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An ELL post says

I picture typical hotel doormen as standing outside the front entrance.

I am aware that "picture" here means "to imagine something", picture sb as sb else.

I am also aware that "standing outside ..." is participle.

I don't understand why is "standing outside ..." immediately after "as". Could someone please give a hint?

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The pattern used here is picture someone as something.

https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/picture gives this example:

Rob had pictured her as serious, but she wasn’t like that.

Serious, as well as standing outside the front entrance, and having a blast, and not being able to string a sentence together all lend themselves to this role of something in this case.

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  • Thank you. serious is actually an adjective in ldoceonline's example, right?
    – WXJ96163
    Commented Mar 19, 2020 at 6:35
  • @WXJ96163 Yes. That's a bit confusing I think, but yeah. In this case it fits. Adjectives, nouns, and nouny forms.
    – user3395
    Commented Mar 19, 2020 at 10:31
  • Thank you. Would I consider your answer as a YES to the question in my OP?
    – WXJ96163
    Commented Mar 19, 2020 at 10:38
  • @WXJ96163 Of course, it's completely grammatical and idiomatic.
    – user3395
    Commented Mar 20, 2020 at 14:30

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