Example sentences of "thought [prep] [pers pn] as [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was important to him , important enough to see that members of his family met her and that he found out what they thought of her as a possible wife for him . |
| 2 | He had treated her exactly as he 'd said he would , and not even for an instant had Kate had even a bat 's twinkling that he thought of her as an attractive woman . |
| 3 | She thought of him as a drug-running tyrant . |
| 4 | She thought of him as a big tree , with strong branches that enabled her to climb him , which she did when he was home . |
| 5 | For one thing , the Hebrews did not divide man up into spirit , mind and body as we tend to do : they thought of him as a single entity , an animated body , a living person . |
| 6 | His name was Bartholemew Burton , but everyone thought of him as the little 'un . |
| 7 | She thought of him as an aging hippy . |
| 8 | I never thought of you as a proper person before . |
| 9 | She also thought of it as a great household , in which her son could find a favoured place . |
| 10 | In my mood of delight , I thought of it as a beautiful idea for these were roads that go nowhere , nowhere that could interest men . |
| 11 | I thought of us as the little princes in the Tower , and of the city of London as the cruel torturer Hubert who at any moment might come and put out our poetic eyes . |