Example sentences of "[prep] him as " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he had n't moved , one of the humans had fetched a box out of the back of the truck and crept towards him as if expecting Masklin to explode . |
| 2 | He worked for Michael but was n't as subservient towards him as the other boys . |
| 3 | Cardiff saw Rohmer , Duvall and Gilbert recoil towards him as the hideous black-glistening thing thrashed amidst the collapsing detritus of its entry . |
| 4 | He bent , seized my wrist , and dragged me towards him as if I were no more than a doll . |
| 5 | I think of him as an artist who writes history , and I take it that the history he writes includes the history he has principally suffered — that of Poland . |
| 6 | She liked him , never thought of him as a boyfriend , he was too comfortable . |
| 7 | Mr Eliot has lived abroad so long that we rarely think of him as an American and he is never written about from the point of view of his relation to other American authors . |
| 8 | Biggs is of the opinion that Mason would be unlikely to survive more than a couple of rounds against the world heavyweight champion and at this stage it would be unwise to even think of him as a genuine contender . |
| 9 | His fellow-undergraduates thought of him as a gangly youth with brown hair . |
| 10 | This was contrary to the opinion of the world and society which thought of him as a boffin . |
| 11 | He openly talked of him as the probable successor to the see of Canterbury . |
| 12 | But when Prince rocks out it 's because that 's as much a part of him as the funk strut . |
| 13 | His admirers think of him as a national treasure , rather like the works of art of which he is Congress 's most passionate defender . |
| 14 | As you will have guessed , my attitude towards him changed , so that when the frank speaking happened that day it was in the context of love and acceptance of him as a person . |
| 15 | She kinda thought of him as a poet , and I think he loved her for that . |
| 16 | Rees-Mogg went about his business conscientiously and with a good degree of enthusiasm , and while it is hard to think of him as a representative of the common man , sheer assiduousness probably bridged the gulf between the housing estates of suburbia and the Old Rectory , Hinton Blewitt . |
| 17 | The shopkeeper who berated the regime for its brylcream policy accepted its definition of him as a capitalist , an entrepreneur : that did not seem justified by any sensible criterion of capitalism . |
| 18 | His name was Bartholemew Burton , but everyone thought of him as the little 'un . |
| 19 | The fact that voters think Mr Major has not campaigned impressively has apparently made little difference to their view of him as Prime Minister and party leader . |
| 20 | He therefore earnestly begs of me that since you deservedly have the nomination of an Gardner to the Chelsea Garden , which I understand is now vacant , that I would address you in his behalf that at least you would accept of him as an Candidate if there are other competitors and , if found sufficiently qualifyd you would propose him accordingly as you shall find he deserves . |
| 21 | He had frankly given no thought whatsoever to the child 's name ; he had not yet thought of him as an identity anyway . |
| 22 | He finally torpedoed his chances , already slender , by demanding that the French government underwrite his candidacy to the tune of 12,000,000 francs , in case the Spanish wearied of him as King . |
| 23 | He also thought of him as his father . |
| 24 | Although it is impossible to think of him as a Londoner , this move began a lifelong association with the capital to which he returned every year for a few months , even after he had given up all thoughts of making it his permanent home . |
| 25 | A photograph of him as the Devil ( not in female disguise ) shows him poised on one foot , the other leg bent so that his whole body is tilted eccentrically . |
| 26 | She thought of him as a drug-running tyrant . |
| 27 | The popular image of him as a laconic , amiable figure is not entirely accurate . |
| 28 | His pattern of personal leadership , as revealed by the Cabinet committees he chose to chair himself , reinforces the standard interpretation of him as a man more at ease with overseas than with domestic policy . |
| 29 | The Yorkshire Evening News spoke of him as the man whose motto was ‘ keep smiling ’ . |
| 30 | It was difficult to remember that I had ever thought of him as a schoolboy . |