Example sentences of "[pron] as [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , he saw himself as charged with a mission ( that of maintaining peace and unity ) which he could not simply renounce by an act of free will . |
| 2 | So , ‘ the distinctive feature of Christian piety lies in the fact that whatever alienation from God there is in the phases of our experience , we are conscious of it as an action originating in ourselves , which we call Sin ; but whatever fellowship with God there is , we are conscious of it as resting upon a communication from the Redeemer , which we call Grace ’ . |
| 3 | As has been said , Sam and Frodo experience it as thinking for a moment they have died and gone to Heaven , when they wake up on the field of Cormallen . |
| 4 | They see themselves as belonging to a radical and anti-establishment tradition . |
| 5 | Alternatively , where the members of the single community under study perceive themselves as belonging to a number of separate kin groups which do not intermarry , this is a matter of great sociological significance regardless of what may or may not be the actual biological facts of the case . |
| 6 | Nor do fans see themselves as engaging in a kind of working-class resistance to the commercialization of football in any straightforward sense . |
| 7 | The metaphor is apt , as Palestinians regard themselves as engaging in a process of giving birth to their independent Palestinian state . |
| 8 | Information from the Novices showed quite clearly that they all saw themselves as working towards a position at the back of the terrace . |