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

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1 Rather than follow him into this detail , it is more important here to underline an important general characteristic which Hobbes says the claim has .
2 He conquered him so completely that the man now housed him , clothed , fed and supported him and used every spare minute to coach and prepare him for some as yet unrevealed greatness .
3 Venice and Ancona , Naples and Sicily , Florence and Bruges would watch and listen and notify him in due course of their passage , as well as of other things .
4 He rather hoped his wife would wake and catch him like this , unshaven , hair greasy and uncombed , and as he stood beside the bed he farted quite loudly , as if to remind her that she deserved someone as awful as him .
5 Was she actually planning to aid and abet him in this unexpected , meaningless sexual dalliance ?
6 I ca n't wait around to try and engage him in further conversation because my bowels suddenly decide they want to wake up too , and I have to make a dash for the nearest bar and the toilets .
7 Maggie wanted to please and pacify him on this her holiday at any cost .
8 Might go and ask him about that ammonia .
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