Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pers pn] he [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matron tried to tell him he would need to feed the Bookman properly but the Headmaster did n't seem to care . |
| 2 | He 'd told her he 'd come to Dynmouth to help old Canon Flewett . |
| 3 | ‘ I felt that if we 'd signed him he could have given us just that little bit extra up front which would have enabled us to win the title . |
| 4 | he 's , he 's funny he does like a front room , so I thought well sod it , I hate picking carpets Jane , so I thought sod it he can pick |
| 5 | ‘ Everyone kept telling him he should win . |
| 6 | If he did see it he must have begun worrying , and maybe it was then that he started feeling sick . |
| 7 | Coalition , Baldwin told Chamberlain , ‘ must of course be stamped on ’ ; he went on to say ‘ that if R.M. did approach him he would reply that there was no occasion for a Coalition . |
| 8 | He had told her that if she continued to harass him he would call the police . |
| 9 | As we talked , I felt that if I had pressed him he would have loaned it to me anyway , but the Land Rover was necessary for the research programme and it would have been irresponsible to put John 's work at risk . |
| 10 | She had reminded him he would have to speak to a certain young man in the Blue Boar this evening . |
| 11 | He had been a crusader in the north , he had made devout pilgrimage to Jerusalem , a soothsayer had promised him he should die there when his hour came upon him . |
| 12 | This was her second-time marriage to Burton , and he had promised her he 'd give up drinking , but he had failed to keep his word , so she left . |
| 13 | Sheriff William Reid had told him he could face prison but it would help if the university got its money back . |
| 14 | Mrs Wilson had told him he should get out of the house more . |
| 15 | The doctors had told him he must take several months off from the exhausting business of running a supremely successful nightclub , for the sake of his health , and looking at him now she could see all too clearly the deeply etched lines on his face , the distinct greyness of his skin . |
| 16 | ‘ Apparently Ainley had told them he would try to force-land on a beach just after they flew near some naval ships . |
| 17 | Benjamin had told me he would return to Le Coq d'Or ; every morning and each evening I went there but no Benjamin . |
| 18 | As they had lain together in the glorious lethargy which followed passion , Vitor had told her he would go for the petrol , but that he would go alone . |
| 19 | He seemed to have meant it when he had told her he would leave her on her own until she was in a more reasonable frame of mind . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | For the next two years his health remained stable although the hospital had told us he might have more mini-strokes . |
| 22 | He said he hoped that if he had to do it he could count on me . |
| 23 | The two men were at the top of the stairs and almost within grabbing distance , but if either had tried it he would have left his fingers in the frame as the bang echoed through the house and Carson thumbed the deadlock button , just in case they had any ideas about picking their way in . |
| 24 | He said to tell you he 'd like to paint you . |
| 25 | Shortly afterwards he went missing in the cauldron of the Ruhr , I only wanted to tell him he should have got more than 30 bob a piece for them . |
| 26 | Again Leith wanted to tell him he could forget all idea of her ultimately becoming his cousin by marriage , but again , she found she could not . |