Example sentences of "[noun] saw [pn reflx] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The Communists saw themselves as the only alternative to the Labour , Liberal and Conservative Parties . |
2 | Further attempts at fostering were not tried , and the residential workers saw themselves as the main people in Michael 's life . |
3 | The magnates saw themselves as the natural counsellors of the king , and argued in the Boulogne agreement and in the petition against the Despensers that they had a duty to act to protect the realm if the king was being led by unwise counsel . |
4 | Nehru saw himself as the central figure ; the veteran of the fight against colonialism and the apostle of non-alignment . |
5 | Indeed there is no doubt that in overthrowing capitalism , and seeing it as the source of all modern evils , the Soviets saw themselves as the true heirs of the Enlightenment . |
6 | It means that Paul VI saw himself as the true heir of Pope John — but of a very different Pope John from the version usually presented to the public . |