Example sentences of "he [verb] [pn reflx] as [art] " 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 | You feel him imagining himself as the last rock of culture and civilization being swept over by a wave of barbarism and Jews ( communism and commercialism ) , the saviour of more than the Constitution , the saviour of all that has been culture , the snob of the West . |
| 3 | Outspoken ENB member Jim McIntegart threatened the UKCC with a High Court Injunction if it did not allow him to describe himself as an RMN . |
| 4 | He offers himself as a scout . |
| 5 | He offers himself as a strong figure and also a young one . |
| 6 | God moved in mysterious ways — to Richie he manifested himself as an extremely successful car salesman . |
| 7 | He regarded himself as a liberal and a ‘ friend of black people ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He described himself as a passionate Liberal , not a radical one . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He described himself as the ‘ natural son ’ of his parents on his baptism certificate , and this may explain the affinity he felt for the boy . |
| 12 | He described himself as the sinful Messiah . |
| 13 | But with the memory of this three-quarter-length in mind , the Daily Sketch critic repeated a remark made fifteen years before : ‘ The self-portrait has the melancholy expression Minton invariably gave his features when he used himself as a model . |
| 14 | From the first , he used himself as an open laboratory . |
| 15 | Would he describe himself as an intellectual ? |
| 16 | Chaplin never used film for some extraneous purpose ; rather he fulfilled himself as a cinema artist by using film 's own logic and by fulfilling the expectation of that vast audience that had come to accept film as something that worked and as something that offered ‘ sure-fire ’ entertainment . |
| 17 | He describes himself as a ‘ career manager ’ and has extensive experience of hotels . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Having rebelled against his childhood religion he describes himself as a ‘ prolapsed ’ Catholic . |
| 21 | He describes himself as a practising Christian whose main hobby is cricket . |
| 22 | He describes himself as a ‘ TV animal ’ who switches on the set at home as soon as he walks through the door . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | This idea establishes ‘ goodies ’ and ‘ baddies ’ in the play — Eddie is forgiven by Rodolpho and B. and to a certain extent Catherine , thus establishing them as ‘ goodies ’ , while by refusing to repent he establishes himself as a ‘ baddie ’ and loses the respect of his audience . |
| 25 | While holding no important posts within the party and often dismissed as little more than a colourless clerk of little talent by Mao 's colleagues , he distinguished himself as a devoted and tireless servant both of Mao and his new wife Jiang Qing — qualities that would later prove far more important than any formal title . |
| 26 | He opted for the latter route and took up the gauntlet he saw set before him by steeling himself for a career as a boxer , a career in which he distinguished himself as a man of immense resolve and purposefulness . |
| 27 | He imagined himself as an officer , in command of Valence and Tundrish . |
| 28 | He fancies himself as a sporting man . ’ |
| 29 | Now he fancies himself as a great military strategist . |
| 30 | In fact , Joe , er , Mark Little has upped and left Oz in favour of England — after touring this country with his one-man show ( he fancies himself as a bit of a new age traveller ) , he wants to settle down in near Manchester . |