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

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1 Lovat ended that appeal by emphasising his belief that it was ‘ a most wise & prudent maxim that a man in power should do for those that he is pretty sure will stand & fall with him in all events ’ , and in general that was the major qualification for appointment to the judicial bench in eighteenth-century Scotland .
2 ’ A greater awareness , a greater love of life , really , he seems to respond to people , to his environment and to the people that care for him in particular .
3 But there was no time to give this disturbing idea attention ; Tealtaoich was nearly at the Trees and the Trees were grouped together watching him and waiting for him in complete silence and it was important not to miss a single instant of any of it .
4 The four full page introductory plates in the Dictionary of fruits , flowers and parts of plants were drawn and engraved by him in meticulous detail .
5 They were sitting and staring at him in complete absorption .
6 Virginia recalled her prim lectures in St Lucia , and stared at him in stunned disbelief .
7 Would she have to face him across a court and wrangle with him in public over custody of Kirsty ?
8 The point I am making here is based on an observation by Stanley Cavell ( 1979 , p. 460 ) and repeated by him in many contexts : ‘ a human being could not fail to know , confronting me , that I am a human being ’ .
9 I can do one thing in the light , and that 's send and treat for him in open negotiation .
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