Example sentences of "me as [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , by the time Lord Darlington had finally come round to bidding his guests rise and drink to ‘ peace and justice in Europe ’ , the level of such noises — perhaps on account of the liberal amounts of wine that had been consumed — struck me as bordering on the ill-mannered . |
| 2 | Otto struck me as looking so out of place as to seem absurd , standing at the cottage door trying to approve our living accommodation , but clearly regarding it as unpromising . |
| 3 | Almost as many people turned up for me as had for Youngman . |
| 4 | ‘ 'T WAS me as asked the question . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Your brother does n't strike me as lacking in daring ! ’ |
| 6 | This is the first show of Cooper 's dedicated exclusively to this medium that I have ever seen and it impresses me as providing the ideal means for her to achieve that tenuous balance between coy decorativeness and crude primitiveness which she uses successfully to convey the psychological weight of a figure 's gesture . |
| 7 | Although I could n't tell the difference at the time , I was in fact wrong yesterday and right today , and this is sufficient to ground a difference in the outside observer 's description of me as knowing today but not knowing yesterday . |
| 8 | Yet the central thrust of what I was trying to say still strikes me as having some validity . |
| 9 | That little Rossiter , he does n't strike me as having the courage . |
| 10 | He probably sees me as having mechanical skills , like a dentist 's , which higher types must occasionally employ . |
| 11 | He would not state his business , but he had come here to find you , and came to me as having been advertised as executor of Lady Merchiston 's will . ’ |
| 12 | Hand half-raised he added : ‘ Do n't forget it was me as told thee about Cap'n sailing for the Indies . ’ |
| 13 | These tales made quite an impression on me as did the story of Uncle Fred 's eldest son , young Fred as he was known , putting on his age and managing to join the Marines when only sixteen , then found himself serving on the same ship as his father during the great battle — something of a unique record . |
| 14 | Later a gringo who was in the chief 's office described me as behaving ‘ like a demented Scotsman . ’ |
| 15 | The story quotes me as saying of the Rousseau painting in question , that its ‘ present whereabouts ( are ) unknown ’ . |
| 16 | I put the old electric fire on in the shed , not so much to warm me as to keep the highly hygroscopic mixture from absorbing moisture out of a damp air . |
| 17 | MY WIFE , Regina , is forever characterising me as possessing an almost childlike naivete — one attuned with a more idealistic time . |