Example sentences of "he [vb past] to [pron] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He referred to himself as a Glasgow businessman . |
| 3 | Throughout the book he referred to it as the monster or used another word which expressed his hatred for it . |
| 4 | and then he came to me as a last hope |
| 5 | He was an astute purchase , for he came to us as a proven goalscorer and immediately lived up to his reputation by netting upon his debut against Millwall here at Selhurst Park ( 5–0 ) and going on to hit 19 League goals from 27 outings for us in the remainder of that season . |
| 6 | When the industry 's senior engineers and managers met him , he appeared to them as a strong-willed , humourless , puritanical idealist , but he was sane , reasonable and had a strong sense of the practical realities of power . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | She at the end as well by mentioning what he said to her as a maid . |