Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] as a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I 'm going anywhere where I want them to see me as a ‘ teacher ’ you know with all that that implies , then I 'll wear my wedding ring . |
| 2 | It was later that evening that he took a white muslin dress out of the bag with which he had returned from Paris and asked me to wear it as a nightdress . |
| 3 | Moreover , although their new jobs were temporary , not all of them regarded them as a " stop-gap " . |
| 4 | For that , on Locke 's understanding of how visual sensations are related to impressions on the retina , is the same in the two cases of my seeing the figure as a drawing of a duck and my seeing it as a drawing of a rabbit . |
| 5 | I mean myself as a councillor I think i if you 're a councillor you should be involved in the strike in one way or another you know . |
| 6 | so he goes , no he goes I , I mean it as a slovenly woman , like you 're |
| 7 | I mean I as a company Cumbria Power Tools will always , you know , it will survive because there 's only me and this |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ But when I tried it as a young kid I could n't even hit the pitch for several years . |
| 10 | It very seldom goes to court , but when they tell lies that are damaging , I sue them as a matter of principle , and always give every penny to charity . |
| 11 | I honour him as a ‘ bridge ’ between two ancient cultures — East and West — at a time when such positive influences are much needed . |
| 12 | Why did I introduce myself as a sceptic about values but not about facts ? |
| 13 | I approached it as a pilgrim , though today of course it looks like any other golf club ; the members are indigenous and they are Japanese . |
| 14 | ‘ Unfortunately , it fell to pieces the third time I accessed it as a user ( no seams you see ) . |
| 15 | MICHAEL WINNER and I ceased to be on speaking terms after I described him as a very average director who made very average movies . |
| 16 | I described it as a recipe for throwing Northern Ireland into convulsion . |
| 17 | I I regarded him as a a professional , highly trained officer er confidence in his judgement . |
| 18 | Personally , I regarded it as a good thing . |
| 19 | I regarded it as a nuisance , regarded it as something totally unnecessary . |
| 20 | I regarded it as a very happy accident that I went to U.C.L. to study English , not knowing at the time that I was going to a Department and to a College distinguished for English language studies . |
| 21 | The essay has since been listed in several bibliographies , and has exerted an influence which , when I composed it as a kind of riposte to the British Council 's purchase of the copyright of that crack-brained idea from its originator , C. K. Ogden , I could not have foreseen . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I picture it as a large , grey , multi-headed dragon . |
| 24 | In 87 ( ‘ Farewell — Thou art too dear for my possessing ’ ) the Friend 's inconstancy and betrayal are excused as a simple error of judgement : Here , though , Shakespeare is not content to let the irony stand , for the couplet , with its sarcastic double-rhyme , dispels both illusion and self-deception : ‘ Thus have I had thee as a dream doth flatter — /In sleep a king , but waking no such matter . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I do n't call these er interviews I call them discussions because they are self employed positions and er I seem them as a business opportunity rather than a job quote job . |
| 27 | Oh , I read it as a warning . |
| 28 | THIS IS NOT because I climbed them as a child . |
| 29 | I open myself as a channel to the Light . |
| 30 | I open myself as a channel to the Light . |