Example sentences of "he [verb] the [noun] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | At his party 's conference in Harrogate he attacked the plans as ’ attempted ethnic cleansing ’ . |
| 2 | He attacked the couple as they cuddled in their car at a remote beauty spot . |
| 3 | He scanned the street as he looked up , but true to form , he did n't pay Armstrong the compliment of a second glance . |
| 4 | He smelled the petrol as it covered his skin . |
| 5 | Consequently , he endured the pain as he went through a few simple movements . |
| 6 | He asked the question as she handed him his drink . |
| 7 | The suggestion made there is that it is only equitable that the jurisdiction can not be exercised against a creditor unless the same conditions are applicable to him at the time he receives the payment as are applicable to jurisdiction over the debtor . |
| 8 | Buildings , also , seldom appear in his paintings but this was not because he lacked the ability as his etchings show . |
| 9 | He regarded the case as governed by Morgan v. Palmer , 2 B. & C. 729 , which was cited in argument . |
| 10 | When Ryoei Saito , 74 , president of Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co , set the latest auction record ( $82.5 million for Van Gogh 's Portrait of Dr Gachet ) his representative said he regarded the painting as ‘ quite cheap , very reasonable . ’ |
| 11 | It was clear that he regarded the matter as closed . |
| 12 | But he made clear it was not a sacking offence and he regarded the matter as closed . |
| 13 | Since he regarded the crutches as extensions of his arms he had the habit of windmilling them about in moments of excitement . |
| 14 | He stroked the Gullwing as he passed it and then unlocked the Ferrari 's passenger door to let Billie in . |
| 15 | He reviewed the situation as he gazed unseeingly out of the rain-lashed windows , at the huge bows of Titron , as she wallowed helplessly in the heaving seas . |
| 16 | It was only later that he described the mistake as ‘ terminal ’ , but he knew originally that it was serious . |
| 17 | Road test editor David Vivian was spot on when he described the car as ‘ quite simply a revelation . ’ |
| 18 | He described the article as grossly defamatory … and said the case contained the essentials of a malicious falsehood action . |
| 19 | He described the Cabinet as split between ‘ bitterly opposed factions ’ led by Mr Hurd on one side and his successor as Home Secretary , Mr David Waddington , on the other . |
| 20 | He described the terrorists as ‘ discredited and unwanted ’ and said it was clear they had only one purpose — the triumph of evil . |
| 21 | He described the facilities as ‘ bricks , cement or mud-lined holes in the ground without steps or , by now , roofs ’ . |
| 22 | He described the deaths as " premeditated murders " by the Serbian forces in the region of Tropoje , Kukes , and Pogradec and said that the victims had been unarmed economic migrants . |
| 23 | I congratulate my hon. Friend on accurately quoting the words of the hon. Member for Livingston ( Mr. Cook ) on 25 July 1989 , when he described the targets as ’ so heroic that many doctors will give up trying . ’ |
| 24 | He described the region as one of the few remaining pristine areas of the world , which must be retained for long term investigation . |
| 25 | He dismissed the question as so much supposition , but when he tried to give her a reassuring hug she wriggled free and went out on to the balcony to join the others . |
| 26 | When I tackled him on stories that he and Fergie were having an affair , he dismissed the suggestion as ‘ completely absurd ’ . |
| 27 | " Yes , " he shouted the word as he missed the whisky in his glass with the soda-water syphon . |
| 28 | He mentioned the Clyde as polluted by sewage ; Dighty Burn , near Dundee , by fibre manufacture ; Red River in Cornwall , by tin mines ; and the Sankey Brook in Lancashire by chemical works . |
| 29 | In 1883 he entered the laboratory as bottle washer to James Taylor , chief chemist , who encouraged him to study the principles of chemical analysis . |
| 30 | ‘ We 're going to get hit by a hurricane , ’ he told the girl as he dropped into the cockpit and took the helm . |