Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , modern medical training may well encourage him to see himself as a scientist applying particular skills to solve a problem , rather than as dealing with people . |
| 2 | Buddhists who 've seen him describe him as a 6ft 4in tall man with big limbs and hands . |
| 3 | Those who knew him describe him as a typical Oxford don , courteous , charming , an unassuming man to whom fame came very late . |
| 4 | The villanelle had become a triolet briefly , with Tim at TCT , before Bob at Binary had him rethink it as a rondeau . |
| 5 | He also gave Minton a copy of Pinet 's 1733 edition of Horace , with its engraved decorations , and asked him to use it as a starting point . |
| 6 | But instead of setting about matters in a straightforward way and asking Marko if he would sell him the ram , or let him have it as a gift-which Marko might well have done , for he was a good-natured young man-the king asked the advice of his prime minister Milosu , who was Marko 's uncle . |
| 7 | For him to endorse her as a ‘ major literary figure ’ sticks in his gullet . |
| 8 | However , he planned you as a unique person for a unique purpose . |
| 9 | He offers himself as a scout . |
| 10 | He offers himself as a strong figure and also a young one . |
| 11 | Moving from her external trappings to her internal structure , he represents her as a sort of wooden skeleton . |
| 12 | He would work with Kate Miskin loyally and conscientiously because he respected her as a detective and that was what he was required to do . |
| 13 | No , Steen 's behaviour certainly suggested that he regarded her as a threat in some way . |
| 14 | After his accession Richard parted with all his East Anglian estates to Howard , an indication that he regarded them as a peripheral part of his power base . |
| 15 | After his accession Richard parted with all his East Anglian estates to Howard , an indication that he regarded them as a peripheral part of his power base . |
| 16 | He regarded himself as a liberal and a ‘ friend of black people ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ Because he regarded you as a rival , both on the tracks and off , and by claiming paternity he was claiming he 'd made love to me first , before you , and so was claiming the superior position . ’ |
| 18 | However , he regarded it as a mark of respect and discipline , and old habits died hard . |
| 19 | He regarded it as a fairly accurate way of weeding out the pretenders from the cream of Europe 's opulent elite . |
| 20 | He regarded it as a testable conjecture . |
| 21 | ‘ I left him because I could n't handle the shadow his expectations threw over me … the way he cast me as a member of his dream . |
| 22 | He cast himself as a chairman in the new consensus which is in part a return to the old style of consensus in British politics . |
| 23 | ‘ It came just at the time Michael 's voice was breaking and Britten wanted him in that part , so he rewrote it as a young tenor . |
| 24 | He described himself as a passionate Liberal , not a radical one . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He described them as a rope of sand that is washed away with every tide " . |
| 27 | The film became the American entry , by invitation , into that year 's Venice film festival and the New York Times ' critic , Bosley Crowther , summed up his nation 's embarrassment when he described it as a ‘ brutal picture which caused diplomats to mop their brows — a vicious account of boozing , fighting , pot-smoking , vandalizing and raping done by a gang of sickle riders who are obviously drawn to represent the swastika-wearing Hell 's Angels , one of several disreputable gangs on the west coast . |
| 28 | Although in 1962 he had appealed to the Government of Ireland Act , in 1963 he described it as a ‘ constitution of bondage ’ . |
| 29 | He described it as a ‘ Budget for sustained recovery and a Budget for jobs — not just for this year or for next year — but right through the decade . ’ |
| 30 | For , if he used her as a model , she used him as good copy . |