Example sentences of "i [vb past] it as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus if I break a promise for my own convenience , I fail to treat the person to whom I made it as an end in himself , for I can hardly expect him to endorse a principle of action which allows him to be treated thus . |
| 2 | ‘ But when I tried it as a young kid I could n't even hit the pitch for several years . |
| 3 | I approached it as a pilgrim , though today of course it looks like any other golf club ; the members are indigenous and they are Japanese . |
| 4 | ‘ Unfortunately , it fell to pieces the third time I accessed it as a user ( no seams you see ) . |
| 5 | I described it as a recipe for throwing Northern Ireland into convulsion . |
| 6 | Personally , I regarded it as a good thing . |
| 7 | I regarded it as a nuisance , regarded it as something totally unnecessary . |
| 8 | I regarded it as a very happy accident that I went to U.C.L. to study English , not knowing at the time that I was going to a Department and to a College distinguished for English language studies . |
| 9 | The essay has since been listed in several bibliographies , and has exerted an influence which , when I composed it as a kind of riposte to the British Council 's purchase of the copyright of that crack-brained idea from its originator , C. K. Ogden , I could not have foreseen . |
| 10 | I recognised it as an apple tree , but no one else did . |
| 11 | I found something a shade patronizing in her attitude , and I interpreted it as an attempt to upstage me ; perhaps to test me , to see if I was worth playing against . |
| 12 | I felt it as a great loss because even after her retirement she remained a wonderful source of advice and inspiration to young singers . |
| 13 | ‘ I meant it as a compliment . ’ |
| 14 | You could say I meant it as a gesture . |
| 15 | I said 't would not suit you , and I meant it as a compliment . |
| 16 | I was feeling so bad that I treated it as a kind of moral victory that I was able to empty most of the water out of the obviously Gav-filled kettle and leave the level at the minimum mark . |
| 17 | I had been there and I knew it as a beautiful seaside resort , but that was n't why I was so delighted . |
| 18 | I saw it as a choice of what I believed to be my obligations , how I see motherhood . |
| 19 | I saw it as a disaster and it happened , but I did n't think it would be such a hello-goodbye thing as it turned out to be . ’ |
| 20 | I saw it as a kid |
| 21 | That 's all I though of it about , I saw it as a really as er each stage performance was like an orgasm . |
| 22 | ‘ I saw it as an exciting challenge and a chance to be nearer the business . |
| 23 | It 's for this latter meaning I chose it as the name of my new holiday company . |
| 24 | ‘ Though I have shown photographs throughout my exhibition organising career , I took it as a matter of course and have shown them as I have any other art form and along side any other art form whether it is painting or sculpture . |
| 25 | Foolishly , I took it as a good sign . |
| 26 | And finally — I took it as a compliment when the local Councillor took credit for the upgrading , prior to the local elections ! |
| 27 | Because Lawren and Bess had an enviable collection of classical LPs I took it as an accomplishment to present them with one work they had not yet discovered but came to enjoy — it was the ‘ Eight Little Symphonies ’ by William Boyce ( 1710–1779 ) recorded in London by the Boyd Neel Chamber Orchestra — a delightful work in the manner of George Frederick Handel . |
| 28 | ‘ I bought it as a deposit on another car and went on this journey for a reason , ’ he said . |
| 29 | In fact it was you I think who stopped me from pulling it up , I bought it as a , a stick from Bromley , in Bromley |
| 30 | I know I should n't have gone near the sea , but I did it as a protest . |