Example sentences of "he [verb] [to-vb] [pn reflx] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think the reason he dresses as an Edwardian is because he wants to see himself as a dashing young stage door Johnny . ’ |
| 2 | He played no part in the newly founded Royal Society or the College of Physicians , although at this time he began to describe himself as an ‘ MD ’ . |
| 3 | He started to distinguish himself as an athlete of no mean promise and , understandably , invitations to meetings out of the area were forthcoming . |
| 4 | He published an autobiography in 1975 : he chose to portray himself as a rapscallion ( internal evidence suggests that it had been written in jail ) . |
| 5 | That made McIllvanney a gold-plated pimp , though he preferred to describe himself as a ‘ leisure-agent ’ ; however , he usually had the grace to smile when he used that label . |