Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] [noun] [v-ing] to " in BNC.

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1 Stjepan Mesic was confirmed by the Federal Assembly on Oct. 19 to fill Croatia 's seat on the eight-member federal Collective State Presidency ; he also became Vice-President according to the fixed sequence whereby senior offices within the Presidency rotated annually among the republics and provinces ( Croatia would hold the Vice-Presidency until May 1991 ) .
2 He frequently had Courier crashing to the ground or flailing hopelessly as the balls flew past him .
3 He was n't a bad man , Dane — he simply lived life according to very strict rules . ’
4 ‘ 1(1) A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’
5 Section 1(1) reads as follows : ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’
6 ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly .
7 ‘ 1(1) A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly .
8 Accordingly clause 1(1) of the draft Bill provides that : ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief , ’ ‘ steals ’ and ‘ stolen ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’
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