Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He started keeping Fred and himself to timetables , so that she knew where she was , and cut out eating with Fred after the show or seeing him in the daytime at weekends . |
| 3 | Story-telling is considered a part of a woman 's magical repertoire — a device she can use to affect the listener , melting his heart , distracting him or binding him to her as the occasion demands . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The Race Relations Act 1976 makes it illegal for an LEA or governors to discriminate on the grounds of colour , race , ethnic or national origins or nationality against a pupil — ‘ by excluding him from the establishment or subjecting him to any other detriment ’ ( section 17(c) ( ii ) ) . |
| 6 | The claim failed when the EAT held that neither the derecognition of an established trade union , nor the disadvantages for employees resulting from that derecognition , was action taken against Mr Wilson ‘ as an individual ’ for the purpose of penalising him or deterring him from being a union member . |
| 7 | The final goal of all the Waldens , Dimblebys , and Days is to hit the headlines on the news broadcasts ( or in the next day 's papers ) by tripping up their interviewee or extorting an apology from him , or convicting him of a contradiction . |
| 8 | Zacchaeus became reconciled to God because Jesus , instead of ignoring him or treating him like an outcast , had deliberately gone out of his way to meet and befriend him . |
| 9 | Yeltsin had said at a press conference after the Alma Ata meeting that " we do not want to follow the tradition which has taken shape since 1917 of burying each [ former ] head and leader of the state and subsequently reburying him or regarding him as a criminal " . |
| 10 | Yeah that 's right , very good , so nine , by pouring out this holy spirit and Jesus , Jehovah was er knighting him or appointing him to be the king of this coming kingdom , thing thus have anointed with the spirit , Jesus became the Messiah , which words in the Hebrew and Greek languages mean appoint , a anointed , therefore he became in fact Jesus Christ or Jesus the United , so , so it was Apostle Peter spoke of Jesus who was from Nazareth , Nazareth , how about anointed them , but all the spirit and power , also by his baptism and water , Jesus was presenting himself to God , to carry out the work that God had sent him to earth to do , what was that important work ? |
| 11 | Each combatant aims to floor his opponent , by knocking him off his feet or biting him behind the elbow . |
| 12 | Mr Wilson complained to an industrial tribunal that the company had taken action , short of dismissal , against him for the purpose of deterring him from being or penalising him for being a member of the NUJ , contrary to s 23 of the EP(C)A . |
| 13 | Assaulting a constable , or obstructing or resisting him in the execution of his duty are all specific statutory offences . |
| 14 | ‘ in the felonious taking of money or goods of any value from the person of another , or in his presence , against his will , by violence or putting him in fear . |
| 15 | For example , in 1983 it was said that ‘ even where the husband had been violent , it would be reasonable for the wife to continue to reside in the matrimonial home but to seek a court order restraining his violence or barring him from the home ’ and in these circumstances the authority 's duty would be ‘ to advise the applicant so to do , not to accommodate her as a homeless person ’ . |
| 16 | He could not obtain compensation from the person who had caused the accident and sued his employer for failing to provide insurance or advising him of the need to take out insurance . |
| 17 | I then saw the other soldier standing behind him — either going to hit , or hitting him with a rifle on the leg , ’ he told the court . |
| 18 | To this Lord Reid said that to regulate a person 's existing trade may be a greater restraint than prohibiting him from engaging in a new trade . |
| 19 | Rather than accusing him of anachronism , academic critics tended to concentrate their fire on internal contradictions or flawed assumptions in his policy . |
| 20 | In any event the handing of the letters to the son could amount to no more than using him as a messenger . |
| 21 | It must also be remembered that death usually took place in the home , not only because nineteenth century parents preferred it , but also because , before the development of antisepsis in practical nursing in the last quarter of the century , to send a patient to hospital was much more likely to prove fatal than keeping him at home . |
| 22 | It 's not for me to question orders , but I should have thought that running him to earth would be a simple police job . " |
| 23 | Morton , in the cold gleam of sober day , had tended to make light of Edward 's ‘ chatter with the fillies ’ , and appeared to have nothing concrete to offer although exhorting him to ‘ keep his eyes and ears open ’ , and harping on his private means . |
| 24 | She said that putting him on bute straight away would reduce the inflammation and alternate hot and cold compresses would also help . |
| 25 | ‘ Take it from me , kid — ambushing 's a lot better than smacking him in the snout . |
| 26 | She had no idea of how she might use it : draining him of pity would be worse than draining him of money , and she would drown in guilt . |
| 27 | Better than shoving him in a creche in n it ? |
| 28 | Johnson 's problem was the IAAF 's problem , and the bottom line was that when he was caught cheating in Seoul , the powers-that-be imposed the statutory punishment of two years rather than banning him for life . |
| 29 | The story ends with the teacher coming over and praising him for this reaction and Little Turtle receiving a very good report card that term . |
| 30 | Fellow worker Hazel Goff , who has St John 's Ambulance training , then administered first aid , cutting away Mr Chittenden 's burnt clothing and sponging him with water . |