Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [pron] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was feeling so bad that I treated it as a kind of moral victory that I was able to empty most of the water out of the obviously Gav-filled kettle and leave the level at the minimum mark . |
| 2 | I try to justify it in terms of training the intellect to think in an abstract and critical way , so I regard it as a general education . |
| 3 | Both my husband and I accepted it as a part of our way of life . |
| 4 | I said 't would not suit you , and I meant it as a compliment . |
| 5 | I mean yes er as I said earlier on it 's just a question for for just a bit more obviously in the readings report th there is there is concern naturally with the by-passes in paragraph two five I mean I have n't had a chance to sort of looking up yet , and I 'd by grateful for County Executive 's advice on that and I thought we as a County Council had agreed a line erm for a by-pass through the West Sussex portion at least . |
| 6 | I had been there and I knew it as a beautiful seaside resort , but that was n't why I was so delighted . |
| 7 | I knew I could do well academically and I did it as a challenge to the conventional idea of the black kid who 's good at sports , yet with no brains . |
| 8 | I am childless ; but the Jews are my children and I love them as a parent should , which is to say that I do n't love them for their qualities ( remarkable as these seem to me to be , naturally ) , and only wish them to exist , and to flourish , and to have their right to life and love . |
| 9 | And I 'll do mine so I had three sixty and I split it as a ten times thirty six and then I had two times five for that ten okay ca n't go any further there . |
| 10 | There is evidence around the country particularly in , in , in , in Milton Keynes where that sort of arrangement applies and I think we as a County Council as the waste er as the Disposal Authority must make sure that we put in place arrangements which will encourage that sort of thing to happen . |
| 11 | I thought he played well against England last week and I see him as a valuable member of our squad . ’ |
| 12 | The sunlight is falling like a gentle rain and I see it as a silent , unpolluting fuel ; which when it reaches the ground bursts forth in leaves and flowers and is the strength which upholds the trees , and if it failed , all life would fail . |
| 13 | I am here partly because I was fortunate enough to have the happiest and healthiest of childhoods and I see it as a very happy obligation to try to do my best to ensure that all over the world it is possible for other children to enjoy something of what I had . |
| 14 | It was because he told me he had seen a woman more beautiful than me , and said that if I wanted him as a husband , I must marry him at once ! |
| 15 | ‘ My Lords , I have already disclaimed the intention of discussing the scope of the rule in O'Reilly v. Mackman but , even if I treat it as a general rule , there are many indications in favour of a liberal attitude towards the exceptions contemplated but not spelt out by Lord Diplock . |
| 16 | This was best summed up by Everett , the market gardener : ‘ She were never a gel , but I knew her as a young woman and she were old then . ’ |
| 17 | But I , I mean I use it as a , that may be the psychology behind it , but I use it as a bad example of , for obvious reasons , and there 's a real bad example , and there may be some politics behind it , there 's What I think is a good example : ‘ Southeast Arts ’ sorry , ‘ Southeast Tourist Board , South of England Board . ’ |
| 18 | The Jolly Farmers has been demolished , but I remember it as a brick and pantile structure at the top end of the town . |
| 19 | It could be just down to good digestion and calm dreams , of course ; but I take it as a sign of happiness . |
| 20 | ‘ But I regard it as a penance . |
| 21 | Erm and one of the things I could 've done was to em er become a salaried employee of my own company which was a limited company but I paid myself as a consultant . |
| 22 | I know I should n't have gone near the sea , but I did it as a protest . |
| 23 | But I think I 'll stay here but I see myself as a internationalist as well . |
| 24 | ‘ I could n't believe he drugged me because I saw him as a caring person , he had got me into his confidence . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm disappointed by the stick he gets because I know him as a person . |
| 26 | Then he added as Ronni responded with a scowl — do n't say Guido had been right yet again ! — ‘ But , more importantly , I stay with him because I respect him as a seaman . |
| 27 | THIS IS NOT because I climbed them as a child . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll do what I can , Changez , because I love you as a brother . ’ |
| 29 | MICHAEL WINNER and I ceased to be on speaking terms after I described him as a very average director who made very average movies . |
| 30 | Before I took him as a patient , I watched many of his fight films . |