Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] of [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She kinda thought of him as a poet , and I think he loved her for that . |
| 2 | The main task is to establish the nature of the tragic chorus , since it is clear from the ancient tradition that tragedy originated in the chorus and once consisted of nothing but the chorus . |
| 3 | While acknowledging that Sarah seemed to be infatuated with George , her sister was so many years her junior that she still thought of her as a child and dismissed her obvious affection for George as innocent admiration . |
| 4 | Felix , who always thought of himself as a bit of a lad and an all-round popular fellow , took it in good part . |
| 5 | He was pressed for a date and told ‘ before tonight I always thought of you as a child — but you 're not . ’ |
| 6 | I always thought of it as a loan . |
| 7 | He always spoke of him in the most affectionate terms . |
| 8 | If ever I was asked what Nigel ‘ did ’ , I would reply that he was a designer , or sometimes I 'd say an inventor , but he always spoke of himself as an engineer . |
| 9 | He openly talked of him as the probable successor to the see of Canterbury . |
| 10 | I also thought of something in the church the afternoon Damien was killed . ’ |
| 11 | She also thought of it as a great household , in which her son could find a favoured place . |
| 12 | Neither came of anything but the most commonplace , workaday material ; yet each hid an adventurous spirit and surprising resources beneath her utilitarian exterior . |
| 13 | They evidently thought of him as a foreigner . |
| 14 | I certainly thought of him as a tyrant : my diaries are full of complaints about unfair treatment , undeserved punishments ( including the corporal variety ) and arbitrary deprivations . |
| 15 | She liked him , never thought of him as a boyfriend , he was too comfortable . |
| 16 | I never thought of you as a proper person before . |
| 17 | He actually dreamed of himself in a suit of armour opening the big , oak front door with a mace in his hand and Adam riding up on a black , colourfully caparisoned horse . |