Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [pron] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When will you realise that so-called ‘ funny-man ’ Vic Reeves is n't actually funny and see him for what he is — a talentless , dumb Northerner . |
| 2 | His eyes blackened angrily and Ruth supposed she had been right and exposed him for what he was — a cool bastard . |
| 3 | The natural physiological mechanisms put us in a state of alert and prepare us for what is called the fight-or-flight response . |
| 4 | We will work hard and thank everybody for what they have done ’ . ’ |
| 5 | His own mother had been , and to some extent remained , an intrusive presence in his life , and he had started to shut her out by keeping busy and doing everything for himself . |