Example sentences of "[vb past] that [pers pn] [vb mod] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he proposed that I should marry him , |
| 2 | I pointed out that people liked to have something to sit on but promised that I 'd leave him plenty of scope for pacing , which was the way he did his thinking . |
| 3 | We soon became fast friends , and the brothers joked that we should take him with us on our journey . |
| 4 | Hope had written an evasive reply which he would frank and give to George Wood to post for him but he doubted that he could deter him for much longer . |
| 5 | Yes , and Li Yuan would fight to preserve the boy , for he honestly believed that he could control him . |
| 6 | Police indicated that they would charge him under Zimbabwe 's Law and Order Maintenance Act for a statement he issued on Monday accusing the government of ‘ state terrorism ’ against students . |
| 7 | He opened the door into a kind of vaulted tunnel lit by overhead lamps , and indicated that she should precede him . |
| 8 | She was hurt that John had said nothing to her about it , and decided that she would avoid him in future . |
| 9 | She would raise her lamp and view the lover that she herself had grown , even if this meant that she must lose him for ever . |
| 10 | Hazel felt that he must follow him . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Yet he must somehow tear the pain out with his hands or he knew that it would kill him . |
| 13 | In the struggle and confusion that was going on in my heart I knew that he loved me and I loved him , but I also knew that I must leave him ! |
| 14 | She even thought that she might leave him . |
| 15 | For a moment , he thought that she would hit him . |
| 16 | However , I insisted that we should get him to hospital and soon after dawn we arrived at Prome , where after considerable appeal and importunity on my part the patient was admitted to hospital . |
| 17 | Oh , blow it , she thought a little crossly , and , getting absolutely nowhere with her argument , she resolved that she would ask him not one interview-type question for the remainder of the walk but that , once back at the house , she would ask him to honour his promise regarding that interview . |
| 18 | My father said that he would bring him to the station . |
| 19 | Rutherford said that he would give him a 20-minute start , then drive back through the village and collect him . |
| 20 | But when Ward was appointed City manager in November , Taylor said that he would give him a rest so that he could concentrate on settling in at Bootham Crescent . |
| 21 | My dad said he 'd buy me a ticket to fly back to England and David said that he 'd pay him back because he 'd be very happy if I could come back and help him as he did n't really know how to deal with his mother 's grief . |
| 22 | Omar learnt that he was related to the Sultan , and we hoped that we might persuade him to provide us with a guide to Aussa . |
| 23 | Hope concluded that he could trust him insofar as the man was certain of payment , but saw also that such payment need not only be in cash . |