Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [to-vb] he [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The law should not encourage B to yield to the threat but should seek to persuade him to resist it . |
| 2 | If I can find him I 'll try to persuade him to visit her too . ’ |
| 3 | Instead of striking my face and grieving aloud because my hymen was no longer intact , I wondered , ‘ Is it because he 's an Englishman that he does n't feel proud he 's taken my virginity , or is he frightened that now I 'll try to force him to marry me ? ’ |
| 4 | Her imagination had run wild as she had fantasised tirelessly about how it would feel to have him hold her , his mouth pressed in passion against her own . |
| 5 | Is there anything I can do to help him overcome it ? |