Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] him as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fred Archer referred to him as a ‘ pretty ’ jockey . |
| 2 | Some referred to him as the Furie ; some as Zach or Zacho or Mr Zee ; others called him Gentle , which was the name she knew him by , of course ; still others John the Divine . |
| 3 | At first he was surprised at this and only when they referred to him as an ‘ adult ’ did he realize that some time in the previous weeks the last of his juvenile plumage had moulted and his wings now had the rich and glossy glow of an adult golden eagle . |
| 4 | I stopped beside him as the other three went on ahead . |
| 5 | It occurred to him as a possibility , for instance , that , prior to being ‘ kept alive ’ for ten days , Dobson might first have been murdered . |
| 6 | A satirical poem alluded to him as a ‘ spiritual dragoon ’ . |
| 7 | His Majesty appealed to him as a Statesman and as one who had been a Minister of the Crown to place before everything the present dangerous situation of the country , Sir Herbert replied that he and his party were just as patriotic as the Conservatives : the country would be in far greater danger from Tariffs — price of food stuffs would rise , there would be strikes and outbreaks all over the country . |
| 8 | Tolstoy clearly appealed to him as a great apostle of non-violence , and one who enabled all votaries of ahi sā to realize and understand that non-violence involved not only the negative attitude of freedom from anger and hate but also the positive attitude of love for all men . |
| 9 | Essentially , the proofs of the reality of God appealed to him as the only adequate explanation for the existence of the world . |
| 10 | It came to him as a Revelation , descending upon his mind in all its complex glory , that there was a man in the City in need of his help , and that the man — his name did n't matter-would free everyone as this awakening had freed him . |
| 11 | He openly talked of him as the probable successor to the see of Canterbury . |
| 12 | Eleven years later I worked with him as a local newspaper reporter when he was a club manager at Ayr United . |
| 13 | She liked him , never thought of him as a boyfriend , he was too comfortable . |
| 14 | This was contrary to the opinion of the world and society which thought of him as a boffin . |
| 15 | She kinda thought of him as a poet , and I think he loved her for that . |
| 16 | She thought of him as a drug-running tyrant . |
| 17 | I certainly thought of him as a tyrant : my diaries are full of complaints about unfair treatment , undeserved punishments ( including the corporal variety ) and arbitrary deprivations . |
| 18 | She thought of him as a big tree , with strong branches that enabled her to climb him , which she did when he was home . |
| 19 | They evidently thought of him as a foreigner . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I thought of him as a patrician in the Roman tradition , cultured , erudite , civilized , governed above all by his sense of duty . |
| 22 | His name was Bartholemew Burton , but everyone thought of him as the little 'un . |
| 23 | Until I was seventeen , only occasionally and briefly meeting him , I thought of him as the rather alarming head of the family . |
| 24 | I thought of him as the rhino : myopic , short-legged , thick-skinned , not too bright but with a mean temper , a surprising turn of speed over a short course , and , above all , a keen sense of smell . |
| 25 | With the most supreme effort she had ever made , she thought of him as the patient . |
| 26 | There was an early view of Niki Lauda — affectionately known as ‘ the Rat ’ to much of the FI family — which thought of him as an automaton . |
| 27 | She thought of him as an aging hippy . |
| 28 | ‘ Criminals far more vicious than Nicholas Dodman looked upon him as an easy target to provide an outlet for their criminal activities , ’ he said . |
| 29 | ‘ Criminals far more vicious than Nicholas Dodman looked upon him as an easy target to provide an outlet for their criminal activities , ’ he said . |
| 30 | He had the last word , and everyone looked to him as the brains behind Huddersfield 's phenomenal success . |