Example sentences of "[conj] he [modal v] [vb infin] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I be lucky I get any bloke fer more'n two monfs togewer like my ol' lady I suppose an' if I get a bloke 'e 'll be aht a' work or 'e 'll set me ter the bleed'n game like 'er I would n't be surprised but if you reely want ter now jus ' fer now for this minute I wanner enjoy it . |
| 2 | He fell sideways , but I knew he was n't knocked out , he still kept hold of me , I suddenly felt I had to kill him or he would kill me . |
| 3 | Well this is , this is why I thought perhaps erm I did n't want to ask Jim too much or he would know I was buying them for him you see . |
| 4 | If I take a bus into town during my lunch break to do some shopping I have to remember to throw away the bus ticket or he 'll ask me where I 've been , and when I say I 've been shopping , he 'll say he does n't believe me . |
| 5 | Or he could say I was one |
| 6 | I could either meet him near there or he 'd have me picked up as a material witness and see how I enjoyed sharing a cell with Jack Scamp . |
| 7 | or he 'd reacquaint me with this morning 's breakfast . |
| 8 | I ask you to break that pledge you made with him so that he may marry me , the mother of his children . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ … entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar , that he may give me the cave of Machpelah , which he owns ; it is at the end of his field . |
| 10 | And he turned toward the East and knelt and said , Holy Mary Mother , and all Saints , pray to God for me , that he may give me strength to destroy all the Pagans , and to win enough from them to requite my friends therewith , and all those who follow and help me . |
| 11 | I 'm a fool if I believe for one minute that he 'll give me a fair chance … |
| 12 | Mr and that he 'll see me . |
| 13 | I had the somewhat faint hope that he might lead me to the place and permit me to stand where Balboa had stood — on the very peak which John Keats , with the kind of monumental mistakenness permitted under the principle of poetic licence — declared was occupied by : |
| 14 | He feared that he might love me completely . |
| 15 | He was cruel because he wanted to drive me away ; but he wanted to drive me away because he feared that he might love me completely . |
| 16 | He started off by taking Jack Hylton — an old friend of mine and a leading member of the board of TWW — to meet some of the independent television proprietors , and at that stage he suggested to Hylton that he might use me as an intermediary . |
| 17 | He had pictures in his office that he would show me of well-equipped armed bands that he said were taken down in the middle of Nicaragua . |
| 18 | I suppose I half-hoped that he would zap me with extinction the way he had zapped June with orgasm the night before but his horrible middle finger was folded around a reeking cheroot and showed no sign of flexing . |
| 19 | He told me that he liked my playing and that he would give me a ring when I got back to Milwaukee , and about three to four months later we actually formed a band and went on tour . |
| 20 | He told me to be a good girl for Mum , and that he would give me some money to go to the pictures . |
| 21 | I listened carefully to my right hon. Friend the Minister , hoping that he would give me a chance . |
| 22 | Then he became angry , and threatened that he would silence me forever , if I would not agree . |
| 23 | I was slightly worried , I must admit , that he would knife me . |
| 24 | However , I was immediately transferred to Glynn , a technical guy who took my fax number with the promise that he would send me a drawing that morning of the necessary mods . |
| 25 | On our way home I explained to her that if her father discovered she had visited Wuthering Heights , he would perhaps be so angry with me that he would send me away . |
| 26 | So he answered that that might not be , that he would have me whether I would or no , and that my brother was of his opinion in this matter . |
| 27 | But it will happen … not quite yet but at the point where he will no longer hinder me with the pretence that he would have me stay . |
| 28 | When I helped him into bed he said , with some echo of his old authority , that nothing was to change while he was here ; that I was to go on with my work ; that he would teach me to play chess at last ; that he was absolutely thrilled to be out of hospital , and it would be a positive delight to look after himself . |
| 29 | It just started from there and Michael said he liked the way I played and that he would help me along in the industry , and this was just before his career hit . |
| 30 | He rang me the next day , was very enthusiastic , but apologised that for the following two years he was only doing German opera — but that he would remember me ! |