Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] as a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so he goes , no he goes I , I mean it as a slovenly woman , like you 're |
| 2 | And my real father — I mean my official , signed and sealed father — struck me the only time I met him as a grandiose old phoney . |
| 3 | ‘ But when I tried it as a young kid I could n't even hit the pitch for several years . |
| 4 | Personally , I regarded it as a good thing . |
| 5 | I cried out in relief and happiness : I thought I recognised him as a former schoolmate , a boy with whom I used to exchange groans about the maths problems whose solutions so frequently eluded us . |
| 6 | I picture it as a large , grey , multi-headed dragon . |
| 7 | As one who knew her and her husband only a little , I remember her as a vivacious lady of beauty and charm who worked throughout her life for many good causes . |
| 8 | Sarah : I define myself as a socialist lesbian feminist , but of course that in some sense begs more questions than it answers . |
| 9 | I felt it as a great loss because even after her retirement she remained a wonderful source of advice and inspiration to young singers . |
| 10 | The size of the brood was only six fish but as these were my first Cardinal Tetras I treated them as a normal spawning , with partial weekly water changes . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I knew him as a hard-working , modest , and honest politician , ’ he said . |
| 13 | I had been there and I knew it as a beautiful seaside resort , but that was n't why I was so delighted . |
| 14 | ‘ I could n't believe he drugged me because I saw him as a caring person , he had got me into his confidence . |
| 15 | I use it as a listening device — a rabbit and ferret locator . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | Foolishly , I took it as a good sign . |
| 18 | Sometimes I think it as a transcendent sound which speaks of unknown powers , of cosmic storms and sun winds sighing in the brain . |
| 19 | When I bought her as a young heifer , a friend went on and on about how small she was until I wondered if I was going to have a beast left at all by the time she had finished . |
| 20 | There I had him as a charming , affectionate colleague of mature judgment . |
| 21 | In view of the fact that , like you , I regard him as a fluent liar and consummate actor , I think not . |
| 22 | Much as I regard them as a social nuisance on a par with the Orange Walk and invented by the devil to prevent churchgoers getting to church on time , I can not claim that marathons have ( yet ) been proved to kill enough people to justify banning them . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't regard Jews as a class , ’ he snapped back at his questioner , ‘ I regard them as a privileged misfortune . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | At the time I accepted it as a marvellous background for the all-important hunting , though too young really to appreciate this privileged glimpse of Indian court life . |
| 26 | It is therefore a matter which lies within my discretion as to whether or not I take it as a late objection . |
| 27 | I take it as a last question , comment . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | I see him as a servile little bugger ! |
| 30 | I thought he played well against England last week and I see him as a valuable member of our squad . ’ |