Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] him [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 2 | Could I have caught him at a bad moment , could he have mellowed , I could n't believe it . |
| 3 | If we could have got him to a warm climate we might have kept him alive for a year or two more than we did . |
| 4 | It might have been expected that the tribal masks and statuettes that had such a profound effect on Picasso 's painting would have excited him to a new activity in the field of sculpture as they did Derain and , to a certain extent , Matisse . |
| 5 | Sir James Barrie would have known him for a Lost Boy . |
| 6 | Some might have taken him for a mere apprentice enchanter who had run away from his master out of defiance , boredom , fear and a lingering taste for heterosexuality . |
| 7 | ‘ Until this happened , I would have described him as a conventional Anglican . |