Example sentences of "he use [pron] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | For , if he used her as a model , she used him as good copy . |
| 2 | But Susan Einzig had a more significant , also more complex , place in his life : though to all appearances she and Minton were a couple , he used her as a decoy to attract into their orbit , through her role as the attractive elder woman , keen on dancing and having a good time , the lusty heterosexual students whose company Minton needed and whom , when rebuffed by Susan , he scooped up on the rebound , with mocking asides about the inadequacy of women . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | From the first , he used himself as an open laboratory . |
| 5 | He used it as a chemical store once it had been deconsecrated or whatever it is they do to unused churches . |
| 6 | Tony signalled her not to annoy Frank in case he used it as an excuse to follow Terry , but he only seemed amused . |