Example sentences of "thought [prep] [pers pn] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought of her as the child , though she was married and a mother . |
| 2 | His name was Bartholemew Burton , but everyone thought of him as the little 'un . |
| 3 | Until I was seventeen , only occasionally and briefly meeting him , I thought of him as the rather alarming head of the family . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | With the most supreme effort she had ever made , she thought of him as the patient . |
| 6 | But then I thought ‘ Driven By You … ’ and ping ! the lights went on ; I thought of it as the power struggle that goes on in relationships . |
| 7 | 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 . |