Example sentences of "he [verb] [pn reflx] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He described himself as the sinful Messiah . |
| 4 | He sees himself as the man to even out inequalities and re-impose Buddhist order . |
| 5 | He sees himself as the successor both to the Assyrian and Babylonian monarchies , conquerors of the Middle East , and to Saladin , who became leader of a vast Syro-Palestino-Egyptian Empire , and gained a prodigious reputation for avenging Islam when he recaptured Jerusalem from the Frankish crusaders in 1187 . |
| 6 | It is evident that Ricardou had established a new doxa of reflexivity from which no deviations could be permitted , such was the extent to which he saw himself as the custodian of a radical modernity . |
| 7 | Paros had been a failure ; but Miltiades ' son Kimon pursued a similar line in the 470s and 460s , showing that he saw himself as the heir to his father 's policies as well as his debts ( for which see Plut . |
| 8 | He saw himself as the only point of free will in the landscape before him , and if he could move his body with a purpose , then his mind would shake off the slough of misery and clear for action . |
| 9 | He saw himself as the political leader of the Evangelicals , but in reality his views were too extreme and his style too combative for him to command general support . |
| 10 | Franco , however , would not delegate because he saw himself as the only person capable of carrying out the mission of maintaining a united Spain . |
| 11 | Innocent had not controlled French aspirations but he had made it clear that he saw himself as the arbiter of Europe and John 's cession of his kingdom in 1213 considerably strengthened the pope 's hand . |
| 12 | In choosing the time of the exodus to reveal the meaning of his name , he identifies himself as the God who saves his people and overthrows his adversaries . |
| 13 | He imagines himself as the only adult in a large field of rye , standing by the edge of a cliff . |
| 14 | Cynics might doubt his commitment to social security , as he introduced himself as the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ( his previous job ) , but in his usual good-humoured style , Frank Field simply thanked him and said they would recommend him to Downing Street for a new job because of his social security knowledge . |