Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [vb past] [pn reflx] as [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duriez , who described himself as a pacifist , admitted that he had been to some of the raid locations . |
| 2 | However , his denials were rejected by Barnard who described himself as a scapegoat and claimed that there was " a cover-up going on from ministerial level down " . |
| 3 | And a man who described himself as an animal right activist , but insisted that he should n't be idenfied , watched today 's court case closely . |
| 4 | Caroline Moore , who described herself as a professor of dance , occupied number 1 . |
| 5 | Ernie , who regarded himself as an expert with horses , had never at any time reassessed his skills . |
| 6 | At a further press conference on Jan. 19 the opposition parties produced Maj. József Vegvari , an officer in the State Security Service who identified himself as the source of the leaked information , who alleged that reports compiled as a result of the surveillance operation had regularly been passed to senior HSP members and discussed at meetings of the Council of Ministers . |
| 7 | Otto Preminger — or Otto the Ogre — was another Viennese-born film director who established himself as a man many loved to hate . |
| 8 | The King , who fancied himself as a theologian , greatly admired Andrewes ' learning and style ; sometimes , indeed , he would sleep with one of his sermons under his pillow . |
| 9 | Two of the bigger boys from Thorpe Street had once tried to outswing him for a dare , but Barry Lock had turned chicken at the last minute and Valance Fraser , who fancied himself as the cock of the street , had managed only a partial swing that left him dangling by his arms in the dirt . |
| 10 | Hilary was a boy who saw himself as a connoisseur of experience . |
| 11 | Mandeville , who saw himself as the King 's own commissioner and therefore self-appointed leader , shouted orders ; the great gates swung open , and he led us out . |
| 12 | And a combination of that early research and the Trent Bridge base aided his biography of Arthur Shrewsbury , Give Me Arthur : ‘ One day the door opened and an elderly man who introduced himself as a relative of Shrewsbury came in . |
| 13 | It was Mr Florio , elected in 1989 , who floated himself as a trial balloon for Clintonomics . |