Example sentences of "[that] they [vb mod] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was expected that they would interview him later today . |
| 2 | He was n't even sure that they would want him . |
| 3 | Jackson said : ‘ I told Nigel he was too thin to play rugby and that they would break him in half . ’ |
| 4 | He made himself as meek as a lamb , hoping perhaps that they would give him an extra morsel of food or some other favour . |
| 5 | There would be no more hinting now that they would like him to leave . |
| 6 | Police indicated that they would charge him under Zimbabwe 's Law and Order Maintenance Act for a statement he issued on Monday accusing the government of ‘ state terrorism ’ against students . |
| 7 | He had a few enemies amongst the more militant dockers but he had many loyal friends too , and many had told Carrie that they would follow him without question . |
| 8 | Not that they would condemn him . |
| 9 | Could Kevin 's parents really be so careless that they would lose him twice ? |
| 10 | But when he said so , hoping that they would find him a job away from the Zoo , they said instead that if he wanted he could work through the remaining years to his retirement as general helper and sweeper . |
| 11 | I rather got the impression that they would take him er , er , continue interest in what would happen , I 've got the impression they have a representative here to give their view of how it was er |
| 12 | The two unattached women seemed to have been drawn together perhaps by their very unattachedness but more certainly by Rupert Stonebird 's dinner party and the idea that they might meet him in Rome . |
| 13 | The latest word from Malawi is that they may see him after Kamuzu Day , a possible flashpoint , this Thursday . |
| 14 | This would inevitably be slow-moving , but it was only seventy miles from Berwick , so that they must expect him before the town within the week . |
| 15 | He poured himself more whisky , pressing Herr Nordern to have another , too , and saying that he was leading the Norderns into bad ways but that they must forgive him as it was n't very often they saw him , ha ! ha ! and Herr Nordern , while not prepared to accept that he was led by anyone except the leaders of his country , took the whisky , thinking , what the devil , he had worked like a dog all day , and it was true , Karl would not be with them much longer and they would probably never see him again and , he had to confess , he would n't mind if he never saw him again as long as either of them lived . |
| 16 | The German 's rates differed from girl to girl , and with some he had an arrangement that he received a commission rather than a rent per room ; the advantage here for the girls was that they could pay him at the end of the night , rather than each time they used the room And to ensure they did n't even think about cheating , he employed a " caretaker " whose job was to keep a tally of the girls and their customers . |
| 17 | And then writing back to this contact i either in New York or in Virginia or wherever it was , saying that it th they would give him the dimensions of the roof , that they could tell him exactly how many slates they 'd need to cover it . |
| 18 | Once they realized that no presents could ever be exactly the same and that they could help him to take pleasure in his sister 's presents by pointing out the good features of one of her new toys to her they felt more confident in coping with his reactions . |
| 19 | The jury were directed by the trial judge that they could find him guilty only as actor , whereas the true position was that he could be found guilty either as actor or on the basis of art and part . |
| 20 | Mark : Judas decided to betray Jesus and told the chief priest that he would lead them to Jesus in order that they could arrest him in secret . |
| 21 | He persuaded the Stationer 's Company that they should send him a copy of each book its members printed . |
| 22 | I think first of all we want to know er as far as it 's possible , which of course is always er within the limitations of our abilities whether we think he 's a man that we can recommend to the church , that they should call him . |
| 23 | The Doctor waved to the poet that they should follow him . |
| 24 | So the logic is that they will prevent him . |
| 25 | He shits himself each day that they will send him there . |
| 26 | It is therefore imperative to record these experiences in words now , to recreate them ‘ in substance and in life ’ , so that they can restore him in the future . |
| 27 | Furthermore they know that they can trust him because he will not filch money from the common agricultural policy , as Labour would do , to use it for other purposes . |
| 28 | I mean if anybody else just got up on the stage like he does and kicks his leg , kick like their leg like er like that they 'd boo him off ! |