Example sentences of "show him [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any number of factors may turn up that show him to have been mistaken . |
| 2 | Photographs of that time show him to have been clean shaven and crisply dressed . |
| 3 | He styled himself ‘ gentleman ’ and his publications show him to have been something of a virtuoso , interested in the state of agriculture , industry , and the national economy . |
| 4 | His source for this information is not given , but he does mention the existence of documents signed by a man of this name which show him to have been kadi of Cirmen and of Edirne . |
| 5 | To have continued to be so dependable and at the same time so exciting a batsman for so long , shows him to have been one of the greats of the game . |
| 6 | It was Nicholas junior who had shared his night watches ; his work on the Harmonies shows him to have been a prodigy . |
| 7 | His long career in France which led him to hold high military and administrative posts , as well as amassing a fortune through the capture of prisoners in battle , the seizing of property and the exploitation of estates , shows him to have been a ‘ realistic ’ person in all that he did . |
| 8 | His will , proved in December of that year , shows him to have been in easy circumstances . |
| 9 | His will , executed on 12 December 1760 , shows him to have been a man of substance . |