Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] it as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thinks of it as a link in ‘ the great chain of Being ’ , a medieval idea which survived into the eighteenth century ( see A. O. Lovejoy 's book of the same title ) . |
| 2 | Throughout the book he referred to it as the monster or used another word which expressed his hatred for it . |
| 3 | He takes to it as a duck takes to water . |
| 4 | His recent history — which sounded as remote when he spoke of it as a previous incarnation — had enacted a traditional surfing scenario he was n't particularly proud of . |
| 5 | More frequently , however , he spoke of it as a means to modernize the Church so that unity might become possible . |