Example sentences of "in [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently following a plea by the newly returned Uniate Cardinal Miroslav Lubachivsky [ see p. 38104-05 ] , Khmara had finally been released pending trial on April 5 after almost five months in investigative custody ( the delay in bringing him to trial resulted from the original indictment having been withdrawn by the prosecution in early March for further investigations ) . |
| 2 | But there is something for which I have rather more difficulty in forgiving him . |
| 3 | It was at least ten summers past that the Colonel and Miss Danziger had met at The Tamarisks and the Colonel , finding the guest a most informed companion , had asked her assistance in helping him pin-point locations where he was most likely to uncover particular fossils , and attract particular moths . |
| 4 | And Hill recognises he owes both his famous and late dad and his predecessor at Williams , Nigel Mansell , thanks for their efforts in helping him to land the chance he now has . |
| 5 | Speakers included Prins Gunasekara , a Sri Lankan politician and human rights lawyer , who thanked Amnesty International for its efforts in helping him to flee his country because of death threats . |
| 6 | She was also instrumental in nudging him into giving 25 per cent of the positions in the Socialist Party to women . |
| 7 | He 's only played three games this season , but I will have no hesitation in using him . ’ |
| 8 | They were slightly embarrassed that he had been left out , but had agreed at the time that there was no sense in phoning him at home because he would have nothing useful to say . |
| 9 | But Kit Everard would not exchange him against either of the women , and indeed , showed little interest in recovering him . |
| 10 | In Harry 's case , a pre-retirement course could have been of great value in encouraging him to accept his impending retirement and helping him decide how to redirect his energies before he finished working . |
| 11 | In drawing he said , ‘ You must liken your attempts at it to a visit made to a strange town without a guide . |
| 12 | In the earliest phase of his bird-drawing he owed everything to his excellent wife , & to myself , — without whose help in drawing he had done nothing . |
| 13 | The critics , in labelling him a big spender , also ignored his ability to spot bargains like Roberts and Hapgood . |
| 14 | Macho man usually prefers talking to his own sex because it 's safer , and he 's more interested in proving he 's as ‘ male ’ as his peer group than in entering a relationship which requires an ability to give , to love , to be tender . |
| 15 | Why should the same multitude who invoked blessings on the son of David rejoice in seeing him mortified and humiliated by the hated Roman oppressors ? |
| 16 | If she found it stretching credulity that a meeting between them was n't inevitable she 'd always fiercely denied to herself that she had any interest in seeing him again , so why should she be feeling so shivery and hot , almost as if she had a fever ? |
| 17 | God is spirit and then when Christ came , when he was born , people had difficulty , great difficulty in accepting him as being of God . |
| 18 | You were right to break with him if you decided that you had made a mistake in accepting him , but oh , my dear , your uncle Orrin tells me that he dare not inform your father of the dreadful things Havvie is hinting about you for fear of what he might do to Havvie . |
| 19 | I had considerable difficulty in dissuading him from this course and only did so when I was able to convince him that , far from assisting Aitken , it would damage his cause . |
| 20 | The first dimension has been labelled warmth-coldness , and is based on , for instance , the affection the mother shows the child , the extent to which she is demonstratively playful , her acceptance of the child 's dependency , and her use of reasoning in disciplining him . |
| 21 | Jonadab had made it clear that he had done his son-in-law a favour in allowing him to jump the queue and buy four of his grey shirehorses and now Stephen had to screw up his courage and confess that one was dead . |
| 22 | Gerard handed Katherine her cup , and Mr Lee took a certain small pleasure in allowing him to pass over the second cup , even though he could have easily reached out and taken it . |
| 23 | ‘ I could call into the garage for you , ’ she offered hastily , not too sure of the wisdom in allowing him to walk anywhere with her . |
| 24 | For Li Shai Tung , trust was the rarest and most precious thing he had to offer ; for in trusting he placed his life — quite literally his life — in the hands of others . |
| 25 | Convinced that in keeping him with her , she was merely indulging her maternal regard for him , Richard was playing his last card . |
| 26 | In Francis ' case , a serious breach was involved in keeping him incommunicado , but this was ( to use the trial judge 's expression ) ‘ counterbalanced ’ by the belated granting of access to a solicitor and Francis ' subsequent decision to sign the notes as correct . |
| 27 | The wound was clean and dressed ; there was no point in keeping him inside with such a shortage of hospital beds . |
| 28 | He has dedicated his entire career to the development of sport in Scotland and I am sure all Council members will want to join me in thanking him for the commitment he has shown over the years . ’ |
| 29 | I am sure that you will want to join with me in thanking him and all the staff of the Council for their valuable work in what has been a particularly busy and challenging year . |
| 30 | Peter Jacobsen took great delight in tackling him , but we had to wait while it was going on . |