as your friend vs as your of office

Some examples from the web:

• Listen to me... as your friend.
• I speak as your friend... do something about Kie.
• However, as your friend, maybe I should tell you.
• Listen, I'm here as your friend.
• Robin, as your friend, I got to be honest.
• I am there for you, as your friend.
• Look... as your friend I support your strange aversion to fun.
• On my day off, and as your friend permit me to think aloud.
• Ryan, I'm here as your friend.
• And as your friend, I wouldn't let one little kiss jeopardize... anything.
• And as your friend, it's my job to lay out the obvi.
• Jeff, speaking not just as your friend but as an avid daytime TV watcher, these parent-child reunions can get intense.
• Zoe, as your friend, I'm begging you.
• I have given your life purpose as your friend.
• I say this as your friend.
• And as your friend, I do want what is best for you.
• You made the best decision of your life, choosing me as your friend over Adam.
• But as your friend I don't want to tell you that because...
• Neal, I say this as your friend.
• John, I'm telling you as your friend, go to the police.

Some examples from the web:

• The merger was implemented during my term of Office.
• The special committee's term of office starts on 8 October 2009.
• You cannot equate a candidate for office with a holder of office.
• The President-in-Office has treated us to a 40-minute catalogue of the achievements of his term of office.
• It is therefore necessary to appoint a new Chairperson to take office upon expiry of the term of office which began on 23 March 2009.
• It is therefore necessary to appoint three new members to take office upon expiry of the terms of office which began on 23 March 2009.
• 4. After expiry of the term of office, the chairman and the members shall remain in office until they are replaced or their term of office is renewed.
• Members of the Board shall be appointed for a one-year renewable term of office. They shall remain in office until such time as they are replaced or their term of office ends.
• Members of the group shall be appointed for a 2-year renewable term of office. They shall remain in office until such time as they are replaced or their term of office ends.
• After expiry of the term of office, the chairman and the members shall remain in office until they are replaced or their term of office is renewed.
• Members of the group are appointed for a three-year term of office. They shall remain in office until such time as they are replaced or their term of office ends.
• Members of the group are appointed for a two-year renewable term of office. They shall remain in office until such time as they are replaced or their term of office ends.
• Members of the Forum are appointed for a three-year renewable term of office and shall remain in office until they are replaced in accordance with paragraph 3 or their term of office ends.
• And that's a row of office buildings.
• That's a lot of office buildings.
• Your husband provided seal of office in exchange for dispatching of his rivals.
• It was a penny ante case of office supply theft in an insurance firm.
• If Weldon had been run out of office...
• Anyway, there's nothing like the Chain of Office to break the ice.
• Winston Churchill is unexpectedly voted out of office.