Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] he [modal v] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had ever not gone to Abraham when summoned , he promised me he would tell Sarah everything , or at least his version of everything . |
| 2 | And er , he yeah , yeah he told me he could play basket ball it must be right cos he 's got a nice chest and he went what ? |
| 3 | He told me he 'd tell customs about the lorry straight away . ’ |
| 4 | He drew in deep , deep breaths of air ; then , almost quietly now , he told himself he must find Martin . |
| 5 | He told himself he could take life easy : |
| 6 | Tonight after supper I told him he could buy paper from Woolworths and use gloves and so on . |
| 7 | And , to top it all , Holder 's doctor informed him he can spend Christmas Day at home with his family . |
| 8 | Sheriff William Reid had told him he could face prison but it would help if the university got its money back . |
| 9 | He had told her he might bring Marianne over to meet her and to see the show if they could take time out from all the wedding preparations . |
| 10 | If he knew of the insult offered me he would want revenge — and against the Husseys he can not possibly speed . |
| 11 | Lord Home ordered his agents in Scotland to seize Brown as soon as he landed and to impress upon him ‘ what is very trew that if he oppose me he will dissoblige Prince Waldeck and all his officers ’ , and thus presumably ruin any chance which he might have of advancement . |
| 12 | You have n't — ’ I stopped before I said something he might take exception to . |
| 13 | I was terrified that if I criticized him he would take offence and leave me , if not permanently , then for a few days , without giving me a sign of life , and so leaving me in anguish . |
| 14 | He said if I left him he 'd demand custody of the Merc . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ He likes anyone he can sell horses to . |
| 16 | His enthusiasm was to visit Ireland and he had read whatever he could get hold of by Irish writers , but especially by Flann O'Brien . |