Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] as [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't want me as a kid . |
| 2 | Fox , 24 , says : ‘ Dave Stringer did n't fancy me as a player , it was as simple as that . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't treat me as a child ! ’ she cried scornfully , ‘ You know that I love you , and that 's why I 'm being packed off . ’ |
| 4 | If exceptions , such as ‘ I promise to tell the truth ’ , occur to us , we can treat them as the exceptions that prove the rule . |
| 5 | Orthodox constitutional theory bestows on individual members the right of independent action and does not regard them as the representative of the party without which they would not have been elected ; over-solicitude for the wishes of their constituents would probably lead them into conflict with the party in parliament . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think anybody will ever regard me as a BBC insider , ’ he insists . |
| 7 | You can buy them as a hedge against inflation , or as a straightforward investment . |
| 8 | And , if so , would he recognise them as a warning that Doreen was not the right woman for him ? |
| 9 | Steam lovers will recognise them as the engine and tender . |
| 10 | And you will recognise them as the words of Jesus . |
| 11 | ‘ She 's told me all about you , but do n't count me as an enemy . |
| 12 | Home Office officials are keen to watch the progress of these schemes and in future could include them as a qualification for senior police posts . |
| 13 | He 'd need someone as a safety valve — you fit the bill . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I know , dear — there is a farm next door to us back on the dear old homestead and Daddy does usually describe himself as a farmer — but I meant that we capitalist parasites would be taking the place of the oxen , not the horny-handed salt-of-the-earth types cracking the whip over them . ’ |
| 15 | He , I suppose , would describe himself as a chauffeur-handyman . |
| 16 | Would he describe himself as an intellectual ? |
| 17 | If this was n't enough , the state does not recognise you as a mother until you are sixteen , when you are eligible to claim supplementary benefit , maternity grant and milk and vitamin tokens . |
| 18 | I 'll introduce you as a member of the company and a friend of her sister . |
| 19 | This does n't qualify you as a racist — just a bit slow . |
| 20 | Recording a verdict of accidental death on Johnathan and his father , Cheshire 's deputy coroner , John Pollard , said : ‘ This is one of the few occasions when we can genuinely describe something as a tragedy . |
| 21 | Recording a verdict of accidental death on Johnathan and his father , Cheshire 's deputy coroner , John Pollard , said : ‘ This is one of the few occasions when we can genuinely describe something as a tragedy . |
| 22 | She thought of Giles Carnaby both continuously and not at all ; he was permanently in the head , but as some unavoidable elemental force — she could not consider him as a person , reflect upon character or deeds . |
| 23 | He says modestly that he ‘ got into rather an idle way ’ , but Wordsworth 's way of ‘ idling ’ offers little comfort to those who might consider him as a precedent for their own incapacity . |
| 24 | She smiled as her father began : he would have been happy being a teacher ; he had often told her that and at one stage — in the nature of parents ' bequeathing unfulfilled ambitions to their children — he had hoped that Mr Fenton might consider her as a pupil teacher ( just for the mornings , of course , he needed her the rest of the day ) . |
| 25 | Housman might not readily recognise him as a Shropshire Lad . |
| 26 | Any story which carries the imputation of discreditable conduct by somebody will be actionable by a plaintiff who can show that at least some readers would recognise him as the person being criticised , or that the facts in the story necessarily imply such an allegation against him . |
| 27 | Neither of them knew her well , but they would recognise her as the secretary of someone important in the administration . |
| 28 | She hoped that if he was a churchgoer-which was unlikely these days he would not recognise her as the vicar 's wife . |
| 29 | I ca n't respect her as an aunt . |
| 30 | Colin Webley ( 36 ) is another newcomer as far as playing is concerned , although many of you will know him as the chap who did sterling work in the tea hut last season . |