Example sentences of "recognised [pers pn] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mills Roberts was a stickler for discipline but everyone recognised him as a good soldier and therefore , for all his shouting , he was a popular figure . |
| 2 | I cried out in relief and happiness : I thought I recognised him as a former schoolmate , a boy with whom I used to exchange groans about the maths problems whose solutions so frequently eluded us . |
| 3 | In the church Richard fell to prayer with such absorption that Lady Dalton forbore to disturb him when she entered , but her son recognised him as a former Oxford student . |
| 4 | AN ARMED robber ‘ executed ’ a security guard because he recognised him as a former schoolmate , a court was told yesterday . |
| 5 | Butler 's role at Crystal Palace was thus largely a supportive one and he seldom gained much publicity , but fans of the time recognised him as a useful contributor to the Palace cause . |
| 6 | She recognised him as a kindred spirit , with the same happy-go-lucky , questing attitude to life which she herself possessed . |
| 7 | Despite her antagonism , she recognised him as an awesome adversary . |
| 8 | H. L. Clark ( 1915 ) compiling his catalogue of specimens in the MCZ recognised it as a new species of Ophiolebes . |
| 9 | So whenever she was busy sewing , Corbett always recognised it as a bad sign . |