Example sentences of "[vb past] [subord] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] him " in BNC.

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1 He felt like telling the old folk it was not New Year 's Eve , but he doubted if they would believe him .
2 Oh , Hilly , how I love you ! ’ he exclaimed before she could answer him .
3 Gabriel knocked at the door and asked if they could give him a bed for the night and a bite to eat .
4 ‘ Mr Cunningham asked if you could spare him a few minutes before leaving the hotel .
5 Some weeks later my brother and I were passing through London , and I asked if I might bring him to see her .
6 He asked if I would advise him to send for Henderson , I said ‘ No ’ , which he said relieved him .
7 He asked if I would advise him to send for Henderson .
8 My first encounter with Kagan took place when Wilson telephoned me and asked if I would see him .
9 ‘ He said he would be seeing Mr Moi in Bonn the following week , and asked if I would like him to set up a meeting with the president .
10 One day one of the German officers stationed in Fontanellato , an Oberleutnant Bauer , called on me and asked if I could give him Italian lessons .
11 A year beforehand , Chudnovsky , who was a collector from Leningrad , and a very well-known one , had been to see me and asked if I could help him .
12 ‘ I would n't go without Brian so I asked if I could have him buried beside my parents in Scotland .
13 He hesitated a minute and then asked if she would like him to examine her .
14 She recalls that she met her ex-husband , cameraman Danny Mindel , on a plane going to the Seychelles and , after chatting for ages , asked if she could kiss him : ‘ And when I kissed him I knew I was going to marry him . ’
15 She asked if she could join him ; his answer was short and negative .
16 But the crash happened before they could stop him .
17 I thought if I could see him … ’
18 It would be lovely he said if somebody could give him a ring .
19 I wondered if we should let him drive , given the state he was in .
20 She wondered if she should tell him about Amy 's having been a nurse .
21 She wondered if she should wake him , but his breathing became easier and she relaxed .
22 I wondered if I should tell him this , and decided he might not think it funny .
23 I I wondered if you might ask him .
24 Watching him stride away , hurt and humiliated by the shocking scene he had just witnessed , she wondered whether she should tell him her secret .
25 At first , he 'd worried that Amber Epipheny would be jealous of him , and wondered whether she 'd confront him about the matter .
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