Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [vb infin] he [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we can not guess Jacob 's motives , the storyteller makes them plain : ‘ I may appease him with the present that goes before me , and afterwards I shall see his face ; perhaps he will accept me . ’ |
| 2 | Now , I must welcome him at the door . |
| 3 | We had no sooner got out of the supermarket 's doors than the wee imp said he was tired and I must carry him to the car . |
| 4 | I should hit him across the back of the neck like a rabbit . |
| 5 | I should describe him as an innocent . |
| 6 | I might phone him in the morning |
| 7 | Well , I can tell you something ; I 'm on my own in this house from now on and I shall see to her bathing , and should he attempt to stop me , I 've told him what I 'll do ; I 'll brain him with the first thing I get my hands on . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll supervise him in the clinic for an hour or two . |
| 9 | One day ; Jacko promised himself , one day I 'll tap him on the head and wall him up in a brick kiln . |
| 10 | And I said the thing is , she 'll pick him up off the floor or she 'll pick him up out the basket and say if you do n't give me some money for some drugs I 'll chuck him on the floor ! |
| 11 | Oh yes , well I 'll remind him in a minute . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll get him on the boat . |
| 13 | I 'll get him in a Glory all right and up Monument Hill . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I 'll take him on a picnic , ’ she said . |
| 15 | ‘ If Finn comes back , ’ she said , ‘ I 'll ask him to the picnic . ’ |
| 16 | Well that 's what I 'm saying I 'll put him in the bed , but he wo n't sleep in the bed , he can sleep with me . |
| 17 | ‘ Please tell him I 'll ring him on the dot of twelve , ’ she told the secretary . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'll canter him for a bit , then wait till you come up for your turn . ’ |
| 19 | Dreams , I 'll catch him in the net of my dreams . |
| 20 | I mean I believe I could love him in the other way , his way , now . |
| 21 | When I came up to him , he stood stiffly aside so I could precede him up the stairs . |
| 22 | I reckoned I could blackmail him into a job . |
| 23 | I ca n't think hitting him but I do n't think I could put him over the edge . |
| 24 | ‘ I could get him on the radio and ask for you if you like . ’ |
| 25 | His leg seemed to have stopped bleeding , or very nearly , and he could n't have severed an artery or he 'd have bled to death by now , but all the same there had to be a pretty serious wound under the cloth of his trousers and the faster I could get him to a doctor the better . |
| 26 | I wish I could join him in the corridor , but now it is so crammed that there is no room . |
| 27 | ‘ I could phone him with a problem and he had such insight that he could steer me through it , although he knew very little of the problems over here . ’ |
| 28 | I ask him if I could describe him as a lucky little wanker who became very rich and famous through doing very little apart from being his baffled , fitful , daft self . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , by Wednesday I 'm clear of the Committee , and I could take him to a Regional Office . |
| 30 | We will take it steadily and I could see him as a Festival hope . |