Example sentences of "[pers pn] considered [prep] be [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I was , therefore , necessarily concerned to put the matter before you in what I considered to be its right perspective .
2 Louise said , still pounding away at what she considered to be her fat legs .
3 She tended to be over-indulgent with Victoria , partly because she could see herself in the child and partly too , in some perverse fashion , to make up for what she considered to be her own harsh upbringing under Jonadab 's strict rules .
4 Apparently , not everyone agreed , or perhaps did not get what they considered to be their fair share , for eventually the Backless baron was transported to Australia , no doubt to become another ‘ Wild Colonial Boy ’ .
5 In the December issue we asked readers what they considered to be their most treasured possessions in the home and whether they preferred to use or admire them .
6 erm I suppose that would mean if they felt they were taking up so much of their time that they could n't do what they considered to be their job properly , and if they felt that I think the parents were persisting and insisting that their own children got more attention than the school could really afford to give them if they were going to be fair to everyone .
7 Or John-William Dallam who was known , in St Jude 's Street , as a hard master who believed in keeping his operatives strictly in what he considered to be their place .
8 The Emperor , however , had not sought power simply in order to dazzle contemporaries with spectacle , but rather with the aim of putting France in the forefront of general progress and restoring her to what he considered to be her rightful place in Europe .
9 On one occasion , as the wedding day drew near , Charles put his arm around her waist and commented on what he considered to be her chubby figure .
10 The problem was that engagements like that at Pusey House were a distraction from what he considered to be his main business — that of finishing The Cocktail Party .
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