Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] he [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 or tramps him off the kerb and into shit .
2 However , he begins , after a fashion that is less rare with him than is commonly supposed , by apologizing for the impressionism that supplies him with the terms he needs :
3 What is it about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that places him on an artistic par with Shakespeare or Rembrandt , a giant of his art ?
4 This makes me wonder if it is the creative thought that guides the discoverer or whether it is the emotion that is the creative force that impels him to the solution .
5 Someone who trails in on his own faces the possibility of being over the time limit that eliminates him from the race as a whole .
6 What does Mr Hattersley know about rights that sets him above the wisdom of the ages ?
7 " It is not a job that brings him into the public eye , but , believe me , he is one of the most trusted officers of the bank . "
8 In supporting the Bill at its Second Reading in the House of Commons , the Minister of State at the Home Office , Mr Alexander Lyon , explained the Bill 's overall purpose thus : ‘ If a man has committed an indiscretion that brings him before the courts and results in his being convicted and penalised , it must be right that after he has served the penalty and lived it down by a substantial period of good conduct thereafter , it should be without meaning for most people of good will . ’
9 So Madam I 'm asking you to say that these circumstances , this is the sort of case that should never have come before the court , it should 've been sorted out between the parties themselves , with the aid of their solicitors , and that it 's only the overreaction of the police in this particular circumstance that brings him before the court here .
10 This corkscrews the opponent backwards over his supporting leg and dumps him on the mat .
11 Yet though the witches bring his already existing ambition out they can not be completely blamed for his downfall and degeneration as it this , his own ambition which eventually takes him over and turns him into a psychopath , killing merely out of feeling and without reason .
12 When the nest is complete the female approaches the male and nudges him in the flank to gain his confidence .
13 The Chinese believe that to stand on one leg while kicking with the other unbalances the practitioner and places him at a disadvantage .
14 His abolition of the subject carries with it the demise of the individual as the locus of knowledge and agency , and places him in a position where , as we saw , there can be no question of compromise with individualism .
15 If a woman holds a man 's hand as he lights her cigarette and strokes him behind the knees with her foot , is it a secret sign ?
16 She sees through his unctuous manners to his black-hearted designs , and shoots him on the spot , but it too late , and she is surrounded by Kuomintang forces .
17 She sees red and kills him with a very convenient weapon .
18 The lion immediately jumps on him and forces him to the ground .
19 His business licenses him to fraternise with the enemy and casts him in the role of a Microsoft independent software developer-come-OEM , complete with an early access copy of Microsoft NT .
20 Then the older one bends over the younger and kisses him on the lips , hastily and shyly .
21 He fears , as this moving tableau blots out his view , that she does not want to look at him but , then , just as he is allowing himself this painful thought , she turns and kisses him on the eyes before taking his cock in her mouth .
22 She takes his face between her hands and kisses him on the lips .
23 Crilly hugs my brother back warmly and introduces him to the languid one .
24 Next to the circumcision ceremony , this is the most important event in a young Jewish boy 's life , and invests him with a measure of maturity as well as a commensurate sense of responsibility .
25 Even when he makes mistakes he does it in a way that still brings results and takes him over the gain line .
26 and takes him from the hospital up to Southwold .
27 The ideal of land registration is that a government office , after investigating the title , enters the applicant upon the register as owner , and furnishes him with a certificate in accordance with the entry ; the entry is conclusive as to his right , and no further investigation of the previous title can subsequently be necessary .
28 In a world of single parents , almost all of them female , it is the relationship that the young man has with a solid male figure that gives him an edge and keeps him on the straight and narrow .
29 She has n't seen him for 20 years and remembers him as a ‘ nice guy ’ .
30 Not only is having had some form of employment considered to increase a job seeker 's attractiveness to an employer and diminish the chances of a devaluation of his work skills , but temporary placings themselves can turn into permanent ones , either because the temporary position is made permanent or because the employer becomes acquainted with the capabilities of the temporary worker and recruits him into a vacant permanent position.1 Special temporary employment schemes such as the Community Programme are often justified in this manner , the suggestion being that they raise the chances of the long-term unemployed finding jobs some threefold ( Turner , 1985 ) .
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