Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] him as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And my real father — I mean my official , signed and sealed father — struck me the only time I met him as a grandiose old phoney . |
| 2 | I honour him as a ‘ bridge ’ between two ancient cultures — East and West — at a time when such positive influences are much needed . |
| 3 | Like Richter and Tatyana Nikolaieva , I seen him as the founding father of all true musical quality , a composer far removed from conventional notions of sobriety , academicism or dryness . |
| 4 | I rated him as the best British droll comedian we had . |
| 5 | MICHAEL WINNER and I ceased to be on speaking terms after I described him as a very average director who made very average movies . |
| 6 | I I regarded him as a a professional , highly trained officer er confidence in his judgement . |
| 7 | I cried out in relief and happiness : I thought I recognised him as a former schoolmate , a boy with whom I used to exchange groans about the maths problems whose solutions so frequently eluded us . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm disappointed by the stick he gets because I know him as a person . |
| 9 | ’ I like him as a fellow . |
| 10 | ‘ I loved him as a son does a father . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ He claims that I employed him as an assistant in order to find him a real job . ’ |
| 12 | The following sentences taken from van Ek ( 1966 : 104-5 ) illustrate this use : ( 97 ) I knew him as a man to be very much like myself . |
| 13 | ‘ I knew him as a hard-working , modest , and honest politician , ’ he said . |
| 14 | ‘ I could n't believe he drugged me because I saw him as a caring person , he had got me into his confidence . |
| 15 | In that too I saw him as an obvious heir to the boys of the old Paris suburbs ’ ( p. 143 ) . |
| 16 | Before I took him as a patient , I watched many of his fight films . |
| 17 | We work well together , I respect him as a professional , I can laugh at his jokes and I can even accept that his genius probably entitles him to live by a set of standards most of us do n't even recognise as standards — but that 's it ! ’ |
| 18 | Then he added as Ronni responded with a scowl — do n't say Guido had been right yet again ! — ‘ But , more importantly , I stay with him because I respect him as a seaman . |
| 19 | I liked him as a man and I thought er Mrs was a delightful lady . |
| 20 | The reason I 'm here is I 've been friends with Jake ever since we met over a beer or three in Germany during my Jam days , I admire him as a lyricist and I think the group has a valid future . ’ |
| 21 | There I had him as a charming , affectionate colleague of mature judgment . |
| 22 | In view of the fact that , like you , I regard him as a fluent liar and consummate actor , I think not . |
| 23 | " I regard him as a friend , and you remember that apart from all this local colour , I gave you tile specifications of his boat . " |
| 24 | I think it 's a very wonderful thing I mean I regard him as a warmonger World War Two by his eighteen month should have been |
| 25 | He said Alan Winmill is somebody I have known for many years I regard him as a man of intergrity . |
| 26 | I see him as a servile little bugger ! |
| 27 | I see him as a sort of spiritual descendant of Norman Mailer , just as Mailer took on the mantle of Lawrence — in fact I wrote an essay on that very subject in my last term at school . |
| 28 | I thought he played well against England last week and I see him as a valuable member of our squad . ’ |
| 29 | On being asked by someone else whether she saw God as male or female , she replied ‘ Neither : I see him as an absolute supreme Being ! ’ . |
| 30 | I have a feeling its not too different from how Leeds play now , that s why I see him as an excellent ( joint ? ) |