Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] [pn reflx] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | However hopeless things were he was rejoicing because of Benedicta 's words which he hugged to himself as if they were precious jewels . |
| 2 | He referred to himself as le prisonnier . |
| 3 | He referred to himself as a Glasgow businessman . |
| 4 | He thought of himself as a latecomer . |
| 5 | Mackay did not return to Scotland after 1885 and there is little evidence that he thought of himself as a Scot , except in a very conventional , stereotypical way . |
| 6 | He thought of himself as a bungler . |
| 7 | He thought of himself as a great collector — I believe there were great collections of Chinese porcelain made by Victorian and Edwardian connoisseurs , but he was pretty small fry , just being fashionable . " |
| 8 | He thought of himself as a responsible and dependable person . |
| 9 | He spoke of himself as a hapless , hopeless , helpless male , seven years in thrall to an unknowing , uncaring , unattainable She . |