Example sentences of "he [vb past] it as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He described it as the ‘ best news since 1948 ’ when the National Party came to power on the policy of apartheid , which eventually led to South Africa 's ban from the international rugby arena until this year . |
| 2 | He described it as the ‘ old ’ fell race but it was started a few hundred years after the feast originated . |
| 3 | He recognised it as the hand of his father , missing now for countless years . |
| 4 | In The New York Times , Vincent Canby thought McQueen was ‘ as all-American as a Rover Boy ’ and Hoffman was ‘ not especially convincing ’ , but he enjoyed it as the sort of ‘ escapist movie we used to go see on Saturday night without even bothering to read the marquee ’ . |
| 5 | He took it as the closing of the incident . |
| 6 | Craig proposed an emergency voluntary coalition with the SDLP because he saw it as the only way in which some sort of devolved government could be maintained . |
| 7 | He saw it as the only realistic long term solution to Selborne 's dilemma . |
| 8 | It was the best time John-Augustus had spent with Mary and he saw it as the reward for his charitable act . |
| 9 | Thompson on the other hand was keen to await the Great Eastern 's launch , for he envisioned it as the ideal cable-layer . |
| 10 | He accepted it as the word of God . |
| 11 | He ended it as the kid who can fill them . |