Example sentences of "that [modal v] [vb infin] [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a shoe clutched in each hand he was unable to make a grab for the rougher stones that might have saved him from disaster . |
| 2 | In 1914 Watson left National Cash Register under a cloud of monopoly and competitive charges that might have put him in jail . |
| 3 | He was n't privy to any really sensitive stuff that could have put him in danger — that 's according to my liaison fella in SIS . ’ |
| 4 | CHINA 'S hardline vice-president Wang Zhen died yesterday , just days before a meeting of parliament that would have retired him from his post . |
| 5 | Francis could have been involved in something a bit shady but nothing that would have brought him within range of any violence . |