Example sentences of "see [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Since nuclear power stations are no longer the easiest route to nuclear weapons , I do n't see myself as a double-headed monster . |
| 32 | But the point is that I do n't see myself as a playwright in the same way I would see myself as a prose writer . |
| 33 | But the point is that I do n't see myself as a playwright in the same way I would see myself as a prose writer . |
| 34 | However , I do n't see myself as a jack of all trades ; instead I believe that I am broadening my range of expertise while remaining a commercial lawyer . ’ |
| 35 | I can only see myself as a conversation piece , worth more as gossip than a fuck . |
| 36 | ‘ Besides , I do n't really see myself as a vigneronne . ’ |
| 37 | I would see myself as a feminist and a socialist and I think socialism is the only form of just government a just way of running any sort of society , that can give people any sort of dignity . |
| 38 | I have been out with a couple of people , but I ca n't see myself with anybody else but Keith . |
| 39 | I could see myself on the roof of our house , as , for the last time , I spread the couscous out to dry on a sheet in the sun before my journey to London : I could see the village below me : the tops of the trees , the minaret , the ancient wall which ran round my village . |
| 40 | It 's up to me whether I eat or not , too , but I just ca n't see myself on that diet of nothing . ’ |
| 41 | ‘ It 's full speed ahead for the seasons , and , if I can , I work 12 or 14 hours a day then , because otherwise I ca n't see myself through the quiet times . |
| 42 | I could just see myself like some old peg , |
| 43 | I 'd closed my eyes while she was cutting so I could n't see myself in the mirror . |
| 44 | I do n't see myself in competition with other comedians , although I am . ’ |
| 45 | " Now let me see myself in a glass , " Sara said eventually , and when one was brought gave a gasp of surprise , because she had not worn the high collar before or had her hair braided , and although these strange garments were a little uncomfortable and restricting she could n't help admiring the slashed sleeves , the low , square neck and the wonderful wide skirt that swept the stone floor . |
| 46 | I was now certain that I could not see myself in any type of residential home in the future . |
| 47 | When I thought about it clearly I could n't see myself in that role . ’ |
| 48 | The parents in the Hughes , Wikeley and Nash survey did n't see themselves as ‘ consumers of education ’ . |
| 49 | Moreover most of these women , unlike perhaps their mothers or grandmothers , will see themselves as workers , earning an income and pursuing a career — rather like male members of families . |
| 50 | Danish schools whose heads do not see themselves as curriculum leaders are not necessarily sunk in apathy or mechanically carrying out the dictates of a central programme . |
| 51 | But Coventry do not just see themselves as killjoys . |
| 52 | they have preserved their German culture and do not see themselves as Brazilians . |
| 53 | To the extent that these values were questioned , by young people , their parents , or society at large , teachers could see themselves as representatives or custodians of what was in effect ‘ company policy ’ . |
| 54 | Of course , just as sociologists and poets worry a lot about their actual influence , journalists may often see themselves as hacks and hackettes . |
| 55 | ‘ They do n't see themselves as old-style state directors , ’ says Mr Gaidar . |
| 56 | But if only now is it God 's intention that they also be admitted to orders , women must necessarily see themselves as some kind of secondary citizens . |
| 57 | Men can see themselves as the ideal human type because they live in structures in which they are dominant . |
| 58 | He wanted to see a mixed economy of care and he considered it essential that the social services authorities should see themselves as the arrangers and purchasers of care services , not as monopolistic providers . |
| 59 | And they would see themselves as the Babes in the Wood , or Cinderella , or young princes more lovely than the morning , turned adrift on the world to seek their fortunes , while vulgar and ugly cuckoos slept in their beds and drank the top of the milk . |
| 60 | It is vital that social services authorities should see themselves as the arrangers and purchasers of care services — not as monopolistic providers . |