Example sentences of "he [prep] a person " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was unsurprised to find her packed off firmly to take his sister home , leaving him as a person of major importance in what he instantly assumed to be a real murder . |
| 2 | Begin with thanking me for him ; look at him as a person as important to me as you are . ’ |
| 3 | As you will have guessed , my attitude towards him changed , so that when the frank speaking happened that day it was in the context of love and acceptance of him as a person . |
| 4 | It is a paradox that very little is known about him as a person ; although he was respected by the men , he kept his distance . |
| 5 | The last word on him as a person may come from Miss Weeton 's Journal , again from the letter to her brother written in September 1810 . |
| 6 | I have no less respect for him as a person or a player because of his views . |
| 7 | Yet aside from that , my admiration for him as a person is perhaps as great as my fear of him . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm disappointed by the stick he gets because I know him as a person . |
| 9 | Some people 's conception of God is simply of the old man with a beard in the sky ; others have a more sophisticated vision , but still see Him as a person , subject to feelings and emotions in the same way as human beings are ; yet others conceive of Him ( or , occasionally , Her — or , even , It ) as a creative force . |
| 10 | Finding out about your client provides opportunities for talking to him in a relaxed and warm manner and for showing that you are interested in him as a person . |
| 11 | She thought of Giles Carnaby both continuously and not at all ; he was permanently in the head , but as some unavoidable elemental force — she could not consider him as a person , reflect upon character or deeds . |
| 12 | It is clear that Wagner became genuinely fond of Nietzsche , but for all the young professor 's admiration of him as a person , Wagner — it is a notorious fact — was a supremely egocentric man ; it is easily inferred that he glimpsed in Nietzsche a means of gaining respectability in hitherto hostile academic circles , and that it was this glimpse , as much as anything , that encouraged his fond feelings to grow . |
| 13 | And Charlotte was suddenly aware of him as a person , and by no means an unintelligent person , either ; but above all a vital presence , to be ignored only at the general peril . |
| 14 | It was the first time that he 'd come anywhere near to making a personal remark , and she had already concluded that she did n't register with him as a person , only as his assistant , sexless and insignificant . |
| 15 | There I was to have a long conversation with young Middleton , to whom I took a great shine , and was very impressed with him as a person and indeed his crew . |
| 16 | He 's we do n't really get to know him as a person . |
| 17 | I really like him as a person because he cared and possessed other good qualities . |
| 18 | They have to find a way of expressing their confidence that God reveals Himself through His activity in the world , without making Him into a person like ourselves . |