Example sentences of "[conj] [modal v] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | An application is not necessarily unreasonable because it is inconvenient for the addressee of the application or causes him considerable work or may make him vulnerable to future claims , or is addressed to a person who is not an officer or employee of or contractor with the company in administration , but all of these will be among the factors relevant to be taken into consideration ( post , pp. 862H — 863A , 864C ) . |
| 2 | An application is not necessarily unreasonable because it is inconvenient for the addressee of the application or causes him a lot of work or may make him vulnerable to future claims , or is addressed to a person who is not an officer or employee of or a contractor with the company in administration , but all these will be relevant factors , together no doubt with many others . |
| 3 | No court can or should give him direction on such a matter . |
| 4 | No court can or should give him direction upon such a matter . |
| 5 | These various substantives evoke a state or quality which disposes the support to perform an action ( willingness , desire , impudence , ability , etc. ) , an action he performs which prevents or could prevent him from realizing it ( hesitation , refusal , reluctance , etc. ) , something he needs in order to realize it ( right , permission ) , a circumstance in which he finds himself which favours something 's occurrence ( chance , occasion ) , etc. — all of which evoke a situation existing before the infinitive event , and so imply a reference to a prior position of the support . |
| 6 | He knew that the animal would either kill Sir Henry or would hurt him so badly that it would be easy to complete the murder . ’ |
| 7 | The plaintiff must agree , expressly or impliedly , to waive any claim for any injury that may befall him due to the lack of reasonable care by the defendant . " |
| 8 | The plaintiff must agree , expressly or impliedly , to waive any claim for any injury that may befall him due to the lack of reasonable care by the defendant . " |
| 9 | His apprehensions are fuelled by a crop of injuries that may deprive him of Paul McGrath ( hamstring ) , Kevin Moran ( bruised back ) and Steve Staunton ( ankle ) . |
| 10 | The case of the ‘ pinocheques ’ is not the only case of apparent corruption that has come to light since the general left power , though it is the one that may touch him directly . |
| 11 | That ought to fetch him . |
| 12 | ( 27 ) I have given him something [ = some kind of drug ] that should help him come round . |
| 13 | Crawford , at 24 , displays a plastic face and an elastic grace — comic credentials that should allow him to travel in faster and funnier company . ’ |
| 14 | Now I 've engendered a feedback loop , so that if Mait , or anyone else , tries to use it , the enhancer will focus his concentration , feed it back , and drain it off again in a continuous loop that should keep him rooted to the spot for the rest of his life — or until someone else separates his gaze from the lenses . |
| 15 | The Anglo-American conglomerate that went public in 1964 romped in with results that should guarantee him another bumper pay packet . |
| 16 | He got to his feet and walked on tip-toe to the kitchen door , where he pressed his face close to the crack , listening for any sound that might tell him what to expect . |
| 17 | Since her death he had never wanted to touch anything that might remind him of her . |
| 18 | Exorcising ghosts , no memories , it all has to be cleansed of anything that might remind him , no shadows of personality to be left behind like a coat on a hook , no toothbrush in a glass like a withered flower . |
| 19 | His first impulse was to throw it away , to rid himself of anything that might link him with Maidstone and Maidstone 's death . |
| 20 | He must have known the looks of bewilderment , horror and disbelief that he would receive from some , and even the militant hostility that might await him when his visit to the Gentile , Cornelius , was discovered . |
| 21 | ‘ He 's a good wrestler , a flier , a skier — all the things that might make him an attraction to the Duchess of York . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're quite certain you said nothing that might make him suspect ? ’ |
| 23 | With the white pieces , he seemed intent on avoiding any continuation that might give him an advantage , playing into total equality , then drifting into an inferior position and time-trouble . |
| 24 | Do n't do or say anything that might upset him . ’ |
| 25 | It alleged that Dr Mumby had injected Royan with substances that might harm him and failed to given adequate medical attention . |
| 26 | Were we to suppose that life was purposive , that everything was part of a planned progression due to culminate in the appearance of man or some other creature that might rival him in dominating the world , then the echinoderms could be dismissed as of no consequence . |
| 27 | It was dangerous , too , to appear too over-confident , or to do anything that might provoke him into making his unofficial fatwa slightly more public than it was already . |
| 28 | He and my mother had been together for at least ten years when I was born , and we think now that I was her hostage to fortune , the factor that might persuade him to get a divorce and marry her . |
| 29 | Bobby 'll be here in a minute , and I want you all to give him a performance that 'll blast him out of his seat ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ There 's someone in the village that 'll shoot him . ’ |