Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or she might drown him in the bath or push him under a train . |
| 2 | Or push him off the ball or something |
| 3 | He can fine a player up to 75 per cent of his match fee or suspend him for up to three Test matches . |
| 4 | Call Ed Mantaring at ( 516 ) 231–5400 ext 834 or fax him at ( 516 ) 231–7378 . |
| 5 | We are prepared to clobber the ganger working on the Keighley and Worth Valley railway or his notional supervisor , or send him to prison . |
| 6 | I 'll ground him , or send him to his room . |
| 7 | In the corner of another carriage there sits , his face screened by a magazine , some lonely soul who has no one to bid him adieu at this end of his journey or welcome him at the other . |
| 8 | Hitherto the older waist-band had tended to slip on to the horse 's neck and either throttle him or prevent him from pulling hard ; hence the slower and less efficient ox had been generally used . |
| 9 | The [ draft ] FRS therefore requires that the facilities must be committed and that there must be no reasons expected or likely which would either permit the lender to avoid his obligation to provide new borrowings or prevent him from providing them . |
| 10 | The relevant provisions state that an employee has the right not to have action short of dismissal taken against him ‘ as an individual ’ by his employer to : prevent his belonging to an independent trade union ; or prevent him from taking part in the activities of an independent union ; or compel him to join any trade union . |
| 11 | If you decide at the end of the day the thing to do is to pick up this kid and run like hell for somewhere you can gain , wave for help , or put him in the car and drive like mad to the hospital , then you might just do that , even though it breaks all the golden rules of first aid |
| 12 | The seller then becomes a trustee for the buyer and must account to him for any dividends he receives and vote in accordance with his instructions ( or appoint him as his proxy ) . |
| 13 | No they could keep in power or remove him in turn as the say fit . |
| 14 | While the child is in care no-one may cause him to be known by a new surname or remove him from the United Kingdom without either the written consent of every person who has parental responsibility or the leave of the court ( s33(7) ) . |
| 15 | She would n't help him ; he was weak and unsteady , but she would n't take his arm or guide him to the bed . |
| 16 | There 's no proof , and … and she 's fond of him and she would n't do anything to hurt him or get him into trouble . |
| 17 | All manner of villain tries to tempt him , divert him , or separate him from his small savings . |
| 18 | There was never any need for her to take the initiative or inveigle him into bed . |
| 19 | Anyone who can rekindle a friendship should write to him at Flat 11 , Grove Court , Cooden Drive , Bexhill , Sussex or ring him at 0424–212456 . |
| 20 | You can telephone Dr Sharpe on 61–3– or contact him by facsimile on 61–3– . |
| 21 | ‘ So that you can overpower Jimmy , or talk him into giving you a gun back ? |
| 22 | ( 5 ) A justice of the peace before whom a person is brought under subsection ( 4 ) above may … if of the opinion that that person — ( a ) is not likely to surrender to custody , or ( b ) has broken or is likely to break any condition of his bail , remand him in custody or commit him to custody , as the case may require , or alternatively , grant him bail subject to the same or to different conditions , but if not of that opinion shall grant him bail subject to the same conditions ( if any ) as were originally imposed . |
| 23 | There is no way in which he can free himself from my control , not unless I lose my nerve or allow him to be abducted by some plagiarist , and not unless I allow any of my own present personal dilemmas connected with my own personal escape to lodge unbeknown to me in the words which make up this fictional character . |
| 24 | She knew him to be Alexander Rokovssky , the dark tool of autocratic monarchs and a fanatical servant of Tsarism , a man who could slit another 's throat or shoot him at point-blank range without any change of expression . |
| 25 | In various ways the British , French , Italians , the Poles and the Russians all failed when seeking ‘ to buy Hitler off or use him to their own advantage ’ . |
| 26 | A definition of that sort might allow the person addressed to take into account the fact that the person making the utterance was seeking to make a serious point , or engage him in reasoned discussion , or was acting unintentionally . |
| 27 | He wondered what Berowne was expecting him to do ; find a potential blackmailer or investigate him for double murder ? |
| 28 | He would quite willingly lay aside his own business in order to take Hayward to a party , or wheel him in a park . |
| 29 | Then Aunt Margaret , moaning , would rub him with ointment in spite of his protests , or stick him with Band-Aid , if the skin was broken . |
| 30 | A volunteer normally offers to spend two or three hours per week as a companion to a former patient and may go out with the person or help him with specific tasks . |