Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [pron] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You really should n't use yourself as an aspirin for my general migraine , or whatever you called it . " |
| 2 | In principle , though I think it 's very difficult , as I understand it right now , you 've got to go through a rather unfriendly session of training the computer to respond to your voice , and if you say something in a slightly different way later on it may not recognize it as the word that you had previously trained it on . |
| 3 | It depends on matters such as physical attributes and abilities of individuals , their monetary resources , the availability of mechanized means of transport and the appropriate infrastructure ; but it does not depend on the opportunities that may or may not present themselves as a result of moving : accessibility alone incorporates this feature ( Moseley 1979a ) . |
| 4 | Thus regions may make a case for transport links with the Tunnel on the grounds that current levels of business demand it , but may not request them as a necessary precondition to the creation of that demand . |
| 5 | In the 1930s , Mr Justice Stone declared that the United States Supreme Court ought not to see itself as the sole guardian of the constitution . |
| 6 | " Then mark this , Master Harry : if you wo n't take Sam here on at fishing , you 'll not have me as a wife . |
| 7 | On paper , Peter could have described his mother 's face in terms of its component parts but he could not visualize it as a whole . |
| 8 | And , and that 's the only reason why he wanted her there , that 's the only reason why he could not accept her as a friend or an , as a companion . |
| 9 | She thought of Giles Carnaby both continuously and not at all ; he was permanently in the head , but as some unavoidable elemental force — she could not consider him as a person , reflect upon character or deeds . |
| 10 | Could n't have her as a neighbour . |
| 11 | I did n't and could n't see it as a progressive condition which was bound to culminate in some sort of breakdown or breakthrough . |
| 12 | ‘ I said the money would not change me as a person and it has n't , ’ she said . |
| 13 | She has always been kindness itself to me , but I have a feeling in my bones that she would not regard me as a wholly reliable supporter . |
| 14 | Always doing a number about his screen image , about how audiences would not accept him as a thief , how audiences would only accept him as a fallen sinner — someone they could love . ’ |
| 15 | Wessex region would not recognise me as a senior registrar until the college 's approval had been received . |
| 16 | She hoped that if he was a churchgoer-which was unlikely these days he would not recognise her as the vicar 's wife . |
| 17 | ‘ I would n't want 'im as a friend of mine . ’ |
| 18 | I knew I would n't play her as a wimp and the whole audition was based on the speech where she goes mad — the flowers , rosemary for remembrance and the whole bit . |
| 19 | And she hoped Nigel would n't take it as a slur on his driving . |
| 20 | would n't use you as a punching-bag |
| 21 | I do n't think that I , I would n't see it as a panic measure . |
| 22 | I would n't mind him as a stepfather . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I would n't describe it as an assault but it was certainly reckless and dangerous play . |
| 24 | He did n't want to sound too eager and knowledgeable , but Bruno would n't believe him as a country bumpkin . |
| 25 | I 'm not that er good at it er as far as that 's concerned , I can normally tell , but I would n't class myself as an expert in Capodimonte . |
| 26 | And they would n't have it as a nice antique one , that not sort of thing , no . |
| 27 | Er they would n't have you as a bound apprentice because unfortunately , although the wages were so low when you was being an apprentice , three and six a year , then six and six year , and then er I think , thirteen shilling , the third year . |
| 28 | The thing is , the trouble with that is when you try and understand or argue about something like that you ca n't treat it as a work of art cos it is n't it 's a functioning building |
| 29 | I ca n't see him as a toy boy , as the phrase goes . |
| 30 | I mean , I think that one should put as much service as one possibly can into the preventive end — I ca n't see it as an either/or ! |