Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he planned you as a unique person for a unique purpose . |
| 2 | After his accession Richard parted with all his East Anglian estates to Howard , an indication that he regarded them as a peripheral part of his power base . |
| 3 | After his accession Richard parted with all his East Anglian estates to Howard , an indication that he regarded them as a peripheral part of his power base . |
| 4 | He regarded it as a testable conjecture . |
| 5 | However , he devalued the ability to reason about intentions as he regarded it as an immature form of causal reasoning . |
| 6 | The January price rises [ see p. 38730-31 ] had been higher than expected and painful , but he described them as the logical conclusions of the policies of Soviet Prime Ministers Nikolai Ryzhkov and Valentin Pavlov . |
| 7 | He used it as a chemical store once it had been deconsecrated or whatever it is they do to unused churches . |
| 8 | When Columbus spotted the crop that was to become the chief source of Virginia 's prosperity , tobacco , he dismissed it as a worthless weed ; he did , on the other hand , find time to remark on the beauty of the nightingales in a country where none exists . |
| 9 | AN ARMED robber ‘ executed ’ a security guard because he recognised him as a former schoolmate , a court was told yesterday . |
| 10 | He established it as an alternative power base in Hebron as his mayoral leadership came under increasing challenge from secular nationalists . |
| 11 | He took it as a personal insult . |
| 12 | He took it as a personal reproach . |
| 13 | Perhaps if he fancied Perdita he saw her as a potential mother-in-law . |
| 14 | He saw it as a deliberate insult to the Church , a kind of Satanic Cross on the hill . |
| 15 | He saw it as a tough hurdle , for Huddersfield were still going strong and his knowledge of their methods was matched by their familiarity with Arsenal 's . |
| 16 | He saw it as an economic drain and realised its damaging effect on Moscow 's international relations . |
| 17 | Craig proposed an emergency voluntary coalition with the SDLP because he saw it as the only way in which some sort of devolved government could be maintained . |
| 18 | He saw it as the only realistic long term solution to Selborne 's dilemma . |
| 19 | Thompson on the other hand was keen to await the Great Eastern 's launch , for he envisioned it as the ideal cable-layer . |
| 20 | He remembered him as a kindly man but not a very lively one . |
| 21 | The Bogyoke had lunch with Lord Wavell who recognised him as ‘ a strong character ’ but also warned Pethick-Lawrence that their negotiations would be difficult : ‘ He struck me as a suspicious , ignorant but determined little tough . ’ |
| 22 | It occurs to me now that the man might just possibly have meant this in a humorous sort of way ; that is to say , he intended it as a bantering remark . |