Example sentences of "[vb infin] he [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is too soon for him to face the likes of Devon Malcolm , and Fletcher said the tour selectors would not consider him for the pipe opener in Faridabad . |
| 2 | She thought of Giles Carnaby both continuously and not at all ; he was permanently in the head , but as some unavoidable elemental force — she could not consider him as a person , reflect upon character or deeds . |
| 3 | He says modestly that he ‘ got into rather an idle way ’ , but Wordsworth 's way of ‘ idling ’ offers little comfort to those who might consider him as a precedent for their own incapacity . |
| 4 | When I came back , cos I went in on the way to the hairdresser 's , to find out about it , and I thought I 'd buy him on the way back , when I went back it was still sitting in the same place with its tail hanging out of the back . |
| 5 | Any story which carries the imputation of discreditable conduct by somebody will be actionable by a plaintiff who can show that at least some readers would recognise him as the person being criticised , or that the facts in the story necessarily imply such an allegation against him . |
| 6 | I would n't trust him with a play like Amadeus , playing a part like Salieri , if I did n't have belief in his talent . |
| 7 | You can trust him with a lady anywhere . ’ |
| 8 | The difference was that until 1688 loans had been made directly to the King : he ran the government as an extension of his private household and , although he was the richest individual in the country , he was in many ways just a private borrower like any other and a prudent lender would not trust him with a loan that would run for a long time . |
| 9 | She trusted him to look after the Post 's interests before he sold the story to any other outlets , but she did not know whether she could trust him with the story . |
| 10 | He gambles that I will not leap down and pursue him along the pavement . |
| 11 | If Bowe wins and opts for a first defence against veteran George Foreman , the WBC have confirmed they will strip him of the title and declare Lennox Lewis champion . |
| 12 | I 'm sure we could tie him into a couple of torso cases and a bullion robbery . |
| 13 | Made him promise never to eat again or we 'd tie him to a tombstone . |
| 14 | If I got one what was a bit tricky I used to perhaps tie him to the gate , but they got used to it . |
| 15 | Onassis invited me — I did n't know him at the time but later we became great friends — and we talked . |
| 16 | But Mr Major said that if he tried to be a Tory tough the public would know him for a phoney . |
| 17 | Colin Webley ( 36 ) is another newcomer as far as playing is concerned , although many of you will know him as the chap who did sterling work in the tea hut last season . |
| 18 | Even within living memory the following saying was often quoted : ‘ If you find an honest miller you 'll know him by the tuft of hair growing in the palm of his hand . ’ |
| 19 | He seemed to have got so immovably entrenched in the short trouser stage of life that nothing could ever arouse him to a sense of adult realities . |
| 20 | Bless Marvin Gaye — but we do n't need him at the moment ! |
| 21 | Firstly , the approach can be used to direct his or her attention to those customers or prospective customers requiring further investigation regarding their ability to pay , and importantly can alert him to the need to alter the terms of trade or pricing to manage the level of risk and set appropriate credit limits . |
| 22 | You can introduce him as the guy you and I appointed some months back to work with Sanders on the preparation of the Business Plan . |
| 23 | I was going to wash the pots I 'll go and smack him round the head |
| 24 | Because he thinks a woman is not gon na get up and smack him in the face . |
| 25 | Dreams , I 'll catch him in the net of my dreams . |
| 26 | ‘ Tell that brother of yours that we 'll catch him in the end so he might as well give himself up . ’ |
| 27 | So How did they catch him in the dog 's home that 's what I was thinking . |
| 28 | As the living room of his end-terraced council house in Cherrywood Drive , Beith , Ayrshire , became a court , Mr McTear admitted that even the awful price of his former 60-a-day habit could not rid him of the temptation . |
| 29 | ‘ Then will you bury him in the churchyard ? ’ she asked quickly . |
| 30 | While he returned from that campaign with greater maturity , even his best friends would never describe him as a man of great ambition . |