Example sentences of "see [pn reflx] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was still staring at himself in the mirror , seeing himself for the first time as a man , not a boy . |
| 2 | As the movement and the significance of British fascism owed so much to Sir Oswald Mosley , and as he increasingly came to see himself as the political spokesman for the lost generation and the survivors of the First World War , it is the impact of that event I want to examine first . |
| 3 | In the 1930s , Mr Justice Stone declared that the United States Supreme Court ought not to see itself as the sole guardian of the constitution . |
| 4 | The Ego is an expert at being defensive , at rationalising and justifying its own behaviour , at seeing itself as the hapless victim of a cruel , harsh world . |
| 5 | These moves will also mean that the probation service has to stop seeing itself as the exclusive provider of services and facilities : it is suggested that other voluntary or private sectors may make better provision . |
| 6 | He has no morality , no God , no code of chivalry except service to a French King who sees himself as the new Charlemagne . |
| 7 | Willy sees himself as the beneficent saviour who will ‘ irrigate ’ her ‘ emotional desert ’ ( 17,138 ) , and any attempt by her to suggest that she might be happier without him is ‘ blackmarked against me as pretentiousness ’ ( 136 ) . |
| 8 | CATHERINE Zeta Jones sees herself as the new Barbra Streisand . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's full speed ahead for the seasons , and , if I can , I work 12 or 14 hours a day then , because otherwise I ca n't see myself through the quiet times . |
| 10 | Men can see themselves as the ideal human type because they live in structures in which they are dominant . |
| 11 | Sarah asked the nanny , standing on tip-toe to see herself in the gilt-framed mirror in the hall . |
| 12 | Nehru saw himself as the central figure ; the veteran of the fight against colonialism and the apostle of non-alignment . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Franco , however , would not delegate because he saw himself as the only person capable of carrying out the mission of maintaining a united Spain . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It means that Paul VI saw himself as the true heir of Pope John — but of a very different Pope John from the version usually presented to the public . |
| 17 | Once extended her own eye was pressed to the lens of the telescope that was herself ( was it her own eye 's lens she was looking through the wrong way ? ) and she saw herself at the other end . |
| 18 | Turning to the mirror , she saw herself in the long white silk dress , clinging to her slender body , curving off the shoulders , accentuating her fine collarbones , tight at the waist then flaring out with clouds of taffeta below that made it seem as if she floated rather than walked . |
| 19 | The delegates , again often chosen by public meetings , saw themselves as the aroused mass of principled antislavery , cutting across the political and religious differences of their communities . |
| 20 | The Communists saw themselves as the only alternative to the Labour , Liberal and Conservative Parties . |
| 21 | The magnates saw themselves as the natural counsellors of the king , and argued in the Boulogne agreement and in the petition against the Despensers that they had a duty to act to protect the realm if the king was being led by unwise counsel . |
| 22 | Indeed there is no doubt that in overthrowing capitalism , and seeing it as the source of all modern evils , the Soviets saw themselves as the true heirs of the Enlightenment . |
| 23 | Further attempts at fostering were not tried , and the residential workers saw themselves as the main people in Michael 's life . |
| 24 | I will grow old gracefully , as we are advised ; and as I made ready for the night I tried to see myself as the little girls must have seen me . |
| 25 | ‘ We see ourself as the biggest club in Britain , with a stadium to match , and we feel we are among the top five clubs in Europe . |
| 26 | This degree is an exciting new venture , and I see myself as the first of many lay people who will benefit from the training here ’ . |
| 27 | I see myself in the Northern European tradition . |
| 28 | I see myself in the Northern European tradition . |
| 29 | The Kurds see themselves as the forgotten people of modern times , although few have forgotten the name of the best-known Kurd of all — Salahuddin or Saladin . |
| 30 | You see yourself as the mysterious contessa in flowing black veil and wheelchair , delicate white hand with long red nails offered up for kissing . ) |