Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] himself as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the clown prince of English football crowned himself as the football emperor of the Eternal City . |
| 2 | Then the leader introduced himself as an inspector from the Department of Health , and his colleague as from Trade and Industry . |
| 3 | Of these Tom Cruise established himself as a powerful actor and major star in Rainman ( 1989 ) and Born on the Fourth of July ( 1990 ) . |
| 4 | For months , the 6ft tall Texan paraded himself as a loyal friend of the House of Windsor , ready to guide the troubled Yorks back to a marital bed of roses . |
| 5 | His father described himself as a lawyer , although , like most of the parents and many of the staff of the Wimbledon Islamic Independent School ( Boys ' Day ) , Robert suspected he was not being entirely open about his status . |
| 6 | In his ecstasy , the worshipper saw himself as a satyr and " as a satyr , in turn , he saw his god " . |
| 7 | I was fed up with talk of ‘ Architraves ’ and ‘ transoms : ’ The Secretary of the Antiquarian Society fancied himself as an architectural expert and loved the sound of his own voice . |
| 8 | One day the screw came up and told me I had a visit down in the solicitor 's ; I went down and this man presented himself as a court welfare officer . |
| 9 | The appellant described himself as a self-employed accountant . |
| 10 | Whereas in Northamptonshire the tutor-organiser saw himself as a professional liaising with other professionals in areas where voluntary participation was barely appropriate , his colleague in Essex was apparently expected to spend a lot of time in routine organising work which voluntary members could readily take over when she eventually resigned . |
| 11 | The schoolboy tight-head fancied himself as a hard man and was intent on working Elliot who , in fact , was so immensely strong that the lad can have been no more than the most minor of irritants . |
| 12 | A greasy tub of lard with filthy hair and a red , unshaven face introduced himself as the keeper and became almost fawning when Benjamin informed him who he was . |