Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] he as the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Pauline Kael reviewed him as the bloated Jake La Motta in Raging Bull , she said that what De Niro was doing was certainly something , but she 'd hesitate to call it acting . |
| 2 | But most interesting of all is the treatment given to Sidney Lee , described in his obituary as biographer , Professor of English , writer on the place of English literature in the modern university , and for thirty years editor of the Dictionary of National Biography.34 In reviewing Lee 's work , Ernest A. Baker identifies him as the complete " humanist " by virtue of his classical scholarship , his faith in beauty and reason , and his exalted hopes of human progress . |
| 3 | Yesterday , sentencing Ferguson , Sheriff Colin MacKay described him as the prime mover . |
| 4 | In 1986 deep-sea researcher Jacques Cousteau selected him as the still photographer for the research ship Calypso |
| 5 | Calm and quiet , Trent picked him as the technical adviser along for the trip but without direct responsibility for the outcome . |