Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt like telling the old folk it was not New Year 's Eve , but he doubted if they would believe him . |
| 2 | We must find a place in the ruins to hide until we can rouse him . |
| 3 | He wanted to know whether she would like him to make her a cup of tea or whether they might wait until his wife returned from a committee meeting . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Oh , Hilly , how I love you ! ’ he exclaimed before she could answer him . |
| 6 | She had no idea what she would do if she should find him there . |
| 7 | In late 1687 he began polling the deputy lieutenants and JPs to see if they would assist him in obtaining the election of a Parliament committed to the repeal of the penal laws and the Tests . |
| 8 | His description was circulated to all police forces throughout Britain , and a number of anxious relatives visited the mortuary to see if they could recognise him as a missing husband , brother or son , but no one did . |
| 9 | ‘ The idea is we are going to try and do something with his hands to see if we can give him some form of grip . ’ |
| 10 | Beckman had indeed contacted Branson to see if he could advise him on the taking of anti-trust action , but the offer had not been taken up . |
| 11 | I do it ( a little ) to see if I can get him drunk and careless , but so far he wo n't touch it . |
| 12 | Accordingly , one winter 's day when I was at a suitable jumping-off place in America , I decided to see if I could find him . |
| 13 | I bent forward to see if I could recognise him — there was something vaguely familiar about him , the voice perhaps — and then he hit me on the side of my head — ’ Poor Miss Watson faltered and her eyes filled with tears at the memory of that vicious blow . |
| 14 | Olla was bargaining with nightmarish persistence for a carpet , and Mart was considering nipping back to the boat to see if anyone could lend him five hundred quid so he could buy a really wicked sword . |
| 15 | For example in Alcine , Act 3 , scenes 4–5 , as Melanie pines for Astolphe , who has fallen victim to Alcine 's desires ( E minor ) , Alcine 's spurned lover Athlant attempts to console Melanie by proposing vengeance ( E major ) ; as the scene continues E minor becomes ‘ Athlant 's key ’ as he declares he loves Melanie and suggests that her ‘ fickle lover ’ can be punished if she will love him in return . |
| 16 | Yes , yes , well I mean , that 's , that 's , if , I mean if we can get him one for his birthday that , get the problem of our shoulders sort of thing , that 's his then , then he , he has to take his . |
| 17 | Gabriel knocked at the door and asked if they could give him a bed for the night and a bite to eat . |
| 18 | ‘ Mr Cunningham asked if you could spare him a few minutes before leaving the hotel . |
| 19 | Some weeks later my brother and I were passing through London , and I asked if I might bring him to see her . |
| 20 | He asked if I would advise him to send for Henderson , I said ‘ No ’ , which he said relieved him . |
| 21 | He asked if I would advise him to send for Henderson . |
| 22 | My first encounter with Kagan took place when Wilson telephoned me and asked if I would see him . |
| 23 | ‘ He said he would be seeing Mr Moi in Bonn the following week , and asked if I would like him to set up a meeting with the president . |
| 24 | One day one of the German officers stationed in Fontanellato , an Oberleutnant Bauer , called on me and asked if I could give him Italian lessons . |
| 25 | A year beforehand , Chudnovsky , who was a collector from Leningrad , and a very well-known one , had been to see me and asked if I could help him . |
| 26 | ‘ I would n't go without Brian so I asked if I could have him buried beside my parents in Scotland . |
| 27 | He hesitated a minute and then asked if she would like him to examine her . |
| 28 | She recalls that she met her ex-husband , cameraman Danny Mindel , on a plane going to the Seychelles and , after chatting for ages , asked if she could kiss him : ‘ And when I kissed him I knew I was going to marry him . ’ |
| 29 | She asked if she could join him ; his answer was short and negative . |
| 30 | It was extremely likely that she was pleading with him to escape so she could lead him straight into a trap which would result in accusations of spying or some such thing . |