Example sentences of "they [verb] he [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Isabel needed his protection as far as Winchester , and if he did n't have those answers before they arrived he would keep her under restraint until he unlocked every secret she possessed . |
| 2 | As they arrived he would take them up to her in bed . |
| 3 | Why should Billy 's Action Man friends take it out on him — unless they thought he 'd set them up ? ’ |
| 4 | The Gardai said they thought he 'd identify them . |
| 5 | Although he clearly wants to walk off the boat , the ambulance crew scramble on board and clamp him onto a stretcher , so firmly that I wonder if they think he might punch them . |
| 6 | This policeman was having to give evidence and he 'd come to talk , oh I see you 've had the baby , cos he was talking to me it had happened I said , oh what did you have blah blah blah , blah blah blah , but the little devil went in the witness box , he denied about not being there on duty about putting his mac on , ooh and he 'd never clapped eyes on barrister or a solicitor and they said he 'll meet you before the case , so we had to go extra early meet this barrister and he never came and so they took us in this little room in all his wig and his gown , we got , oh what happened ? |
| 7 | They said he 'd swap them if they did n't fit . |