Example sentences of "[verb] or [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither the personal circumstances of the patient nor a speculative answer to the question ‘ What would the patient have chosen ? ’ can bind the practitioner in his choice of whether or not to treat or how to treat or justify him in acting contrary to a clearly established anticipatory refusal to accept treatment but they are factors to be taken into account by him in forming a clinical judgment as to what is in the best interests of the patient . |
| 2 | We had n't heard or seen him for a while so my father suggested I go round and check I 'm really horrified . |
| 3 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 4 | It was her apartment , paid for with her own money , and she did n't need or want him in her life any more . |
| 5 | ( a ) The Agency Principle Section 5 of the Partnership Act ( power of partner to bind the firm ) states that : Every partner is an agent of the firm and his other partners for the purpose of the business of the partnership ; and the acts of every partner who does any act for carrying on in the usual way of business of the kind carried on by the firm of which he is a member bind the firm and his partners , unless the partner so acting has in fact no authority to act for the firm in the particular matter , and the person with whom he is dealing either knows that he has no authority , or does not know or believe him to be a partner . |
| 6 | An act carried out by a partner in the usual course of the business of the firm will be binding on the firm notwithstanding that the partner concerned lacked the necessary authority unless the third party knew of the limitation to that partner 's authority or did not know or believe him to be a partner . |
| 7 | Assaulting a constable , or obstructing or resisting him in the execution of his duty are all specific statutory offences . |
| 8 | This learning difficulty has to be ‘ significantly greater … than for the majority of children of his age ’ ; or , he has to have a ‘ disability which either prevents or hinders him from making use of educational facilities of a kind generally provided in schools maintained by the local education authority concerned … ’ . |
| 9 | If he had known his man , and cared for what he knew , he could have battered Albany 's son and heir into surrender , instead of hauling his horse off from crushing or smothering him in the mud . |
| 10 | Rain had to choose whether to let him pass or lead him into the house and try to steer him away from the kitchen . |
| 11 | Thus , when a partner retires , agreement may be reached with the continuing partners to exonerate or indemnify him from or against existing liabilities of the firm , and a new partner joining the firm in his place may be required to accept additional liability in that respect . |
| 12 | There is thus no doubt that on the older authorities the courts have refused to review by way of certiorari the decision of a visitor even though they were prepared to grant mandamus to require him to act or to prohibit him from acting in excess of jurisdiction . |
| 13 | She now hopes that the world will no longer expect to see her on the arm of her husband , hugging or kissing him in public , behaving like a loving wife . |
| 14 | What the charity groups think of him is hardly going to make or break him in the operatic world . ’ |