Example sentences of "to him an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The coroner released the body to him an hour ago . |
| 2 | Sharing photographs was to him an act of intimacy ; to show someone a photograph you took was to give them a ‘ deeper insight into you as well as what you discerned ’ . |
| 3 | According to him an emphasis on processes makes such great demands upon the teacher ( an insight gained when he was director of the Humanities Curriculum Project ) that any proposal for curriculum development should be regarded as tentative , having the status of an hypothesis to be tested by teachers in their own classrooms . |
| 4 | Probably she was , but she knew this side of the company belonged to her husband and any involvement on her part would seem to him an interference . |
| 5 | A bit intoxicated , he thought , as she leaned away from him , pulling the dress up on her fat shoulders , and began again on some exploit of an uncle ( to him an ancestor ) already recounted during the fish course . |
| 6 | To him an evening with one woman is worth an evening with ten of us . |
| 7 | I forwarded to him an estimate of the probable expence which I calculated at under £4000 with which sum I engaged to organize a party to keep the field for two years . |