Example sentences of "he [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Be sure that you spell out specific words and deeds : if a teenager complains about a younger sibling , ask him or her to take the child on an outing . |
| 2 | Only " tough love " is helpful , loving the sufferer but allowing him or her to take the full consequences of all actions caused by the disease . |
| 3 | Ask him or her to urge the new Home Secretary , as a matter of urgency , to consult with relevant organisations with a view to drafting a new Asylum Bill ; |
| 4 | Absence for seven years , coupled with the fact that a petitioner has no reason to believe that his or her spouse is alive , will enable him or her to ask the court to make a declaration that death is presumed and that the marriage is dissolved . |
| 5 | The hard graft may be persuading him or her to do the job . |
| 6 | Whilst there may still be a feeling that a High Court writ will have a greater threatening effect on a recalcitrant defendant than a county court summons , inducing him or her to settle the claim , the changes to the costs rules , and the harmonisation of remedies , will lessen the attractiveness of such action . |
| 7 | By fighting back only when the bully attacks you , you are allowing him or her to pick the time and the place that suits them ; it may be a good idea to reverse the roles . |
| 8 | The long-term plans could be revised on an informal basis by the chief executive of the organisation , using intuition and experience to know when the outlook for the organisation has changed sufficiently to require him or her to update the plans . |
| 9 | A warning should be sounded that a candidate whose work experience has not equipped him or her to handle the case study paper is unlikely to pass it on the strength of a little practice and revision course . |
| 10 | If this is indeed the respondent 's belief , we want him or her to advance the idea spontaneously , so we might have : ‘ Had you any difficulty in making the choice of subjects that you study ? ’ ; |
| 11 | Public law remedies will enable him or her to establish the illegality of the order ; but , unless the applicant can take advantage of some statutory provision for compensation , he or she will have to establish an entitlement to damages in private law if the damage is to be made good by monetary compensation . |
| 12 | She had winkled out of him that he got the story from Georgie and she had much trouble persuading him it was a joke . |
| 13 | In fact , though one has seen him play Augusta in an admirable 67 , even Jack Nicklaus had trouble convincing him that he had the game to win the US Masters and he never did . |
| 14 | With this in mind er , this morning I 've written to George , the trade union secretary of the Civil Engineering Conciliation Board , the negotiating machine and suggested to him that he contacts the employers to seek a further meeting to see if we can restart the talks based on doing something about the longstanding commitment by both sides of the industry to have a positive and sensible pay structure for the future this may be one way forward , one way out of the deadlock . |
| 15 | Guy caught his breath all over again , so captivated by the sweet face upturned to him that he missed the strangely puzzled wonderment in her wide-eyed gaze , his own eyes tracing features drawn with exquisite delicacy , though her gently flushed cheeks still retained the rounded curves of youth . |
| 16 | The NCOs take no action — Wall graffiti is an acceptable activity in Berlin — other than to warn him that he runs the risk of being arrested by the East Germans again . |
| 17 | I do n't know whether it was because I ignored him that he threw the drink over me , ’ she added . |
| 18 | When the hon. Gentleman finally gave me a straight commitment across the Dispatch Box to abolish GP fund holding , I told him that he delivered the support of the majority of GPs by doing so . |
| 19 | I told him that I had the one that was n't — but had no symptoms at all and even felt ‘ high ’ . |
| 20 | If a man engages skilled advisors to act for him and they mistake the time limit and present it too late he is out . |
| 21 | As the factor came out , it shut behind him and they heard the bars and chains go on . |
| 22 | Mark Napier led a brief revival , hitting 71 , but no-one stayed with him and they finished the overs on for nine . |
| 23 | I told him and we reached the CHAB studios with only a few moments to settle Mr Murray before the microphone and be ready for the red light signifying we were ‘ on the air ’ . |
| 24 | Fairfax asks him and I hear the choppy pronunciation of her name a number of times . |
| 25 | But you knew exactly where you were with him and I had the utmost respect for his judgement and management of the cutters . |
| 26 | Aggression or no aggression , Leith had had a surfeit of him and his calling the shots . |
| 27 | ‘ Get on with it , Ruthie , ’ he told her , and though he was grinning from ear to ear she knew what was powering him and she felt the excitement blossom in herself . |
| 28 | She had tripped him and she enjoyed the feeling , but she must not be triumphant . |
| 29 | I mean , if she had a marriage with him and she had the relationship and now you 're a good friend to him , and you 're a friend to her , she 's probably very jealous of the fact that you 're |
| 30 | Her face was straight as she looked at him and she spoke the truth when she answered , ‘ I liked it at first ; it was like a holiday after school , but not so of late . ’ |