Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] he [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I have already made clear , the issue in that case concerned the second decision which the Secretary of State has to make , whether to release the prisoner at the end of his tariff period or to detain him in custody . |
| 2 | Remember that it is better to kill the reader with kindness by selecting information for him than to batter him to death in a flurry of factual blows ! |
| 3 | I would hope that you would see beyond that , and issues like it , the primary claims of Christ in his Church , to love him and to promote him as Lord of the Church . |
| 4 | A translucent figure appeared before him , its three fingered hand outstretched as if to claim him for death . |
| 5 | Grunte had written back to say that he would be delighted , and to expect him at mid-day . |
| 6 | Bennett , on the other hand , had my absolute loyalty and to witness him in action led one to understand in later years what Lord Reith — founder Director of the BBC — meant when he said " I was never fully stretched " . |
| 7 | First of all , I think Stapleton told you to write the letter to Sir Charles and to ask him for help . |
| 8 | ‘ To have banned him for a few months would have been one thing , but to take him to court and ban him for life seemed to defeat the object of the exercise . ’ |
| 9 | To die for your lord was noble , to betray or forsake him was base , while to outlive him in battle brought disgrace , not only on you but on your kin . |
| 10 | Ron Sykes has been reported to the Crown Prosecution Service who will decide whether to charge him with traffic offences . |
| 11 | The court which sentences him for the latest offence will have to decide whether to return him to prison to serve a period equal to the balance of the sentence which remained on the day the offence was committed . |
| 12 | And , and did but I do n't know whether to take him on holiday Doctor . |
| 13 | I even wondered whether to make him into soup or pâté . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |