Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] i as " in BNC.

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1 Nour drew me as an English Miss : Ingleesy , prim , uneducated , unsophisticated .
2 ‘ A small part of the fault was mine for not noticing that Eleanor considered me as a great deal more than her employer .
3 NFC impresses me as a democratically managed organisation .
4 But you 've worked me harder than any donkey and you 've let Tom , Amos and Oseri bait me as if I were a chained bear . "
5 These meetings were largely an opportunity for Harold Wilson to use me as the wall of a fives court against which he banged the ball .
6 They think that I 'm just a mousy old woman , and could n't possibly know what goes on — they 've taken away all confidential work from me and Mr. Lennis treats me as if I were a half-wit .
7 Jason excites me as a player just as much as Gregory or Alex Murphy did when they where 18year-olds , ’ said Wigan chairman Jack Robinson .
8 ‘ I am not the bravest of men , I 'll be honest I did not like Sir Ralph using me as a page boy but he distrusted the others . ’
9 Fiona hugged me as a long-lost brother and said Harry still could n't be quite clear in his mind as he was saying now that he remembered drowning .
10 Did Quigley see me as some kind of John the Baptist figure ?
11 ‘ Miss Araminta regards me as a servant , ma'am , ’ Theda said , faintly smiling , and reaching a hand out to stroke Hector 's woolly head where he lay on his blanket , as if to find some outlet for the feelings of gentleness running through her .
12 It promises to be difficult enough without John and Kate treating me as if I 'm a sensitive convalescent .
13 The GMC called me as an expert witness .
14 If I say no you 'll think I persuaded Peter to marry me as a sort of grab-it-quick opportunity that might not come again ! ’
15 Returning to the advice that Leo Amery gave me as a young man , I remember reading widely from the great autobiographies and biographies that he recommended , including the works of Lord Milner .
16 ‘ What has Charles picked me as ? ’
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