Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] him as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the war both groups have come to see him as an unnecessary evil . |
| 2 | In The Wrench he creates the rigger Faussone , the practical man whose cranes girdle the world and who keeps returning , a little heavy-footed , to the house in Turin where two old aunts fuss over his welfare : Faussone was spoken of as ‘ my alter ego ’ , and the book has to struggle to accommodate him as a second person , available for interview by Levi . |
| 3 | Other Lancashire businessmen watching his progress had come to respect him as a red-hot entrepreneur and ruthless opponent in business dealings , for whom profit was the consideration that overrode every other . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , the discipline itself , especially in the United States , has resolved to regard him as a leading advocate of scientific method and by subscribing to this interpretation we have at least avoided causing confusion . |
| 5 | They valued his vigour and inventiveness and came to respect him as a reliable man of business . |
| 6 | And she , in turn , knowingly and secretly absorbing his stare as she listened to her chattering companions , began to dismiss him as a potential client . |
| 7 | For example , while the newcomers may fail to understand the skill and local status of the farm worker , they do not wish to treat him as a social outcast — this would run counter to the notion of community with which many newcomers strongly identify . |
| 8 | For one way of denying someone the respect to which he is entitled is by failing to treat him as an autonomous agent , for example , by unreasonably restricting the range of alternative courses of action from which he can choose . |
| 9 | His actions had caused him to be one of the most reviled prisoners among the white community , and the government had hitherto refused to recognize him as a political prisoner . |
| 10 | They agreed to release him as an uncontested registration to enable him to find a county where he could hope for greater opportunities , and although we ca n't guarantee a first-team place , he 'll get plenty of chances if he does the business . |
| 11 | Connolly 's observation is often taken to confirm him as a better judge of literature than of politics , but in many ways he was remarkably prescient : Home was indeed ‘ honourably ineligible ’ for the new age which was dawning in the Tory party . |
| 12 | ‘ I have always tried to take him as a melancholy warning ’ ( wrote Tolkien in 1964 ) , so the danger was seen . |
| 13 | The christian name of ‘ Shallowe of Hollendon ’ , owner of a small property in Singleborough , Bucks. , is illegible , and since this is the sole reference to him one is almost tempted to dismiss him as a fictional character ! |
| 14 | Johnnie Armstrong , distinguished from others of that surname by the to-name of Black Jock , dressed himself up in all his finery and rode with fifty of his best men to meet the king in Teviotdale , obviously hoping to impress him as a near equal . |
| 15 | I intended to present him as an attractive personality — the sort of man who is very charming , hospitable , physically attractive to a lot of women . |