Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] [verb] he [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 28-year-old Briton knows a second defeat could leave him in desperate trouble against the man rated by many as the best player in the chess history . |
| 2 | But there can be no real doubt that it was on medical advice that Law resigned , for he was advised that only a complete break would save him from total breakdown , and he was actually suffering from the disease that was to kill him in less than three years . |
| 3 | Both Lewis and Pound hoped that the Nobel would free him of that cautiousness which had smoothed his ascent . |
| 4 | On the home front his business experiences should stand him in more than good stead : cobblers is the stock-in-trade of most cricket committees . |
| 5 | On the home front his business experiences should stand him in more than good stead : cobblers is the stock-in-trade of most cricket committees . |
| 6 | The mother says that it was not a wrongful removal and that , even if it was , she has a defence under article 13 in that there is a grave risk that the return of the child would expose him to physical or psychological harm or otherwise place him in an intolerable situation . |
| 7 | Provocation on the part of the plaintiff may disentitle him to aggravated damages . |
| 8 | David Speedie lost his rag with an invading fan at The Dell yesterday — but his one-man pitch clear-ing job could land him in hot water . |
| 9 | Now Lamb must spend the weekend fretting over whether the TCCB will ban him from next Saturday 's NatWest Trophy final . |
| 10 | Those who have not yet had a surfeit of Monsieur Depardieu can see him in one of his period roles in the sumptuous Tout Les Matins Du Monde . |
| 11 | The defendant may apply for directions as to whether any third person with a competing claim should be joined and if that third person fails to appear on such a successful application the court may deprive him of any right of action against the defendant . |
| 12 | These deliberate modernities should clear him of any charge of merely insulated ‘ ivory tower ’ escapism . |
| 13 | He may be an unlikely civil servant , but his qualities should stand him in good stead for the job of producing a national strategy for the NHS 's science . |
| 14 | He was a field marshal and , when acting in his military capacity as Inspector General of the Imperial forces , his wife could accompany him in public . |
| 15 | Bill McGuire 's studies will take him to various volcanos around the Mediterranean and Indian Oceans . |
| 16 | If a certificate of summary administration is in force , the official receiver need only investigate the bankrupt 's conduct and affairs if he thinks fit ( s 289(5) ) The official receiver must , at least once , send a report of the state of the bankrupt 's affairs to all creditors and file a copy at court ( r 6.73 ) although the court can release him from this obligation having regard to the funds available and the interests of creditors generally ( r 6.77 ) . |
| 17 | Hitler was fit only for the loony bin , his generals would kill him within five minutes if he ever declared war , and he only had one ball . |
| 18 | And Ximena 's heart failed her , and she asked the Cid if peradventure God would deliver him from these enemies . |
| 19 | All personnel , military and civil , without distinction of rank will assist him in any way he sees fit . |
| 20 | Anyone with suitable suggestions can contact him on Forties Delta . |
| 21 | Right at the end , as McLeish 's teeth were starting to chatter , Davidson confirmed that Penelope Huntley would meet him at eight next morning and he hoped that that was n't too early , sorry , but the lass had been difficult to tie down to a time . |
| 22 | He is constantly haunted by the fear that the US might abandon him for one reason or another and has been particularly uneasy over the new US administration 's attitude towards him . " |
| 23 | Conrad , meanwhile , was marching northward in the mistaken belief that desultory Russian mobilization would present him with little opposition from the east . |
| 24 | If necessary the Prince will keep him in close ward until he sees reason . |
| 25 | Punishing someone for doing the wrong thing may inhibit him from that action but does not establish a better pattern . |
| 26 | He says that when he was small , his grandfather used to tell him about little people who came out at night to play with the toys . ’ |
| 27 | A trip to Tory Wandsworth would cure him of this delusion . |
| 28 | Well , a bit of tough training will prepare him for borstal if nothing else . |
| 29 | Mr. Brown , who lives in Kingsley , is currently building up a network of people to be visited and anyone needing help , advice , comfort or encouragement can reach him at 16 School Fields . |
| 30 | Worse still , involvement might lead him into actual danger . |