Example sentences of "refer to him [prep] [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 | Historians usually refer to him as a Monmouthshire man ; his family connections and his early employment as a schoolteacher at Talgarth suggest that he could have been brought up in Breconshire , where , in 1737 , he was converted by Howel Harris [ q.v . ] . |
| 5 | I notice I refer to him in the past tense . |
| 6 | There 's nothing Jack loathes more than reading some publication in which I 've referred to him as a saint and I 'm sure Reggie feels the same way . |
| 7 | The local press referred to him as the Supremo . |
| 8 | A. N. L. Munby [ q.v. ] described him as ‘ a collector with an eye for quality and the means to indulge it without stint ’ and , no doubt in tribute to the superb quality of his illuminated manuscripts and early printed books , referred to him as the ‘ Ideal Connoisseur ’ . |
| 9 | He had met Graham , or Green as he had referred to him throughout the interrogation , for the first time at the Windorah . |
| 10 | He is dressed in expensive clothing and drives a new car : Judy Gomez refers to him as a pimp , thus indicating his involvement in sexual as well as social exploitation . |
| 11 | We used to refer to him as the man of principle . |
| 12 | He — I must cease to refer to him as an it-he let go of me , and I managed to remain standing in his dreadful presence . |
| 13 | Mr Kohl helps keep Mr Schäuble 's stock high by referring to him as a future chancellor , but by ‘ future ’ he does not mean ‘ soon ’ . |
| 14 | Lowe was in Auckland promoting a video of his life and times — inevitably referring to him as a ‘ master coach ’ which is now becoming one of the more boring sporting clichés — and was asked what he thought of the All Blacks ' failure to bring home the Cup . |
| 15 | If you are referring to him to a third party , then you may wish to call him ‘ Mr Stevens senior ’ to distinguish him from myself . |