Example sentences of "to [pn reflx] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former health secretary brushed aside talk of a demotion by referring to himself as the new Minister for Majorism . |
| 2 | But still the employers resisted , and it was not until August 1917 that discontent among seamen led the government to establish joint meetings between the Ministry of Shipping , the NSFU and the Shipping Federation , with the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Shipping , Sir Leo Chiozza Money as chairman , from which there evolved in the following November a joint " National Maritime Marine Board " , of the kind which Wilson had long advocated , which within a few weeks referred to itself as the National Maritime Board . |
| 3 | Anyway , I got up , and went about my chores , feeding the cats and brewing tea for the rest of the still-slumbering inhabitants of my humble home in order to get them up and out to school and work , and I was thinking to myself as the kettle boiled that here was the start of yet another ordinary damned day , when the post clanked and slithered through the letter box . |
| 4 | These men referred to themselves as the ‘ Hollywood Hellraisers ’ . |
| 5 | But over that weekend , diesels did not have it all to themselves as the unique two coach Battery Electric Multiple Unit was diagrammed for three return trips . |
| 6 | Those that live in the deep south of Thuringian hills even refer to themselves as the ‘ Mountain Republic ’ , and for those that speak German , their rolling accent can be fun to try and mimic ! |
| 7 | Prince and Starky also referred to themselves as the ‘ Two Anointed Ones ’ . |
| 8 | To my mind that clinched the connection with Pegasus Farm , the Winged Pegasus being the emblem of the Parachute Regiment which used to be called the Red Berets ( when Richard Todd was making films ) but nowadays ( since American Football and Rambo ) referred to themselves as the Maroon Machine . |
| 9 | After all we were all leading aircraftsmen on the course and the officer element were acting pilot officers on probation who generally referred to themselves as the lowest form of animal life within the RAF . |
| 10 | My mother was the sort of person who regards talking to yourself as the first sign of madness . |
| 11 | When referring to yourself as the writer , it is possible to use a range of forms : " I " , " we " , " one " , " the present author " , etc . |