Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [verb] he [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She furnished Eliot with the title and central concept of his poem , but was otherwise more important for summarizing and reminding him of other people 's ideas , such as those of E. K. Chambers speaking of literary forms encompassing ‘ fragments of forgotten cults ’ .
2 Acclaiming him as one of the chief progenitors , the critics come not to bury but to praise him with faint damns .
3 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 .
4 Manucci was wary of him , fearing and disliking him in equal proportions :
5 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 .
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