Example sentences of "[vb infin] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are introduced to Imamu in the first sentence of ‘ The Disappearance ’ seeing as he is one of the main characters of the book , but although Boo Radley plays a large part in ‘ To Kill a Mockingbird ’ , I would n't consider him to be one of the main characters and it is not until we are well into chapter one that Boo is first mentioned . |
| 2 | But it is too soon for him to face the likes of Devon Malcolm , and Fletcher said the tour selectors would not consider him for the pipe opener in Faridabad . |
| 3 | He says modestly that he ‘ got into rather an idle way ’ , but Wordsworth 's way of ‘ idling ’ offers little comfort to those who might consider him as a precedent for their own incapacity . |
| 4 | Despite the contempt with which Bogdanovic views Milosevic , he does not consider him as most responsible for the situation in which Serbia finds itself . |
| 5 | She thought of Giles Carnaby both continuously and not at all ; he was permanently in the head , but as some unavoidable elemental force — she could not consider him as a person , reflect upon character or deeds . |
| 6 | I mean , I do n't swallow everything Morrissey says but I 'll always consider him worth listening to . ’ |
| 7 | She noted everyone in the choir , indeed , as part of a determined effort not to gaze all the time at Giles Carnaby , who was in the back row , in the middle of the tenors , straight ahead of her , where she could consider him in detail — silvery hair , grey herring-bone tweed jacket , greenish shirt , paisley patterned silk tie ( so much for not gazing … ) |
| 8 | We shall even consider him in whatever new role he has at the time . |
| 9 | It would indeed hound him for ever , and inspire the many references in dialogue to his father which we shall encounter , and his ambiguous sense of direction and self-fulfilment . |
| 10 | When I came back , cos I went in on the way to the hairdresser 's , to find out about it , and I thought I 'd buy him on the way back , when I went back it was still sitting in the same place with its tail hanging out of the back . |
| 11 | Housman might not readily recognise him as a Shropshire Lad . |
| 12 | His description was circulated to all police forces throughout Britain , and a number of anxious relatives visited the mortuary to see if they could recognise him as a missing husband , brother or son , but no one did . |
| 13 | He is not ranked by the WBA either but that group would recognise him as champion . |
| 14 | Any story which carries the imputation of discreditable conduct by somebody will be actionable by a plaintiff who can show that at least some readers would recognise him as the person being criticised , or that the facts in the story necessarily imply such an allegation against him . |
| 15 | It was better , he decided , that she did n't recognise him for now , disguised as he was . |
| 16 | Even I did not recognise him from his actions . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I had never met James alive , so how could I recognise him in death ? |
| 18 | The couple said some of Timothy 's bandages had been removed and they had been relieved they could still recognise him in spite of his severe facial injuries . |
| 19 | It was quite common for an affluent client to insist : " I 'm only interested in BES schemes , although a skilful dealer would tempt him into a short-term punt in a stock outside the BES . |
| 20 | The elder has been in Normandy for four years now , Stephen can hardly count him as the staunch supporter he used to be . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You can trust him for that . |
| 22 | He had played a conciliatory role in ending the players ' strike during the last labour-contract negotiations in 1990 and some owners felt they could not fully trust him to be their man this time round . |
| 23 | It 's just that I do n't trust him to only take one that 's all ! |
| 24 | You can trust him with a lady anywhere . ’ |
| 25 | The difference was that until 1688 loans had been made directly to the King : he ran the government as an extension of his private household and , although he was the richest individual in the country , he was in many ways just a private borrower like any other and a prudent lender would not trust him with a loan that would run for a long time . |
| 26 | She trusted him to look after the Post 's interests before he sold the story to any other outlets , but she did not know whether she could trust him with the story . |
| 27 | I would n't trust him with a play like Amadeus , playing a part like Salieri , if I did n't have belief in his talent . |
| 28 | But er , I mean a lot of people say ooh , you know , I would n't trust him with it ! |
| 29 | I would n't trust him with the keys . |
| 30 | I would n't trust him with anything . |