Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the child is in care no-one may cause him to be known by a new surname or remove him from the United Kingdom without either the written consent of every person who has parental responsibility or the leave of the court ( s33(7) ) . |
| 2 | He does n't seem to be embarrassed by anything , except when you try to provoke him by telling him that surely he must thump his desk once in a while , or that although he says that a record company exists ‘ to guide your artists ’ most of them must hate him at some point . |
| 3 | No-one should underestimate him . |
| 4 | ‘ Anyroad , Bob 'll already have set off and I may meet him up on t'tops . ’ |
| 5 | Now , please have Red Sixteen sent for , so that I may inform him of my decision . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ If I climb up I may get him , ’ Penny said to herself . |
| 7 | He said : ‘ I have never seen Downey 's picture but I would think I may know him . |
| 8 | ‘ Then I may see him ? ’ said Philip , promptly securing at least this concession . |
| 9 | ‘ I may fire him , as I 've told you . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Yet if I say I love him , she thought , watching his capable hands on the wheel , I may frighten him away . |
| 12 | I thought I ought to ask him . |
| 13 | She thought : I ought to leave him here . |
| 14 | But I ought to report him ! |
| 15 | I ought to tell him what to do with his feature article . |
| 16 | Suppose I ought to tell him that should n't I ? be out and unlock the gate . |
| 17 | I ought to warn him too . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The story is that there 's an irresponsible , bored lunatic in Deptford , and I ought to keep him in a cage until I need him . ’ |
| 19 | We had a good Christian upbringing , and I know I ought to condemn him if that 's the case , but I do n't . |
| 20 | ‘ I think I ought to make him marry one of you even now ! ’ she sobbed . |
| 21 | Someone ought to ask him about that . |
| 22 | Someone ought to take him home . |
| 23 | Someone should tell him that he 's not the only one with a murder on his hands . " |
| 24 | If so , I must advise him — and Conservative Members before they intervene — that that is not a commitment that I should like to make on behalf of any future Labour Administration because it would be an unreal commitment . |
| 25 | ‘ The Minister is just finishing a phone call , then I must tell him one thing before he sees you , ’ he said , briskly , glancing at the miniature switchboard beside him which sat incongruously in the draughty , high-ceilinged , dingy room . |
| 26 | ‘ I must tell him , Heather Allenby 's coming over again . |
| 27 | ‘ If Sir Henry is in danger , I must tell him . ’ |
| 28 | I must tell him , she thought feverishly . |
| 29 | I must tell him to stop ! |
| 30 | However , I must tell him that it is a draft directive , which has been brought forward by the Commission , utterly spuriously , on grounds of health and safety . |