Example sentences of "[noun] describe himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roberts described himself as ‘ the enfant terrible of British ufology . |
| 2 | No wonder , then , that the poet described himself as ‘ a wanderer ’ , supporting the literal sense of the next poem 's conclusion . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | JOHN SESSIONS describes himself as an actor , comedian and writer , in that order . |
| 5 | MR JOHN BROWNE , former Conservative MP for Winchester , who was ousted by his party and is now running against the Conservative candidate , is circulating election literature describing himself as the ‘ Conservative ’ and telling unsuspecting Tories not to ‘ split the vote ’ , writes Robert Shrimsley . |
| 6 | The agnostic 42-year-old former drama teacher describes himself as ‘ a teller of tales , stories and elaborate lies ’ . |
| 7 | In his autobiography Reflections in a Silver Spoon Mr Mellon describes himself as an Incurable Collector . |
| 8 | The author describes himself as ‘ a man of no profession , and following this and every other pursuit through a general and independent love of science , and a desire of substituting its just authority in every part of science to the offensive usurpation of ignorance and imposture ’ . |
| 9 | Although Barrett described himself as an ‘ antiques dealer ’ , the way he handled Miss Prinsep had more in common with the foot-in-the-door techniques employed by what the Sussex police wearily refer to as the ‘ knocker boys ’ . |
| 10 | Gideon describes himself as a member of the weakest group in his tribe and as ‘ the least important member ’ of his family ! |
| 11 | His father described himself as a lawyer , although , like most of the parents and many of the staff of the Wimbledon Islamic Independent School ( Boys ' Day ) , Robert suspected he was not being entirely open about his status . |
| 12 | Warhurst described himself with a grin as ‘ versatile ’ and went on to say : ‘ I know Rovers have three top quality strikers in Alan Shearer , Mike Newell and Kevin Gallacher . |
| 13 | As Tyndale described himself in a letter to his disciple Frith , ‘ God hath made me ill favoured in this world , and without grace in the sight of men , speechless and rude , dull and ill witted . ’ |
| 14 | The appellant described himself as a self-employed accountant . |
| 15 | Mario described himself to me as a hungry kid , adding that maybe those early experiences had left him with a permanent sense of insecurity . |
| 16 | W. T. Stead described himself as ‘ a child of the revival of 1859–60 ’ which had swept across the Atlantic and won hundreds of thousands of converts ( over a hundred thousand in Ulster alone ) . |