But I 've never been one of those guys who set out to be a technical guitarist and I still do n't refer to myself as a technical player . |
| 7 | ‘ And for the sake of the greater justice , ’ Yeremi murmured to himself as a personal amen . |
| 8 | Those that live in the deep south of Thuringian hills even refer to themselves as the ‘ Mountain Republic ’ , and for those that speak German , their rolling accent can be fun to try and mimic ! |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | These men referred to themselves as the ‘ Hollywood Hellraisers ’ . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But still the employers resisted , and it was not until August 1917 that discontent among seamen led the government to establish joint meetings between the Ministry of Shipping , the NSFU and the Shipping Federation , with the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Shipping , Sir Leo Chiozza Money as chairman , from which there evolved in the following November a joint " National Maritime Marine Board " , of the kind which Wilson had long advocated , which within a few weeks referred to itself as the National Maritime Board . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | On the question of money , Stan refers to himself as an entrepreneur . |
| 16 | She refers to herself as a ‘ household technician ’ , ’ Laura snorted grimly . |
| 17 | There were several photographs of a woman in a state of total or semi-undress ( obscured where necessary , as this rag liked to refer to itself as a ‘ family newspaper ’ ) disporting herself around the club premises . |
| 18 | My mother was the sort of person who regards talking to yourself as the first sign of madness . |
| 19 | Anyway , I got up , and went about my chores , feeding the cats and brewing tea for the rest of the still-slumbering inhabitants of my humble home in order to get them up and out to school and work , and I was thinking to myself as the kettle boiled that here was the start of yet another ordinary damned day , when the post clanked and slithered through the letter box . |
| 20 | The former health secretary brushed aside talk of a demotion by referring to himself as the new Minister for Majorism . |
| 21 | When referring to yourself as the writer , it is possible to use a range of forms : " I " , " we " , " one " , " the present author " , etc . |