Example sentences of "describe himself [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would describe himself as a keen engineer rather than ‘ train spotter . ’ |
| 2 | A shopkeeper from a slave line might describe himself as a free Zuwayi without incongruity ; but other people would usually call him abd , a black with an enslaved grandparent somewhere in his line . |
| 3 | Hamad Hasan did not describe himself as a free Zuwayi , but his ventures into gardening and trade , and his use of his agricultural knowledge and skills , were characteristic activities of free men . |
| 4 | If he could adopt that standpoint , he might describe himself as an empirical realist but a transcendental idealist ; but , since he can not adopt that standpoint , he is just a ‘ realist ’ . |
| 5 | He still described himself as a private tutor and the purpose of his journey abroad as ‘ holiday touring ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The appellant described himself as a self-employed accountant . |
| 8 | He described himself as a passionate Liberal , not a radical one . |
| 9 | He described himself as the sinful Messiah . |
| 10 | The deceased 's closest friend at the time of his death appears to have been the first defendant , a man now in his forties , who , when giving evidence , described himself as an unemployed seaman . |
| 11 | He describes himself as a practising Christian whose main hobby is cricket . |
| 12 | In his autobiography Reflections in a Silver Spoon Mr Mellon describes himself as an Incurable Collector . |
| 13 | While John the Divine describes himself to the seven churches in Asia as your partner in patiently enduring the suffering that comes to those who belong to his Kingdom ’ ( Rev. 1:9 ) . |
| 14 | He had effectively signed his own death-warrant by describing himself as a British subject . |
| 15 | Describing himself as the only bishop born , ordained , and consecrated in Scotland , Ewing nonetheless found a solution to the troubles of the Episcopal Church in its future alignment with , or incorporation into , the Church of England . |
| 16 | At Burgoyne , Steve is chef , describing himself as an enthusiastic amateur . |
| 17 | But even if Flaubert had described himself as a lethargic meliorist , I should make the same point : what a curious vanity it is of the present to expect the past to suck up to it . |