Example sentences of "[conj] he [modal v] [adv] [vb infin] her " in BNC.

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1 Tell me everything , ’ she saw his eyes soften and knew that he would surely tell her all there was to know .
2 Expecting that he would now let her go and retreat down the ladder , she was startled when his large hands gripped her thighs and continued to guide her until she was standing two steps above him .
3 Bella knew that he would certainly find her .
4 By contrast Mrs Cowan , s son-in-law said that it was no trouble to him to visit his mother-in-law every day and help take care of her , but that he would ideally prefer her to be in residential care because there she would have constant care and companionship , which was what she really needed .
5 He viewed her with scepticism , and she turned away from him , heavy with the knowledge that he would never believe her , and too tired to keep up the argument .
6 ‘ Save it for when I take you gambling in Las Vegas , ’ juggling this chance in his head with the unthinkable odds that he would never see her again .
7 Oh ! to think that he should actually let her come as near to him as that ! ( h.2 )
8 She thought that she was a goner : that he must surely see her .
9 He looked straight into her eyes , insisting by the force of his gaze that he could somehow persuade her to forget everything she had learned about him since Beatrix 's death .
10 She broke out into renewed sobbing , to such an extent that he could hardly understand her when she spoke .
11 She now knew that he could never satisfy her , but was not prepared to dislike him just for that .
12 ‘ She and the beetle do n't do anything together in that way , but I am afraid that he will romantically take her away .
13 They mention a situation where a man threatens a woman that he will never take her to the pictures again .
14 But even as the idea occurred to her , she dismissed it ; from the athletic way Fernand had cleared the rail it was likely that his legs were as strong and muscular as his sinewy arms and he would probably catch her long before she reached the house .
15 Carrie had changed his life and he would somehow make her love him .
16 And he would somehow persuade her to part with the Fabergé desk set .
17 However , when there had been some difficulty in getting the bidding started , the seller announced that there was nothing wrong with the heifer and he would absolutely guarantee her .
18 We always had to chase after him for it and he 'd never give her more than a pound a week .
19 Later the woman 's benefit was cut off on the grounds that she and her lodger were living together as husband and wife , and he must therefore maintain her .
20 He stepped forward and took hold of Ruth 's wrists , as if he would forcibly stop her .
21 His mouth commanded hers again , as if he would never let her go , and his tongue was an exquisite torment .
22 For a second her eyes searched his face in case there was a vestige of suspicion left , but he held her close , fingers running continually through her tousled mop of blonde hair , lips pressuring her face and neck as if he could never touch her enough .
23 as if he could suddenly feel her looking at him , he glanced directly up at her window .
24 But he would just force her . ’
25 But he would never believe her .
26 After all , he might be able to buy them but he could hardly force her to wear them , could he ?
27 Oh , God , but he must really love her to be able to lower himself to this .
28 Whether he would even want her to .
29 ( For he would never leave her ) If she found a place of her own , with other comrades of course — why , she had moved so often , it was nothing , she could do it easily .
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