Example sentences of "he [coord] [vb base] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | And last night the Prime Minister 's despairing supporters were trotting out the ‘ back him or sack him ’ line that Mrs Thatcher used to fall back on when she was in trouble . |
| 2 | If someone tries to harm you in London , it will be hard to stop him or catch him afterwards . |
| 3 | You are to search out the traitor Raphael and , when you find him , kill him or bring him back for me . ’ |
| 4 | Rain said : ‘ I do n't know whether to admire him or despise him . |
| 5 | One could only fear him or fight him , and she had chosen to fight long ago . |
| 6 | Would release embarrass him or cut him off from that obscure membership of the masculine club ? |
| 7 | Lucy did n't for one moment think that she could trick him or trip him , but knew that he 'd see her as young and naive and so might just let her get away with a little more . |
| 8 | Susan wondered how she would feel if he did ; or if she touched him or let him know in some other way that she was there ? |
| 9 | Hitherto the older waist-band had tended to slip on to the horse 's neck and either throttle him or prevent him from pulling hard ; hence the slower and less efficient ox had been generally used . |
| 10 | I 'll have it out of him or turn him over to the press gang . |
| 11 | This had the effect of giving the police a further 24 hours to question the suspect , charge him or release him . |
| 12 | Love him or loathe him , Adrian Mole and his secret diary were as much a part of the 1980s as portable phones and rich estate agents . |
| 13 | Love him or loathe him , at least he knows what he is talking about . |
| 14 | LIKE HIM or loathe him , nobody can ignore Ian Botham . |
| 15 | Arthur Scargill , love him or loathe him , has been telling us but nobody listens . |
| 16 | Christ does care about the details of how we conduct ourselves in all these situations , because the standards we have at work either honour him or dishonour him . |
| 17 | This is the spirit of truth whom the world can not receive because it does not know him , does not behold him or know him , but you know him because he abides with you and will be in you . |
| 18 | He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead . |
| 19 | People with power and authority who did n't like the things that Jesus said and did , and who tried to threaten him or get him beaten up . |
| 20 | There 's no proof , and … and she 's fond of him and she would n't do anything to hurt him or get him into trouble . |
| 21 | I 've seen the man 's face actually resting on the foot of the horse ; but never at any time the horse stand on him , tramp on him or damage him in any way . |
| 22 | for whom that I had to decide whether I was going to marry him or give him up and decided I could n't give him up so I married him and was extremely happy and was shattered when he died and I , I , a , it went from you know I , I never real , thought I would be as happy , could be as happy as I was |
| 23 | ‘ Do you wish to speak to him or see him ? ’ |
| 24 | She had done all the house out and got all the presents and everything , but then they says I could n't have him or see him . |
| 25 | ‘ If that 's Penry tell him I do n't want to speak to him or see him again . |
| 26 | One English girl of nine asked me ‘ Coloured people believe in our God , but do you Indians believe in him or do you have a God of your own ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Do you love him or do you hate him ? |
| 28 | Do you walk with him or do you put him in a baby walker ? |
| 29 | She could not forgive him or love him again , nor , I think , allow him to enjoy the results of his crime . |
| 30 | She would not wake him or touch him or even lie close enough to feel his warmth . |