Example sentences of "him [that] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thought of Alexei , his life , its wealth , its comforts , his family , so substantially lodged in him that nothing could remove them . |
| 2 | Duncan had taken Leeming 's hand , promised him that he would do his utmost to find the family and deliver them safe from harm . |
| 3 | She told him that he would cover himself with ridicule by bringing the boy back . |
| 4 | He did n't approve of smoking or drinking and my Dad was so dominated by him that he would hide his pipe behind a cushion — once setting fire to the chair — for fear of incurring his wrath . |
| 5 | So if you approach a sympathetic , but so far neutral , person and start telling him that he ought to give his support because of x , y and z policies he is likely to be bored and irritated . |
| 6 | Yet , in the context of the long-standing dispute of Aquitaine , Edward III 's claim was strong enough to persuade him that he ought to pursue it , if only as an alternative means of achieving sovereign rule in Aquitaine . |
| 7 | Twenty five , yes an and for that he can make hims he does n't want to really to pay me for food at all so I 'm going to tell him that he can have his cups , spare cups of tea and a drink of milk an and some toast . |
| 8 | What on earth was it about him that he could make her come unglued with just a single look ? |
| 9 | God , it hurt to think that their love-making meant so little to him that he could dismiss it with so little difficulty . |
| 10 | Catherine was so quiet that she might as well not have been in the room and it occurred to him that he must train her to make some unobtrusive signal to him when she thought he was missing something . |
| 11 | The thought occurred to him that he should give them some orders , but he could n't think of any . |
| 12 | I suggest to him that he should overcome his natural sloth and complacency . |
| 13 | ‘ The police are coming up the valley , Mr President , ’ he warned , as a hint to him that he should tidy himself . |
| 14 | The solicitor advised him that he should submit his claim on or before 9th October . |
| 15 | I pressed my father 's hand and told him that I would protect his grave with my life . |
| 16 | ‘ I know you did n't want me to come here tonight , but there is an enchanted magician in that box and I promised him that I would get him to you so that you could change him back . |
| 17 | I had promised him that I would look her up , convey his admiring regards , and perhaps even bring him back a signed photograph of Miss Dragonette . |
| 18 | Daddy 's I wan na tell him that I 'll tell him that |
| 19 | Go and telephone Sir Bryan and tell him that I 'll have his clubs back to him by midday . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I made it quite plain to him that I could find no-one in mid-Essex who wants this unloved road , ’ said Mr Burns . |
| 21 | She walked to the main doors with him and said a quick ‘ Goodnight ’ , reminding him that she 'd pick him up at eleven the following morning . |
| 22 | For some reason it mattered to him that she should speak his name . |