Example sentences of "he [conj] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , was she bigger than him or above him in the pecking order ? |
| 2 | It seemed to me that if the Fraxillians were docile enough to put up with their misery , and stupid enough to believe in their rulers divinity , they were n't likely to offer much of a threat to him or to my delivery . |
| 3 | If the wife can so easily dispose of this property , it may be that her husband will coax or bully her into parting with it to him or to his creditors , and so it allows her a privilege which no other grown-up person of sound mind in the country can enjoy . |
| 4 | Further to my hon. Friend 's final remarks , it should come as no surprise to him or to anybody else that Labour Members are opposed to choice . |
| 5 | I am afraid that the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull , East ( Mr. Prescott ) has a regrettable tendency not to bother with the facts , but to jump to conclusions in the immediate aftermath of any accident , before any of the facts are known to him or to anyone else . |
| 6 | It could hardly be healthy for him or for his children . |
| 7 | If he had testified the alternatives would have been either for the judge to cross-examine him or for his evidence to remain untested and unchallenged . |
| 8 | ( b ) Increase in value of asset The receipt or accrual of the income operates to increase the value to the individual of any assets held by him or for his benefit . |
| 9 | He has no time for players who are not totally honest with him or with their approach to the game . |
| 10 | Consequently a customer is , in general terms , quite simply a client ( whether the firm deals for him or with him ) , subject to the express provisions of the COB Rules and the question of " mere " counterparties ( see page 28 below ) . |
| 11 | If he can produce individuals who will come and have a discussion with him or with me , I bet that we could find somewhere where they could work , especially in a city such as London where jobs in the tourist industry , in the retail trade and in the back-up to that are still available . |
| 12 | Because of his fame , his history and his continued presence in the sport , as well as the strength of his personality , Emerson remained a figure ; but also the shadows lengthened about him and few who worked with him in those years have much good to say about their relationships with him or with his team . |
| 13 | ‘ Nothing in the provisions of this Article shall be taken to require a person to repeat any testing , examination or research which has been carried out otherwise than by him or at his instance , in so far as it is reasonable for him to rely on the results thereof for the purposes of those provisions . ’ |
| 14 | He takes care of his parents because they can no longer take care of him or of themselves . |
| 15 | Our starting point for analysing structure happens to have been with an exercise , the form of drama popularised by Brian Way , and yet little attempt has so far been made by him or by anyone else to show how these apparently slight adjustments within the structure of the exercise can seriously affect the outcome . |
| 16 | ‘ Held with the intention ’ has come to mean brought into being with the intention , on the part of anyone , and subsequently held , by him or by anyone else' ; and if that is what the draftsman intended or was instructed to express , the conclusion is irresistible that he did so with a degree of competence that would not have disgraced a chimpanzee learning the piano . |
| 17 | ( 2 ) A person can not steal land , or things forming part of land and severed from it by him or by his directions , except in the following cases , that is to say — ( a ) when he is a trustee or personal representative , or is authorised by power of attorney , or as liquidator of a company , or otherwise , to sell or dispose of land belonging to another , and he appropriates the land or anything forming part of it by dealing with it in breach of the confidence reposed in him ; or ( b ) when he is not in possession of the land and appropriates anything forming part of the land by severing it or causing it to be severed , or after it has been severed ; or ( c ) when , being in possession of the land under a tenancy , he appropriates the whole or part of any fixture or structure let to be used with the land . |
| 18 | By s.4(2) : A person can not steal land , or things forming part of land and severed from it by him or by his direction , except … |
| 19 | If it had been a man who had called him that to his face , he would have smashed him to a pulp . |
| 20 | Confirm then I resolve , Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe , so dear I love him that with him all deaths I could endure without him live no life . ’ |
| 21 | I had just told him that on my arrival in South Africa I received a pressing invitation to Rhodesia , where I am now writing . |
| 22 | It seemed to him that in her gentle gaze there was more than a hint of despair , and it grieved him . |
| 23 | When they arrived , the Chinese had to inform him that in his absence he had been deposed by a military coup in Ghana . |
| 24 | The inspector advised him that in his opinion he had a drink problem and should do something about it . |
| 25 | A youth tried to sell me a Socialist Worker and seemed confused when I told him that in my experience the words were diametrically opposed . |
| 26 | Not long after we met , I remember telling him that in my opinion his only fault was that he was too predictable , that , although no doubt perverse , I enjoyed being kept guessing a bit more often . |
| 27 | I vividly remember , although I was in a thoroughly sleepy condition , telling him that in my view the only proper justification for an enquiry about Mr Profumo 's personal life depended on the possibility that some act of his might have compromised security , because he obviously had information which was secret . |
| 28 | I told him that in my opinion he was suffering from valvular disease and that there was probably considerable dilation . |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , she 'll more likely do so with him than to you , knowing that it 's hell let loose every time you look at each other . |
| 30 | What success he had depended at least in part on the willingness and vigour with which the women supported his pleas for help : without their backing his affines could well say they had no greater obligation to him than to his enemies , and refuse to help . |