Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] him [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I remember him from a long time ago .
2 In view of the fact that , like you , I regard him as a fluent liar and consummate actor , I think not .
3 I thank him for a speedy and compassionate response .
4 I see him as a servile little bugger !
5 I thought he played well against England last week and I see him as a valuable member of our squad . ’
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 I see him in a white coat .
9 One gate that he could open himself let him into a front garden patrolled by two Dobermans , but he was okay with dogs because there had always been dogs at his mother 's home , and at his grandparents ' home .
10 No it 's probably er a reaction like you do if you tickle him in a certain place they go do n't they ?
11 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 .
12 One of the men who most attracts him , Mubarak , is also one whose sexuality is most self-conscious , withdrawn , and complicated ; Mubarak 's masculinity is itself strung out across difference : he is a Sudanese African in Asia , and fighting for a people whom he does not understand and who regard him with a racist indifference ( pp. 194 — 5 ) ; he speaks perfect French , but with a Parisian urban working-class accent .
13 In the second camp are those who regard him as a true philosopher , however provocative his manner , who is restating traditional philosophical problems in a new way .
14 You see him as an insignificant twit .
15 Samuel Beckett We want him in a nice jail where we can keep an eye on him .
16 We find him in a disgusting attitude of respect towards predecessors whose intellect is vastly inferior to his own .
17 ‘ Then what happens is , we take him for a little ride out to the Crumbles . ’
18 Whether working in watercolours or oils we see him as a real painter 's painter , a technical wizard , but not a great imaginative talent .
19 Those who knew him describe him as a typical Oxford don , courteous , charming , an unassuming man to whom fame came very late .
20 They portray him as a confused mixture of honesty and cantankerousness : a big heart governed by a stroppy mind .
21 They see him as a potential match-winner when the new four-day format is brought into championship cricket next year .
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