Example sentences of "to her as " in BNC.
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| 1 | The headmistress , who had always ridiculed her for being bad at games , now referred to her as ‘ our best pupil ’ and gave her a set of Shakespeare , duly inscribed . |
| 2 | Maybe he would show Eleanor to her as a sample of the younger woman who was not a gold-digger . |
| 3 | It appeared to her as if agriculture on Møn might well have arrived with creation itself . |
| 4 | Another 17-year-old girl kept up a regular correspondence with her natural mother and went to see her once or twice a year referring to her as an ‘ auntie ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Good afternoon , The Haven hotel , ’ Susan said into the telephone , waving to her as Maggie left Reception through a wooden flap which was part of the counter . |
| 6 | With the Rummidge A to Z open on the passenger seat beside her , she set off to find J. Pringle & Sons , somewhere on the other side of the city : the dark side of Rummidge , as foreign to her as the dark side of the moon . |
| 7 | Jack jokingly referred to her as an addition to the family . |
| 8 | He no longer resented her ; he spoke to her as if she were a human being and was occasionally seen smiling . |
| 9 | Shanti refers to her as ‘ my first mother ’ . |
| 10 | I was thinking of the colour of her hair : Daniel , you may remember , alluded to her as a redhead . |
| 11 | In fact , even without knowing it , he may be looking to her as a vehicle by which he might rediscover his lost self , which did n't have the chance to blossom earlier . |
| 12 | But he would not let her , her stubborn sailor , he held on to her as the walls held on to the moving air within her house . |
| 13 | Her face seemed puffy to her as if tears had been drenching it while she had been unconscious . |
| 14 | Latterly , however , she became a powerful spirit and practitioner of witchcraft , witness Shakespeare 's Macbeth 's reference to her as a ‘ secret , black and midnight hag ’ . |
| 15 | As we all know from the Squidgy tape , when she is displeased with her she refers to her as ‘ the red head ’ . |
| 16 | It was he who after a particularly violent disagreement , suggested that Joan should be invited to pay them another visit — though he referred to her as the lady Anne , as had been agreed . |
| 17 | Having chosen such a one , he appeared to her as a vision of a white elephant , and conception took place as he struck her womb with his trunk . |
| 18 | Story-telling is considered a part of a woman 's magical repertoire — a device she can use to affect the listener , melting his heart , distracting him or binding him to her as the occasion demands . |
| 19 | It came to her as a shock that , although she had an excellent opportunity to be acquainted with high school children through her son , she did not know any of his friends . |
| 20 | He was standing beside a burly man in a duffel coat whom he introduced to her as ‘ Jack Pringle , a local doctor . ’ |
| 21 | The Queen wrote from France urging him to give up his Anglican religion and accept Presbyterianism ; for to her as a Roman Catholic , the King remarked , all other religions appeared equally bad . |
| 22 | ‘ Eh ? ’ he said , lifting his head to her as if in irritation . |
| 23 | Thus , a story which for one reason had been meaningful to her as a young child provided guidance for her at adolescence for quite a different reason . |
| 24 | He also referred to her as a ‘ slapper ’ and a ‘ tart ’ . |
| 25 | They had stayed together ever since , and Nick referred to her as his ‘ partner ’ . |
| 26 | She is the most powerful magician ever to wear the crown of Kislev , and her aloof majesty and inscrutable disposition has caused many to refer to her as the Ice Queen of Kislev . |
| 27 | As usual when drunk , he spoke to her as if she was at the other end of the street . |
| 28 | Commenting on whether a cake had been promised to Miss Dodd , she said : ‘ We were prepared to give it to her as a donation but she cancelled the order . ’ |
| 29 | It seemed to her as if every hair on her body , every roughness of skin , unevenness of toenail , snagged on the sticky , shiny fibres . |
| 30 | When she saw Andrew it seemed to her as if her heart had stopped beating . |