Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] he [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not want to add to his troubles or to lead him into more danger . |
| 2 | She did n't want to think about Timothy Gedge , to dwell on him or to consider him in any way whatsoever . |
| 3 | This reasoned and ridiculous plea had no effect at all on Jem , other than to inflame him to further violence . |
| 4 | The entry will be placed on the Proprietorship Register and will read : Note : The transfer to the proprietor contains a covenant by her with [ Husband ] to pay the monies secured by Charge No 1 and to indemnify him from all claims and demands in respect thereof . |
| 5 | The ruling that there should be no prosecutions destroyed the hope that such court proceedings might uncover enough information to stir a public demand for a wider and more thorough inquiry into the background to the conspiracy to murder an innocent man and to frame him with stolen goods . |
| 6 | Although technically Yeltsin was still able to nominate Gaidar as Prime Minister , subject to Congress 's approval , and to retain him for three months even without such approval , it appeared that , realising the need for political compromise , he chose Chernomyrdin with Gaidar 's acquiescence . |
| 7 | Acclaiming him as one of the chief progenitors , the critics come not to bury but to praise him with faint damns . |
| 8 | Last night Darlington police said a 14-year-old boy has been questioned about the fire and has been released pending a decision whether to charge him with any offence . |
| 9 | But if the master has made him a bailee of them so as to vest him with exclusive possession , then , like any other bailee of this sort , he has it ; so , too , if goods are delivered to him to hand to his master , he has possession of them until he has done some act which transfers it to his master , e.g . |
| 10 | So as to purge him of wicked curiosity ? |
| 11 | His attachment to classical principle was not so great as to deter him from practical innovation . |