Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] he [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She now hopes that the world will no longer expect to see her on the arm of her husband , hugging or kissing him in public , behaving like a loving wife . |
| 2 | She furnished Eliot with the title and central concept of his poem , but was otherwise more important for summarizing and reminding him of other people 's ideas , such as those of E. K. Chambers speaking of literary forms encompassing ‘ fragments of forgotten cults ’ . |
| 3 | Manucci was wary of him , fearing and disliking him in equal proportions : |
| 4 | It may be noticed that insensibility both to moral appeals and to appeals to one 's future interests , imprisonment within both ‘ I ’ and ‘ Now ’ , are often combined in the same person , and that the combination is widely accepted as the strongest criterion for classing him as ‘ psychopathic ’ and exempting him from moral judgment . |
| 5 | All scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching the faith and correcting error , for re-setting the direction of man 's life and training him in good living . |
| 6 | His ability to face anything was severely tested by Mr Multhrop , who clutched him firmly by his lapels as he entered the door , as if holding him under close arrest , an impression strengthened by the sight of a uniformed policeman standing behind him . |
| 7 | The local emphasis more often needs to be on the candidate , getting his name , face , personality and position known in the community and introducing him to key groups of people . |
| 8 | Folly lay motionless , secretly revelling in her unaccustomed passivity , and watching him through half-closed eyes . |
| 9 | Grant had time only to register the knowledge that he had lost the unequal contest , and with it his life , before the final hiraken knuckle-blow landed , breaking his nose and cheekbones , and smashing him into bloody oblivion . |
| 10 | The jury deliberated for 10 days before acquitting Fama of firing the fatal shot , but convicting him of second-degree murder by virtue of his participation in the attack ; he was also convicted of numerous lesser charges including those relating to the unlawful possession of weapons . |