Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he planned you as a unique person for a unique purpose . |
| 2 | He would work with Kate Miskin loyally and conscientiously because he respected her as a detective and that was what he was required to do . |
| 3 | No , Steen 's behaviour certainly suggested that he regarded her as a threat in some way . |
| 4 | After his accession Richard parted with all his East Anglian estates to Howard , an indication that he regarded them as a peripheral part of his power base . |
| 5 | After his accession Richard parted with all his East Anglian estates to Howard , an indication that he regarded them as a peripheral part of his power base . |
| 6 | ‘ Because he regarded you as a rival , both on the tracks and off , and by claiming paternity he was claiming he 'd made love to me first , before you , and so was claiming the superior position . ’ |
| 7 | He regarded you as an opponent whom he was determined to get the better of , in whichever way he could . ’ |
| 8 | However , he regarded it as a mark of respect and discipline , and old habits died hard . |
| 9 | He regarded it as a fairly accurate way of weeding out the pretenders from the cream of Europe 's opulent elite . |
| 10 | He regarded it as a testable conjecture . |
| 11 | However , he devalued the ability to reason about intentions as he regarded it as an immature form of causal reasoning . |
| 12 | He regarded it as an investment . |
| 13 | The man was toying with him and treating him with contempt , by showing just how little he rated him as an opponent . |
| 14 | ‘ He created him as the person who could do all the things that grown ups are not allowed to do . |
| 15 | ‘ I left him because I could n't handle the shadow his expectations threw over me … the way he cast me as a member of his dream . |
| 16 | He described them as a rope of sand that is washed away with every tide " . |
| 17 | The January price rises [ see p. 38730-31 ] had been higher than expected and painful , but he described them as the logical conclusions of the policies of Soviet Prime Ministers Nikolai Ryzhkov and Valentin Pavlov . |
| 18 | The film became the American entry , by invitation , into that year 's Venice film festival and the New York Times ' critic , Bosley Crowther , summed up his nation 's embarrassment when he described it as a ‘ brutal picture which caused diplomats to mop their brows — a vicious account of boozing , fighting , pot-smoking , vandalizing and raping done by a gang of sickle riders who are obviously drawn to represent the swastika-wearing Hell 's Angels , one of several disreputable gangs on the west coast . |
| 19 | Although in 1962 he had appealed to the Government of Ireland Act , in 1963 he described it as a ‘ constitution of bondage ’ . |
| 20 | He described it as a ‘ Budget for sustained recovery and a Budget for jobs — not just for this year or for next year — but right through the decade . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He described it as the ‘ old ’ fell race but it was started a few hundred years after the feast originated . |
| 23 | He described it as an ‘ unfortunate incident ’ which could be solved by the introduction of a new rule at the league 's annual meeting . |
| 24 | For , if he used her as a model , she used him as good copy . |
| 25 | But Susan Einzig had a more significant , also more complex , place in his life : though to all appearances she and Minton were a couple , he used her as a decoy to attract into their orbit , through her role as the attractive elder woman , keen on dancing and having a good time , the lusty heterosexual students whose company Minton needed and whom , when rebuffed by Susan , he scooped up on the rebound , with mocking asides about the inadequacy of women . |
| 26 | He used it as a chemical store once it had been deconsecrated or whatever it is they do to unused churches . |
| 27 | Tony signalled her not to annoy Frank in case he used it as an excuse to follow Terry , but he only seemed amused . |
| 28 | When Columbus spotted the crop that was to become the chief source of Virginia 's prosperity , tobacco , he dismissed it as a worthless weed ; he did , on the other hand , find time to remark on the beauty of the nightingales in a country where none exists . |
| 29 | No one really wants to know about him , and he knows why he agreed to do the film , why on the last day of shooting he dismissed it as a ‘ stinker ’ , what he thinks of it now . |
| 30 | AN ARMED robber ‘ executed ’ a security guard because he recognised him as a former schoolmate , a court was told yesterday . |