Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] him the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Naturally , I would prefer McCoist to play because if we were without him the Maltese coach , Philip Psaila , would be entitled to rub his hands in delight . ’ |
| 2 | It is clearly inconsistent for one who calls Jesus " Lord " to think lightly of those scriptures which were to him the supreme revelation of God . |
| 3 | Although I realized that my faulty literary judgment was the occasion for his reaction — for he must have been well-accustomed to reading manuscripts of surpassing dullness — because when lie wrote to Wakefield-Harrey it was in firm but polite terms , which , since they were from Eliot , were to him the next best thing to commendation . |
| 4 | He said it was for him the perfect realization of Sibelius as a passionate but anti-sensual composer . |
| 5 | His idea of the " popular play " is important , since his devotion to the music hall and his belief that the poet can only be socially useful in the theatre spurred him on to achieve what was for him the unachievable : the plays bear all the marks of their deliberate and laborious composition . |
| 6 | ‘ I was with him the other night and some of the things he was saying , I know that if he found out about us … ’ |
| 7 | He brushed aside all arguments of law , and concentrated on what was to him the central issue . |