Example sentences of "[verb] [that] it [vb mod] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | One view , which is supported by the judgment of Lord Denning M.R. in the Court of Appeal in Lonrho is that ‘ it is sufficient if the [ unlawful means ] conspiracy is aimed or directed at the plaintiff and it can reasonably be foreseen that it may injure him , and does in fact injure him ’ and the Supreme Court of Canada has since stated the law in similar terms in a decision in which Lonrho was considered . |
| 2 | ‘ Dr Adams thinks that it would help him in handling her case . ’ |
| 3 | Elrond 's adamant refusal to take the Ring is because he has considered its advantages but is wise enough to see that it would ruin him utterly . |
| 4 | He says that it would cost him more money if he went the other way . |
| 5 | Housebound and often in severe pain , Mr McTear says that it can take him 30 minutes to recover his breath from the simple act of walking downstairs in the morning . |
| 6 | Rufus had thought Goblander needed a thorough overhaul and the mechanic confirmed this , adding that it would cost him . |
| 7 | At Mildenhall in Suffolk in the spring of 1688 , a parson threatened to bring a Nonconformist minister before a JP for preaching a sermon , saying that it should cost him £20 ( the fine for preaching at a conventicle under the terms of the 1670 Act , whose operation had just been suspended ) . |
| 8 | The dialogue form of what became the Two chief world systems ( 1632 ) was a brilliant response to these restrictions , Galileo probably calculating that it would protect him from censure , even if his impartial discussion pointed to far from impartial conclusions . |
| 9 | Knowing what he would find when he went there , and knowing that it would pain him , Edouard delayed the moment when he would make a formal inspection of the house . |
| 10 | And as he leaned against the railings he suddenly tasted it , the moment Creed had planned for him , the moment he 'd always longed for , dreaded now , still longed for , and it was burnt sugar , sweet and caustic , on his tongue , it was like the flight of a bird across a window , it was there and it was gone , he could n't dwell on it , he could n't let the terror in , all he knew was what it would do for him , he knew that it would give him membership , he 'd be past the sliding sheet of glass , he 'd finally belong . |
| 11 | Yet he must somehow tear the pain out with his hands or he knew that it would kill him . |
| 12 | The previous day the Russian government had announced that it would extradite him to Germany on Dec. 13 ( where he faced criminal charges in connection with his regime 's " shoot-to-kill " policy on escapees ) if he did not leave Russia . |
| 13 | He notes further to the comments above that while the substitution of will in ( 16 ) " would merely say that it would cost him a fortune if he took them home " ( idea of conditionality ) , the be going to construction expresses the idea of a " current orientation " towards the realization of the infinitive 's event ( here the speaker 's intention to take the books home ) . |