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.