Example sentences of "he [verb] [pn reflx] 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 | He offers himself as a scout . |
| 3 | He offers himself as a strong figure and also a young one . |
| 4 | He regarded himself as a liberal and a ‘ friend of black people ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | He described himself as a passionate Liberal , not a radical one . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He describes himself as a ‘ career manager ’ and has extensive experience of hotels . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Having rebelled against his childhood religion he describes himself as a ‘ prolapsed ’ Catholic . |
| 14 | He describes himself as a practising Christian whose main hobby is cricket . |
| 15 | He describes himself as a ‘ TV animal ’ who switches on the set at home as soon as he walks through the door . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He fancies himself as a sporting man . ’ |
| 21 | Now he fancies himself as a great military strategist . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He fancies himself as a gutter poet and artist . ’ |
| 24 | His own company had been paid his freelance fee by the BBC and he was taxed on what he paid himself as a salary from the company 's turnover . |
| 25 | He came to political maturity when the world was wrecked ; he sees himself as a man who can put back together what others have broken . |
| 26 | When asked if he sees himself as a business man or a sailor , he replies without demur that he is ‘ a businessman ’ , but he also professes , a touch pugnaciously , to being ‘ a socialist ’ and believes that opportunities for the ordinary person to take part in ocean racing have become even fewer since large scale sponsorship . |
| 27 | He sees himself as a protector . |
| 28 | When asked to sum up how he sees himself as a manager , Miller replies : ‘ As a player , maybe I was n't the best . |
| 29 | Although he promotes himself as a friend of John Major , the Conservative Party has for some inexplicable reason been unable to find him a job in the Government where his extensive talents could be stretched . |
| 30 | He fancied himself as a strategist . |