Example sentences of "describe himself [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A shopkeeper from a slave line might describe himself as a free Zuwayi without incongruity ; but other people would usually call him abd , a black with an enslaved grandparent somewhere in his line . |
| 2 | Hamad Hasan did not describe himself as a free Zuwayi , but his ventures into gardening and trade , and his use of his agricultural knowledge and skills , were characteristic activities of free men . |
| 3 | He would describe himself as a keen engineer rather than ‘ train spotter . ’ |
| 4 | He , I suppose , would describe himself as a chauffeur-handyman . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Warhurst described himself with a grin as ‘ versatile ’ and went on to say : ‘ I know Rovers have three top quality strikers in Alan Shearer , Mike Newell and Kevin Gallacher . |
| 7 | The peer , who is suing over allegations that he is a war criminal , described himself as a ‘ human being and a good Christian ’ . |
| 8 | It was very much an artisan street this , but with a smattering of richer folk , too , so the shearmen , scribblers , shoemakers , carpenters and shop-keepers were neighbours to an attorney and two well-heeled clothiers — Thomas Clement , employing 11 scribblers and 12 shearmen , and Henry Sheppard , who even described himself as a ‘ Gentleman ’ . |
| 9 | He described himself as a passionate Liberal , not a radical one . |
| 10 | He still described himself as a private tutor and the purpose of his journey abroad as ‘ holiday touring ’ . |
| 11 | The appellant , who described himself as a self-employed accountant , falsely claimed to be an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a graduate or member of the Institute of Marketing . |
| 12 | The appellant described himself as a self-employed accountant . |
| 13 | He described himself as a victim of a US plot to turn his country into a colony , and alleged that he had not received a fair trial . |
| 14 | However , his denials were rejected by Barnard who described himself as a scapegoat and claimed that there was " a cover-up going on from ministerial level down " . |
| 15 | His father described himself as a lawyer , although , like most of the parents and many of the staff of the Wimbledon Islamic Independent School ( Boys ' Day ) , Robert suspected he was not being entirely open about his status . |
| 16 | Duriez , who described himself as a pacifist , admitted that he had been to some of the raid locations . |
| 17 | As Tyndale described himself in a letter to his disciple Frith , ‘ God hath made me ill favoured in this world , and without grace in the sight of men , speechless and rude , dull and ill witted . ’ |
| 18 | He describes himself as a ‘ career manager ’ and has extensive experience of hotels . |
| 19 | He describes himself as a ‘ false witness ’ to his times in that he chooses to depict , for the most part , scenes of unexpected joy and pleasure in the midst of lives which might , at first sight , appear bleak and colourless . |
| 20 | Although he describes himself as a ‘ a damn uneducated mountain fella ’ , he managed to convert a 1500 dollar bank loan into a 100 million dollar fortune in less than 20 years . |
| 21 | Gideon describes himself as a member of the weakest group in his tribe and as ‘ the least important member ’ of his family ! |
| 22 | Tyler , billed as ‘ the voice of Sky soccer ’ describes himself as a ‘ frustrated footballer ’ having played for Corinthian Casuals |
| 23 | Donald , who describes himself as a Friend of the Earth , does not himself hold a driving licence , but has taken it upon himself to publish a list of prominent men and women who have had the misfortune to be caught driving over the limit a judge , a chief superintendent , various footballers , actors , television personalities — in what he chooses to call his Hall of Shame : It is the number of celebrities we have discovered that is so shocking . |
| 24 | Having rebelled against his childhood religion he describes himself as a ‘ prolapsed ’ Catholic . |
| 25 | He describes himself as a practising Christian whose main hobby is cricket . |
| 26 | He describes himself as a ‘ TV animal ’ who switches on the set at home as soon as he walks through the door . |
| 27 | Although he describes himself as a simple Buddhist monk , he has become an international figure , touring the world to give talks and also meeting many world leaders , dignitaries and religious figures . |
| 28 | It is evident that he has no difficulty either in describing himself as a Dvaitin or Dualist , or as a follower of Viśi ādvaita or qualified non-Dualism , namely , non-Dualism with distinctions . |
| 29 | He had effectively signed his own death-warrant by describing himself as a British subject . |
| 30 | Mr Mellor has now taken to describing himself as a ‘ victim of circula-tion wars . ’ |