Example sentences of "who [verb] himself as [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The appellant , who described himself as a self-employed accountant , falsely claimed to be an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and a graduate or member of the Institute of Marketing . |
2 | However , his denials were rejected by Barnard who described himself as a scapegoat and claimed that there was " a cover-up going on from ministerial level down " . |
3 | Duriez , who described himself as a pacifist , admitted that he had been to some of the raid locations . |
4 | And a man who described himself as an animal right activist , but insisted that he should n't be idenfied , watched today 's court case closely . |
5 | Ernie , who regarded himself as an expert with horses , had never at any time reassessed his skills . |
6 | Donald , who describes himself as a Friend of the Earth , does not himself hold a driving licence , but has taken it upon himself to publish a list of prominent men and women who have had the misfortune to be caught driving over the limit a judge , a chief superintendent , various footballers , actors , television personalities — in what he chooses to call his Hall of Shame : It is the number of celebrities we have discovered that is so shocking . |
7 | At a further press conference on Jan. 19 the opposition parties produced Maj. József Vegvari , an officer in the State Security Service who identified himself as the source of the leaked information , who alleged that reports compiled as a result of the surveillance operation had regularly been passed to senior HSP members and discussed at meetings of the Council of Ministers . |
8 | He has no morality , no God , no code of chivalry except service to a French King who sees himself as the new Charlemagne . |
9 | Otto Preminger — or Otto the Ogre — was another Viennese-born film director who established himself as a man many loved to hate . |
10 | Or how about U.S. lock and Air Force captain Kevin Swords , who established himself as a world-class player and leader at the 1991 World Cup , but is still totally ignored in the U.S. outside the rugby community ? |
11 | My anger increased when the meeting Director , Len Smith ( who fancied himself as a pocket-sized version of our trenchant promotions officer Andy Norman ) , said to me , ‘ If you do n't run , you 'll never run again . |
12 | The King , who fancied himself as a theologian , greatly admired Andrewes ' learning and style ; sometimes , indeed , he would sleep with one of his sermons under his pillow . |
13 | Two of the bigger boys from Thorpe Street had once tried to outswing him for a dare , but Barry Lock had turned chicken at the last minute and Valance Fraser , who fancied himself as the cock of the street , had managed only a partial swing that left him dangling by his arms in the dirt . |
14 | Kevin 's brother , who fancied himself as an amateur psychologist , said you did n't really forget things like that and it meant Lyn must unconsciously want not to wear it — ergo , not to be married . |
15 | Hilary was a boy who saw himself as a connoisseur of experience . |
16 | It was perhaps typical of du Cann , who saw himself as an archetypal operator , that he should try to do both simultaneously . |
17 | Mandeville , who saw himself as the King 's own commissioner and therefore self-appointed leader , shouted orders ; the great gates swung open , and he led us out . |
18 | And a combination of that early research and the Trent Bridge base aided his biography of Arthur Shrewsbury , Give Me Arthur : ‘ One day the door opened and an elderly man who introduced himself as a relative of Shrewsbury came in . |
19 | It was Mr Florio , elected in 1989 , who floated himself as a trial balloon for Clintonomics . |