Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] him to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a feature interview with Percy Grainger next day I found him to be a charming and modest man , and was glad to write in glowing terms of his keyboard mastery , his repertoire , and his travels . |
| 2 | ‘ I found him to be a wise friend and an exemplorary leader of the western world . |
| 3 | I consider him to be an intellectual pygmy . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I know him to be a child with a warm heart , ’ said Rose . |
| 5 | Reso 's widow Patricia , who went to the court , said of Seale : ‘ I believe him to be an evil person , a sick person . |
| 6 | Take the examples of these verbs suggested by Bolinger : ( 105 ) I believe him to be the man . |
| 7 | I feel him to be a lost soul , a good one , an excellent one , but a lost and unhappy one . |
| 8 | I was pleased when he asked me to do the test-flying programme for him and I had no qualms in agreeing , as I knew him to be a meticulous engineer . |
| 9 | He does n't take rivalry with him off the competitive track , and at that time I considered him to be the Master with myself as the apprentice . |
| 10 | I considered him to be the most unemotional person I have ever known . |
| 11 | John Hinde , boss of the Manchester store , said : ‘ Nobody expected him to be the real thing . ’ |
| 12 | He knew that she thought him to be a stiff and unimaginative person . |
| 13 | If you knew him to be a criminal , you suspected him of being up to no good . |
| 14 | She expects him to be an untidy swimmer , but is irritated to find that he has a smooth powerful crawl which takes him through the water swiftly and seriously . |
| 15 | Such scenes of domestic bliss would only turn to torments and she forced him to be a spectre at the back of her mind . |
| 16 | She had only been mad at Dan , because he had brought up Patrick 's name when she wanted him to be a secret . |
| 17 | We believe him to be a saint , do n't we , sisters ? " |
| 18 | When the three met with Father Vinko , the parish priest at Caratis , they found him to be a cheerful ‘ hands on ’ worker . |
| 19 | Members of the political élite may give a president their support out of friendship or because they find him to be a likeable person . |
| 20 | I think you 'll find he wants him to be the best player in Scotland and NOT England |
| 21 | It shows him to be a man of sufficient moveable property but with hardly any land . |
| 22 | It has been suggested that the real reason Judas betrayed Jesus was that he wanted him to be a popular Messiah who would drive out the Romans . |