Example sentences of "[pers pn] describe [pron] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MICHAEL WINNER and I ceased to be on speaking terms after I described him as a very average director who made very average movies . |
| 2 | I described it as a recipe for throwing Northern Ireland into convulsion . |
| 3 | The philosophy of ‘ isms ’ has been degraded here , but when we last spoke you described yourself as an ‘ independent socialist ’ . |
| 4 | How could she describe herself as a revolutionary , a serious person , if she were a thief ? |
| 5 | She made Fred see himself only as she described him as a man who was deliberately making his now pregnant wife unhappy . |
| 6 | She described it as a nightmare . |
| 7 | In January 1936 he lectured in Dublin and when in June of the same year he agreed to read poetry at Sylvia Beach 's bookshop in Paris ( he was in that city for a four-day visit ) she described it as an " historic event " although one member of the audience on that occasion remembered how he did not once glance at his listeners , but seemed " fiercely defensive " and turned the pages with a " look very near distaste " : his profile was " like a bird of prey of some sort " . |
| 8 | Would you describe yourself as a pessimist ? |
| 9 | Would you describe yourself as a hard taskmaster ? |
| 10 | Would you describe yourself as a pessimist ? |
| 11 | She describes it as a ‘ very Scottish book about his childhood , up to his time in Cambridge , including disquisitions on such favourite subjects as film and football ’ . |
| 12 | She describes herself as an ‘ old-fashioned ’ teacher in referring to what might be considered rather traditional teaching methods . |
| 13 | You describe yourself as an intuitive rather than an analytical collector ; has this changed at all over the years ? |
| 14 | His claim that we described him as the IRA 's Chief of Staff is untrue . |
| 15 | Buddhists who 've seen him describe him as a 6ft 4in tall man with big limbs and hands . |
| 16 | They described themselves as a ‘ movement ’ for the simple reason that ‘ movements ’ tend to be better things ( implying progress and struggle for right against entrenched powers ) than ‘ establishments ’ or ‘ institutions ’ . |
| 17 | They described themselves as the forgotten people of Chile . |
| 18 | Oh there was this interview with Mick Jagger yeah but like it must have been written about cos they described him as a neanderthal rocker . |
| 19 | They described him as the " enemy of all chastity " and ascribed to him the intention of founding an abbey of prostitutes in which the offices of abbess , prioress and so on would be distributed according to the professional skill of the inmates . |
| 20 | Both leaders admitted that several issues remained unresolved by the treaty , but they described it as a good basis for the development of future bilateral relations . |
| 21 | Those who knew him describe him as a typical Oxford don , courteous , charming , an unassuming man to whom fame came very late . |
| 22 | They describe it as a terrifying ordeal and although it was around two o'clock in the morning , they say a number of people were in the area and could help their search for the rapist . |
| 23 | Outspoken ENB member Jim McIntegart threatened the UKCC with a High Court Injunction if it did not allow him to describe himself as an RMN . |
| 24 | He described himself as a passionate Liberal , not a radical one . |
| 25 | He described himself as a victim of a US plot to turn his country into a colony , and alleged that he had not received a fair trial . |
| 26 | He described himself as the ‘ natural son ’ of his parents on his baptism certificate , and this may explain the affinity he felt for the boy . |
| 27 | He described himself as the sinful Messiah . |
| 28 | He described them as a rope of sand that is washed away with every tide " . |
| 29 | The January price rises [ see p. 38730-31 ] had been higher than expected and painful , but he described them as the logical conclusions of the policies of Soviet Prime Ministers Nikolai Ryzhkov and Valentin Pavlov . |
| 30 | The film became the American entry , by invitation , into that year 's Venice film festival and the New York Times ' critic , Bosley Crowther , summed up his nation 's embarrassment when he described it as a ‘ brutal picture which caused diplomats to mop their brows — a vicious account of boozing , fighting , pot-smoking , vandalizing and raping done by a gang of sickle riders who are obviously drawn to represent the swastika-wearing Hell 's Angels , one of several disreputable gangs on the west coast . |