He is one of the nicest people I have ever met and consider him as a friend.

"I've always considered you as a friend, Frederick, nothing more."

Perhaps for story reasons, Sawako is too modest to consider her as a friend.

He wants to have her as his life partner, though she considers him as a good friend.

His feelings soon turn into love but he realizes that Ria considers him as only a friend.

Meg, after all, was too young for Carol to have ever considered seriously as a friend.

Stranger still that the lady should consider her erstwhile rival as a friend.

She considered him just as a friend.

Students consider our Counsellor as a friend, guide and philosopher to the students.

It is almost certain that she has no feelings for Nate and barely considers him as a friend.