Example sentences of "n't [verb] [pron] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't treat me as a child ! ’ she cried scornfully , ‘ You know that I love you , and that 's why I 'm being packed off . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Other students did n't treat me as a mature student and I got to know students aged 17 to 70 . |
| 3 | After telling the waiting world that Germans , Americans , Dutch and Scandanavians are most forthright and explicit ; that the Japanese , British Italians and French are the vaguest and most subtle ; and that the British , Americans , Dutch and Scandanavians are most informal and jokey , the guide goes on to warn : ‘ Do n't treat anyone as a stereotype ’ . |
| 4 | The thing is , the trouble with that is when you try and understand or argue about something like that you ca n't treat it as a work of art cos it is n't it 's a functioning building |
| 5 | " You would n't make a profit on Lord Jim anyway " , he added , " I do n't regard her as an investment . |
| 6 | Mr Hardcastle : ‘ But they do n't regard themselves as a sectarian group either ? ’ |
| 7 | I found this mistake hurtful : 'more specifically , I did n't regard it as a source of amusement . |
| 8 | I do n't regard it as a sacrifice . ’ |
| 9 | But the phone was cut off , the DHSS did n't regard it as a necessity . |
| 10 | Fox , 24 , says : ‘ Dave Stringer did n't fancy me as a player , it was as simple as that . |
| 11 | But while Richard loves what he does , he does n't fancy it as a fulltime career . |
| 12 | ‘ I would n't want 'im as a friend of mine . ’ |
| 13 | She did n't want me as a kid . |
| 14 | Well , I do n't want your sympathy , and I do n't want you as a sister — I already have more than I can handle in that department , thank you . ’ |
| 15 | I think the game I think the game has done well in tackling that problem but I do n't think we as a society have done very well in tackling it in the country at large . |
| 16 | ‘ She 's told me all about you , but do n't count me as an enemy . |
| 17 | This does n't qualify you as a racist — just a bit slow . |
| 18 | I ca n't respect her as an aunt . |
| 19 | ‘ Your house will be worth a lot more now , ’ people remarked brightly , which observation — if it brought forth a reply at all — was countered by a snapped : ‘ I did n't buy it as an investment ’ . |
| 20 | ‘ I would n't describe it as an assault but it was certainly reckless and dangerous play . |
| 21 | ‘ Confidentiality ’ may mean my right ( or wish ) that you do not pass on what I have told you ( or do n't identify me as the informant ) , or it may mean my wish ( or right ) that you do not pass on information about me , or , with ‘ professional ’ prefixed , it may mean that our group will support each other by saying nothing about each other 's judgements , competencies or foibles . |
| 22 | ‘ My advice to them would be that if you ca n't win as an amateur , you wo n't do it as a pro , ’ he said . |
| 23 | A year ago , when your trousers did n't condemn you as a person , Bobby Gillespie started going to house clubs ; he wore ripped jeans and a sad top , but was truly touched by what was happening around him . |
| 24 | ‘ Do n't use me as an instrument , I said , and I 'll have to sort out my own feelings . |
| 25 | You really should n't use yourself as an aspirin for my general migraine , or whatever you called it . " |
| 26 | let the room thermostat control the temperature , DO N'T use it as a switch |
| 27 | The rule-of-thumb that ‘ if it moves , do n't use it as a landmark ’ does not prevent a moving object from acquiring associative strength ( as a century of maze studies with randomly placed discriminative cues has long established ) . |
| 28 | But do n't use it as a primer . |
| 29 | We can sum up this discussion of exam questions with the following pieces of guidance ( in Chapter 5 , we consider in more detail how you actually write the passages which perform the functions we suggest here ) : * Write an introductory paragraph , but do n't use it as a way to put off answering the question . |
| 30 | would n't use you as a punching-bag |