Example sentences of "him he [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I annoyed him he would punish me by economising on whatever it was we were doing at the time . |
| 2 | Fawcett said that this sounded very important and that if Pons sent it to him he would rush it through . |
| 3 | She was painfully aware that if she ever betrayed her ambivalent feelings for him he would end their charade immediately with little or no compunction . |
| 4 | She would need such care and gentleness , and if it killed him he would give it to her , but the passion was raging in him until he could hardly see straight . |
| 5 | But he remained convinced that if only the Elector could hear him he would change his mind : |
| 6 | I told Debbie about the house because they 'd quarrelled , she and her father , and I was afraid that if she did n't try and make it up with him he would change his mind . |
| 7 | If they — whoever they might be — tried to take either from him he would kill them . |
| 8 | She said : ‘ He was telling everyone that if his girlfriend ever left him he would kill her . |
| 9 | I have often missed him , often felt that if only I could talk over a particular problem with him he would help me to see the way . |
| 10 | The next time Eleanor rang him he would ask her to tea . |
| 11 | ‘ He said if I did n't go out with him he would run me over , ’ she said . |
| 12 | Poindexter , weary , did not really want to know and had no memory of the memo at all ; he told him he would see him at the office in the morning . |
| 13 | He neither filling another form , I says well I 'll fill it in tonight for him he 'll sign it and if I post it tonight you 'll probably get it tomorrow . |
| 14 | But I should think knowing him he 'll know what it 's like . |
| 15 | He might if I , if I talk to him he might tell me what sort of I do n't want to hassle him you see cos I 've hassled |
| 16 | If she did n't tell him he might accuse her of keeping something else from him and it might be best to know it all , might n't it ? |
| 17 | ‘ I warned him he 'd ruin his career when his senior managers found out . |
| 18 | One man in particular er again I wo n't mention his name but anybody that went to Road School 'll know who I , I mean when I say that if you did anything wrong he 'd call you out and ask you something and if you , if you like pupils used to be a bit shy and , and not speak to him he 'd slap you across the face . |
| 19 | When she came back to him he must present her with a positive plan of action . |
| 20 | On our return to the schooner we found Mr. Gould no longer firm in his former determination to depart immediately , and on my telling him he must give me his hand in pledge that he would stay here and work longer if necessary , he , after a little hesitation , consented . |
| 21 | Instead , he told him he must live his life his own way , and advised John , when he spoke of having fallen in love with a ‘ straight ’ boy at school , to try to save his love for someone who could return it . |
| 22 | Now his family are telling him he should divorce me . |
| 23 | Mr Major spoke out during Prime Minister 's question time when MP John Carlisle ( C Luton N ) raised the case of a headteacher who , after being awarded a salary increase , had written to Education Secretary John Patten ‘ telling him he could stuff his pay rise ’ . |
| 24 | His committee told him he could offer me two guineas for each picture . |
| 25 | She , too , remembered the day he had come into the yard and cheeked her father , telling him he could choose his name from Smith , Jones , or Robinson . |
| 26 | So I , I , I said I 'd ring him back and , I , this bloke 's supposed to be here before one he 'd got half hour to turn up if he 's not here at one I 'm gon na ring this other one and tell him he can do it . |
| 27 | Then if the wife displeases him he can distract himself with her little slave . " |
| 28 | ‘ No , tell him he can have it for a hundred ! |