"And for those who were considered his friends, he would do anything."

There are some people you like but don't consider friends - still, they think of themselves as such.

They were two very fine lawyers in town whom I considered friends.

There wasn't anybody here she would even consider a friend.

The judge was considered a friend only by the winning team.

"One of the people who did it was somebody I considered a friend," she said.

Also from an older man, a mentor, someone she had considered a friend.

Locate someone he might consider a friend to talk to him.

"You still consider me a friend after all I've done?"

"We are scarcely what one would consider friends any longer."