Example sentences of "he [verb] it to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ did use ( or keep ) ’ A person ‘ keeps ’ a vehicle if he causes it to be stationary on a road when not in use . |
| 2 | The more ignorant the AE was , the easier he found it to be enthusiastic . |
| 3 | Venicoff it was held that when the Secretary of State was deporting a person where he deemed it to be conducive to the public good , he was acting in an executive and not in a judicial capacity . |
| 4 | There is every indication that he believed it to be true , whether it was or not . |
| 5 | Rose stemmed the flow , encouraged the ebb , and he allowed it to be that way . |
| 6 | ( In the case of a fraudulent misrepresentation , the purchaser is allowed a reasonable length of time from when he discovers it to be untrue . ) |
| 7 | One of the places he sent it to was Happy Towers in Edgbaston in Birmingham , which was a Mecca ballroom , and that was the first gig we did , complete with a revolving stage and everything . |
| 8 | He did not waste any energy in trying to break free of the mask , because he knew it to be pointless ; the Robemaker 's dark enchantments were seldom broken and he knew , as well , that there would be far worse torments ahead . |
| 9 | ( 104 ) … he did n't protest any more to say he loved her because he knew it to be untrue . |
| 10 | If he publishes untrue defamatory matter recklessly , without considering or caring whether it be true or not , he is in this , as in other branches of the law , treated as if he knew it to be false . |
| 11 | He does what he has to do in situations of moral dilemma , though he knows it to be wrong , because to act differently would have been wrong also though not in the same way . |