Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] him [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd told him she 'd have to go back to work and he had laughingly agreed , making some quip about being escort to a star and hitting the gossip columns . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | Michael , if I 'd lost him I 'd have gone out to look for him — he died . ’ ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She had reminded him he would have to speak to a certain young man in the Blue Boar this evening . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Sheriff William Reid had told him he could face prison but it would help if the university got its money back . |
| 8 | Mrs Wilson had told him he should get out of the house more . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | A few months before , if anyone had told him you could feel dislike for your own child , a real aversion from your own flesh and blood , he would not have believed them . |
| 11 | Uncle Walter had told him you could get to Australia by digging . |
| 12 | She had told him she would try to come , and her non-appearance added to the depression caused by the theme . |
| 13 | And she had asked him what would have happened to her if she had not had these good friends who had come to her aid and given her shelter , and when , in the form of an excuse , his answer had been , did n't she realize that he was distracted ? she had come back with , did n't he realize he had almost killed a man , that he was lucky he was n't in gaol now answering a charge of murder ? |
| 14 | Last night , Mr Atkinson said doctors had warned him they might need to operate . |