Example sentences of "[pron] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well now , Barney , ye may think yerself an old man but I do n't think of meself as such ! ’ he exclaimed testily . |
| 2 | For many months a nurse had been taking care of Mary , described by everyone as a gentle , retiring person . |
| 3 | This bears the initials RHR and commemorates Robert Henry Ruston , known to everyone as Harry . |
| 4 | It is known to everyone as the 'Spruce Goose ’ , but what was its official name ? |
| 5 | ‘ At the time I left I was regarded by everyone as a failure , ’ he said . |
| 6 | ‘ At the time I left I was regarded by everyone as a failure , ’ said Francis on the eve of the Coca-Cola Cup tie with Rangers . |
| 7 | She and Giancarlo sat at a table with a distinguished-looking woman in her fifties , whose name Constance could not remember but who was referred to by everyone as Contessa , and her son , Pino , who laughed a lot and told Constance anecdotes about the other guests . |
| 8 | That man , what a funny character , did he treat everyone as if they were in the Army ? |
| 9 | Of the two doctors it was undoubtedly Dr Dunstaple who had the largest number of adherents ; he had been the civil surgeon in Krishnapur for some years and was known to everyone as a kindly and paternal man . |
| 10 | Known to everyone as Hamish , he was quite without side ( he refused a peerage ) , and off the bench , and sometimes on it , he had the charm and endless curiosity of a small boy . |
| 11 | It came to him as a Revelation , descending upon his mind in all its complex glory , that there was a man in the City in need of his help , and that the man — his name did n't matter-would free everyone as this awakening had freed him . |
| 12 | treat everyone as a temporary language helper . |
| 13 | He insisted on calling me the Professor of French Letters — introduced me to everyone as that in the pubs . |
| 14 | But the brain and questions of its function , and the part ‘ memory ’ ( and I put it in quotes ) or rather , a consideration of memory , can play in furthering our understanding of this function , belongs of course to everyone as a human being , from the stupidest person who can not read or write to the top people in biochemical research . |
| 15 | Siobhan identifies me to everyone as Claudia Coe , Crilly 's girlfriend from America . |
| 16 | Babies probably start by seeing everyone as an aspect of their mother and call them ‘ Mama ’ or something very like it . |
| 17 | A tongue that left people in no doubt of their responsibilities but delivered in impeccable style , seen by everyone as a proper ‘ gent ’ . |
| 18 | Lord Grimond , known to everyone as Jo , left the Commons ten years ago , but continued in the House of Lords as a life peer . |
| 19 | The argument for this as-if strategy is straightforward enough : civilization is impossible unless the decisions of some well-defined person or group are accepted by everyone as setting public standards that will be enforced if necessary through the police power . |
| 20 | He added Mr Lear , of Gilling Road , Richmond , was known by everyone as ‘ a lovely person and a gentleman at all times ’ . |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | There are also differences in the schools that the children attend , in who recognizes whom as a neighbour , and in the use of village shops and other facilities . |
| 23 | But , supposing we look at the same material from the standpoint of , say the authors of the Upanishads , with whom as a matter of fact I happen to agree . |
| 24 | And because , as I say , of my conventional background there seemed at the time a tendency to think of me as a reactionary young man . |
| 25 | It was given to me as a present so I 'd feel funny about selling it myself , but you could maybe buy a pair of shoes for Sonja with it or something . |
| 26 | and you will only have me as a stranger |
| 27 | He may regard me as an amateur but the fact is that , due to physical difficulties , I can not pull and twist in a horizontal mode and so I invoked gravity to assist . |
| 28 | He just looked at me as if to say ‘ how did you know I was doing that ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Wembley and everything was like a dream , but even before that people treated me as a cult figure . |
| 30 | ‘ Please do n't portray me as some flashy Vegas gambler who 's plopping into the White House in Italian suits and expensive watches , ’ Mr Rogich told a reporter from The New York Times from his car phone . |