Example sentences of "he [verb] as an " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had had him pegged as an emotional lightweight , probably good at his job in a technical sense but untroubled by messy feelings . |
| 2 | She let him tell Gentle that if he ever saw hide or hair of Gentle in the building again he 'd have him arrested as an accomplice to attempted murder . |
| 3 | In this context , Edward s assumption of the title and arms of Ring of France at Ghent in 1340 is of the utmost significance , for it allowed him to pose as an alternative government in France and attract the loyalty of those who for whatever reason were discontented with Valois rule . |
| 4 | The blow came at a meeting on Saturday when members voted not to let him stand as an election candidate — despite a recommendation to accept him by the executive committee . |
| 5 | The occasion was made even more splendid by the presence of King Alfonso II of Aragon and Count Raymond V of Toulouse , who had asked him to act as an arbitrator in their long-standing quarrel . |
| 6 | Two months after Unkiar-Skelessi , at Münchengrätz in Bohemia , he explained his Turkish policy to the Emperor of Austria and persuaded him to act as an additional guarantor of the integrity of the Ottoman lands . |
| 7 | They will not tell you a lot about what 's going to make him tick as an adult , except that he might be good at a particular academic subject . ’ |
| 8 | It moves from sketches he made as an eight-year-old , via his figurative and later surrealist paintings , to the simple forms and primary colours of his later work . |
| 9 | ‘ Business seemed like an attractive idea and I wanted to learn about finance first , ’ he offers as an explanation . |
| 10 | Lewis 's connection with Scotland in general ( he fought as an amateur during the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh ) and the city of Glasgow in particular may soon be strengthened beyond the use of a fax machine . |
| 11 | He qualified as an electronics engineer before going to teachers ' training college after which he obtained a degree in art history . |
| 12 | This was partly because Mannheim did not accept what he read as an overly materialistic account of history in Marx and partly because Marx distinguished ideology as false knowledge from science as true knowledge . |
| 13 | Hayman had implicit trust in his hit-men , especially against someone he regarded as an old , rusty , washed-up veteran . |
| 14 | It had not been contended in the course of the case that there was not a sale , until during the debate in your Lordships ' House that suggestion was made , and I think that , beyond doubt , anyone , who in answer to the advertisement acquired a record , would say that he had bought it and would be surprised that any doubt should be cast upon what he regarded as an obvious fact . |
| 15 | The main thrust of Friedman 's paper was to displace what he regarded as an ill-informed and misguided optimism among post-war Keynesians concerning the ability of governments to intervene in the economy to achieve particular policy objectives . |
| 16 | I think the reason he dresses as an Edwardian is because he wants to see himself as a dashing young stage door Johnny . ’ |
| 17 | This explains why Mr. Llewellyn-Jones , for the defendant , sought to persuade your Lordships that the power to order the board to pay the defendant 's costs under section 18 was not limited to the costs he incurred as an unassisted party but extended to the whole costs of the proceedings . |
| 18 | There 's an EMI Tchaikovsky Fourth Symphony which he described as an incomparably fluid act of musical improvisation ; the recording of Le Sacre which Stravinsky tried to pillory and which Gould thought the most imaginative and , literally , ‘ inspiring ’ recording to date ; and one of your recordings of Strauss 's Metamorphosen . |
| 19 | Mr Patrick O'Hara , spokesperson for the Ecological Study Group , claimed that the marsh land , which he described as an important area for wildlife containing 31 species of waders and wildfowl including some rare species , was zoned for industry in the council 's draft development plan . |
| 20 | He was also critical of the ANC 's mass action campaign which he described as an obstacle to negotiations . |
| 21 | Norman Lamont welcomed the plans , which he described as an important step forward . |
| 22 | As he led me through the back door and on to the waste ground he used as an unofficial parking lot , he said : ‘ Good runner , only thirty thousand on the clock . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If he has any , ’ he adds as an afterthought . |
| 24 | He trained as an architect and town planner before helping to found the Panhellenic Socialist Resistance , the forerunner of PASOK , while in exile from the Colonels ' dictatorship from 1967 to 1974 . |
| 25 | He trained as an engraver but took up work with deaf people and became their missioner in Paisley , Scotland . |
| 26 | He trained as an electrician while in hospital and formed several friendships with other patients . |
| 27 | His working life started as a protege of the acclaimed art deco designer , Clarice Cliff , with whom he trained as an engraver in his first job at the old AJ Wilkinson factory . |
| 28 | he trained as an accountant with Price Waterhouse in Manchester . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't deny him the right to use whatever symbols he wants as an artist , but as a friend I was disappointed that he knew how inflammatory that would be to a Madness audience . |
| 30 | He describes as an example the large drafting and design rooms of engineering companies as having |