Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] him [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I saw my friend Bob Hope in some comedy or other at the age of six I provided him with an imaginary wife , who was called ‘ Nothing ’ . |
| 2 | But I am glad that I provoked him into an unqualified withdrawal of his disgraceful unjustified comments . |
| 3 | Gareth took a step or two after them and I called him in an explosive croak , ‘ Gareth , ’ and he stopped and turned immediately and came back , bending down . |
| 4 | In that too I saw him as an obvious heir to the boys of the old Paris suburbs ’ ( p. 143 ) . |
| 5 | We could find no cause for this when I regressed him to an earlier period in this life and so I went on to regress him to what appeared to be a previous life . |
| 6 | On being asked by someone else whether she saw God as male or female , she replied ‘ Neither : I see him as an absolute supreme Being ! ’ . |
| 7 | I have a feeling its not too different from how Leeds play now , that s why I see him as an excellent ( joint ? ) |
| 8 | Where a member of a board is not re-elected to the authority which appointed him at an ordinary election , he remains a board member until the first meeting of the authority after the election . |
| 9 | In addition to being a hunchback the painter Toulouse-Lautrec suffered from a condition which endowed him with an oversized penis . |
| 10 | To his increasing embarrassment , Montrose found himself bombarded with solicitations from three directions , which left him in an impossible situation . |
| 11 | ‘ My brother paid me to help him in an unofficial capacity . ’ |
| 12 | Fergus felt a surge of real anger now , because how dare she treat him as an inferior , how dare she speak to him as if he was no more than one of her serfs , a possession , a pawn , a thing . |
| 13 | His dedication brought him swift advancement at the cost of alienating his contemporaries , who regarded him as an arrogant , stand-offish prig . |
| 14 | She mimicked him with an Italian accent which always made him laugh . |
| 15 | Despite her antagonism , she recognised him as an awesome adversary . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm going to find the nearest policeman , ’ she informed him in an icy voice . |
| 17 | ‘ Or do you see him as an inconvenient remnant of outmoded superstition — a bit like a gallstone — of which we must all be purged before religion can take on its true form , that is , without him . ’ |
| 18 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's support for Mr. Norman Warner , whose appointment will be widely welcomed by those who know him as an independent-minded and good man . |
| 19 | Because she turned unexpectedly she surprised him in an unguarded moment of frank sexual appraisal , but his dark , unsmiling gaze continued to hold hers steadily until she looked away again . |
| 20 | His exceptional talent was eventually recognized by the editor , E. V. Knox [ q.v. ] , who placed him under an exclusive contract , an almost unprecedented arrangement . |
| 21 | Say , ‘ You lost him at an early age , did n't you ? ’ and I 'll say , ‘ Lost him ? |
| 22 | His tutor , Dr John Preston [ q.v. ] , recommended Bradstreet to the Earl of Lincoln , who employed him as an assistant steward on his estates . |
| 23 | Tonight for the first time she saw him as an attractive young man rather than as a boss . |
| 24 | He was very generous and his friendship was abused by many who saw him as an easy touch financially . |
| 25 | She marched him in an exact 15 metre circle . |
| 26 | She escorted him into an inner office where a young man sat behind a very large desk . |
| 27 | but then you left him for an American carpenter . |
| 28 | They parted at dawn but when he approached her later the same morning she froze him with an icy gaze and said , ‘ In the circle in which I move , sleeping with a man does not constitute an introduction . ’ |
| 29 | You see him as an insignificant twit . |
| 30 | He was asking me to respect him for an astute and informed observer , an impartial and honest man . |