Example sentences of "regard himself as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He regarded himself as a liberal and a ‘ friend of black people ’ . |
| 2 | Ernie , who regarded himself as an expert with horses , had never at any time reassessed his skills . |
| 3 | In spite of the fact that the Carews had been in Ireland since the middle of the seventeenth century , he still regarded himself as an expatriate living among a semi-barbarous people in a semi-barbarous land . |
| 4 | It is interesting that in his later years Wordsworth regarded himself as a statesman as much as a poet ; he certainly annoyed his womenfolk by talking politics incessantly with Robert Southey , though one might have expected two writers to bore the company with literary theory . |
| 5 | However , Hope , by that time , clearly regarded himself as the embodiment of blacks ' ambitions . |
| 6 | He regarded himself as ‘ a bit of an antiquarian ’ but excavation was beyond his experience , so he called in John Barber , Classics Master at Oakham School who had dug in Greece with the British School at Athens . |
| 7 | This is not to be viewed as condescending : Roderick regarded himself as a student of the subject and said so on many occasions during the writing of the new book . |
| 8 | By now Wood regarded himself as something between his esteemed guest 's confidant and his protector . |
| 9 | For a time Malins regarded himself as a Liberal Unionist , but he made policy toward drink the only basis for supporting parliamentary candidates . |
| 10 | By 1920 , although still receiving the Conservative whip in Parliament , Herbert regarded himself as an Independent , formally crossing the floor on the Irish vote on 20 November and thereafter sitting on whichever side he felt inclined . |
| 11 | Robin Smith does not regard himself as an automatic selection for this summer 's campaign against Pakistan , despite winning the Cornhill player of the year award . |
| 12 | Ludens was a historian , but certainly did not regard himself as a Jewish historian . |
| 13 | But you seem to forget Kinsella regards himself as a patriot . |
| 14 | He claims that he regards himself as ‘ someone who has stepped off the edge of a cliff ’ . |
| 15 | This weekend , as he took the fight surrounded and supported by fluttering Union Jacks , it was clear that Lennox regards himself as ‘ one of ours ’ . |
| 16 | Lydon 's counsel alleged that Malcolm McLaren ‘ regards himself as a Svengali of these people to do whatever he cares without asking anybody else ’ . |
| 17 | In career terms , Sir Patrick regards himself as the ‘ freak ’ of the Wright family . |
| 18 | Though born in Britain , he regards himself as a citizen of Europe and Italy as his adopted home . |
| 19 | There were times when he spoke as though he was living in the days of his ancestor , Richard ; regarding himself as a feudal overlord with the power of life and death over his vassals . |
| 20 | He continued , however , to develop his often original ideas on communications technology , regarding himself as ‘ an inventor of mechanisms to serve ideas ’ . |
| 21 | No doubt his personal friendship with Wyatt , which was sustained throughout the work , helped , but Scott , with some justification , seemed to regard himself as the senior partner . |