Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was her apartment , paid for with her own money , and she did n't need or want him in her life any more . |
| 2 | What the charity groups think of him is hardly going to make or break him in the operatic world . ’ |
| 3 | ( 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Rain had to choose whether to let him pass or lead him into the house and try to steer him away from the kitchen . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Now he was peeved because his secretary , whom he had categorized as intelligent , sensible , dedicated , preferred to stay in Norfolk with her lover , a man he despised , rather than follow him to London . |
| 9 | Rather than follow him into this detail , it is more important here to underline an important general characteristic which Hobbes says the claim has . |
| 10 | Rather than leave him in pace , the minotaur , video monitors blinking in its belly , hydraulic arms swinging over the crowd , turns round for a second go … |
| 11 | The important thing in this case was to reward him for being good rather than punish him for being naughty — if you scold or hit a young horse for not standing still you will only make matters worse . |
| 12 | ‘ Reward a young horse for being good rather than punish him for being naughty ’ |
| 13 | Rather than punish him for the attempted rebellion , Henry gave Richard the task of quelling the very Aquitainian rebels from whom he had so recently looked for support . |
| 14 | Rather than wake him by pulling the clothes off him and having to face the likely consequences , Mrs Stych put her housecoat over her nightgown , got a spare blanket out of her old hope chest , and eased herself down beside the chrysalis which was her husband . |
| 15 | He would neither plead with him to stay nor help him with his leaving . |
| 16 | According to Antony the Devil came to tempt and torture him in a variety of fantastical forms from lascivious women to wild beasts . |
| 17 | Still an urge to hit out compelled her , a need to try and hurt him in retaliation for the pain he dealt her with his unhidden contempt . |
| 18 | He conquered him so completely that the man now housed him , clothed , fed and supported him and used every spare minute to coach and prepare him for some as yet unrevealed greatness . |
| 19 | One important Communist still eluding capture was Jose Weibel , Secretary General of the Young Communists , and the Joint Command decided to try and locate him through his brother Ricardo , a bus driver . |
| 20 | Venice and Ancona , Naples and Sicily , Florence and Bruges would watch and listen and notify him in due course of their passage , as well as of other things . |
| 21 | He gambles that I will not leap down and pursue him along the pavement . |
| 22 | Before his last throw of the dice he had been hanging on at Etten in hopes of a visit from Mauve , who had half promised to come and initiate him into ‘ the mysteries of the palette ’ . |
| 23 | Do you just try and quiet him by are you soothing ? |
| 24 | Since first meeting him I learned to admire and respect him for his sincerity , humanity , integrity and his delightful sense of humour . |
| 25 | Buchanan 's Triangles clubmate Mark Tosh pushed hard to try and catch him on the five-mile run but the Derry man won in a time of 1.28.52 . |
| 26 | He rather hoped his wife would wake and catch him like this , unshaven , hair greasy and uncombed , and as he stood beside the bed he farted quite loudly , as if to remind her that she deserved someone as awful as him . |
| 27 | " endeavour to find out a person both to answer to their expectation and those of the Town , and … to superintend and assist him for a while . " |
| 28 | But you see , the Reverend has a distant relative whom he means to put in my place and so I was granted sick leave over the holiday in order that his dear Jonathan could come and assist him with the Christmas services . |
| 29 | I was going to wash the pots I 'll go and smack him round the head |
| 30 | Because he thinks a woman is not gon na get up and smack him in the face . |