Example sentences of "i see [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Never , ’ writes Boswell , ‘ did I see him in a better frame ; calm , gentle , wise , holy ’ — with Johnson opining that the essence of the Crucifixion lay in showing to the world that even the Son of God suffered on account of sin , and in doing so , displayed how heinous a thing sin must be . |
| 2 | ‘ I could n't believe he drugged me because I saw him as a caring person , he had got me into his confidence . |
| 3 | I see him as a servile little bugger ! |
| 4 | I thought he played well against England last week and I see him as a valuable member of our squad . ’ |
| 5 | I see him in a white coat . |
| 6 | ‘ Now I see her as a potential suicide — the ultimate protest . |
| 7 | I see myself as a voluntary servant of the composer , not as his slave . |
| 8 | But I see myself in a different life |
| 9 | I see it as a personal thing . ’ |
| 10 | I myself have no inclinations towards mysticism whatsoever : I see it as a conscious attempt to transcend the exigencies of the material world , including poverty , in the interest or pursuit of some higher mode of consciousness . |
| 11 | I see it as a silly gesture springing from her work in advertising , the promotion of appearance over substance . |
| 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 | His view of contemporary comedy as a whole is equally oblique : ‘ I see it as a very , very long trench with a worm and a piece of hot bacon nearby . ’ |
| 14 | Eva could be snobby , that was obvious , but if I saw something , or heard a piece of music , or visited a place , I would n't be content until Eva had made me see it in a certain way . |