Example sentences of "referred to [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reynes was an acquaintance of the diarist Samuel Pepys , who referred to him as ‘ a willing man , ready to co-operate in plans for the Navy ’ , and ‘ one who understands and loves a play as well as I , and I love him for it ’ . |
| 2 | Handloom weaving was an important cottage industry at the time and Charles was sent to Kilbarchan in Renfrewshire to learn the trade ; that was why Robert Burns referred to him as ‘ Wabster ( weaver ) Charlie ’ in the poem Epistle to James Tennant . |
| 3 | They referred to him as ‘ David ’ and emphasised that he had to catch a plane back to London at midnight . |
| 4 | He infuriated Pilger , who referred to him as Sutton 's ‘ butler ’ . |
| 5 | Katrine never saw the pusher but they referred to him as ‘ Baffetti ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Lewis referred to him as ‘ a man martyred for his belief in the destiny of his country , a man whose worst fault was that his courage outran his prudence ’ . |
| 9 | Fred Archer referred to him as a ‘ pretty ’ jockey . |
| 10 | He referred to me as his ‘ Princess ’ and I referred to him as ‘ the Prince ’ ! |
| 11 | Sturt was about to proceed upon a new expedition into the interior of Australia I beg to send for your perusal a Letter I have lately received from him and from which you will perceive that he has written to Lord Stanley ; as I know no one better fitted for such a purpose than this enterprising and persevering Gentleman I do hope the Government may be disposed to second his views ; perhaps , your Lordship , could obtain and favour me with some information on the subject ; from the manner in which you referred to him in your Letter I am led to believe that some arrangement has already been made ; pray say if such be the case . |
| 12 | Peter Catherwood finally snapped when the child referred to him by his second name . |
| 13 | Peter Catherwood finally snapped when the child referred to him by his second name . |
| 14 | The American geneticist Curt Stern was the first to distinguish between these two ways in which a change in a gene can alter the resulting structure : he referred to them as changes in ‘ prepattern ’ and in ‘ competence ’ . |
| 15 | In 1712 Blackmore referred to them as ‘ the shame and heavy burden of the earth ’ . |
| 16 | We always referred to them as those ladies of the stage . |
| 17 | Yet , at the same time , the wording of the administration of the bread and wine , which referred to them as the ‘ body and blood ’ of Christ , implied the real presence so important in Luther 's theology . |
| 18 | Like many such groups , they have acquired a patina of legend : during the nineteenth century there were those who referred to them as Druid stones , others who thought they were of Roman origin , and yet others who asserted they must be the gravestones of Danish invaders vanquished by Banquo and Macbeth . |
| 19 | Lenin referred to them as a ‘ separate social stratum ’ , at least until the highest stage of development had been reached . |
| 20 | If therefore the forgeries were in his hands , and he referred to them in his account to the pope without going further and quoting their contents and producing their texts , his conduct shows ( to say the least ) very muddled thinking on his part . |
| 21 | In some circumstances as the cases show , Mr. Lawson referred to them in his skeleton argument , prejudice will be presumed from substantial delay . |
| 22 | It seemed that he was extra attentive to me , and I heard via the grapevine that he always referred to me as ‘ the little Waaf with the starry eyes ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ In later years , ’ Philip wrote , ‘ he always referred to me as his father . |
| 24 | He referred to me as his ‘ Princess ’ and I referred to him as ‘ the Prince ’ ! |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | He also referred to her as a ‘ slapper ’ and a ‘ tart ’ . |
| 27 | They had stayed together ever since , and Nick referred to her as his ‘ partner ’ . |
| 28 | Geoff Tulloch referred to her as ‘ that frigid bitch ’ . |
| 29 | Although he referred to her in letters to Zbo as ‘ his wife ’ and was concerned and excited about the baby , Modi was very much the Italian husband , leaving his woman alone while he visited the cafés , living inside of himself for much of the time , coming home drunk and moving restlessly from place to place . |
| 30 | They cynically referred to it as ‘ college ’ where they picked up further tips in the arts of fraud from their cell mates . |