Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] him [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Anyroad , Bob 'll already have set off and I may meet him up on t'tops . ’ |
| 2 | Yet if I say I love him , she thought , watching his capable hands on the wheel , I may frighten him away . |
| 3 | She thought : I ought to leave him here . |
| 4 | I ought to warn him too . ’ |
| 5 | Oh I must tell him then ! |
| 6 | and nibbled cornets down to thimbles — bit by bit , the way I must invent him now … |
| 7 | ‘ But I must quote him here : You ai n't seen nothing yet . ’ |
| 8 | So I must leave him here , and you to keep an eye on him . |
| 9 | I must warn him how dangerous such people are . |
| 10 | It 'll mean seeing so much less of him , and God knows I seem to see little enough already , but being an only boy I 've felt I must pack him off to boarding-school to get some men in his life and break the apron-strings . |
| 11 | ‘ I must see him now ! ’ |
| 12 | And unless some secular charge is made against Tutilo , I must take him back with me . |
| 13 | ‘ I must take him back now ! ’ |
| 14 | All I knew was that I must keep him out of sight until Herbert returned . |
| 15 | But evidently he is n't , and I must get him back . ’ |
| 16 | Oh God , colic , thought Perdita ; perhaps he 's eaten something he should n't , I must get him home . |
| 17 | I should miss him too . |
| 18 | But Aunt Maureen thinks I should tell him straight away . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Hey Rico , maybe I should put him back to bed , huh ? ’ |
| 20 | And I thought then that maybe I should ask him how he was . |
| 21 | Fred 's having it off with Diane and it can never get stuck on again , that 's what happens if you — it can happen , the dreadful already has , you mark my words , I think they 're very nice , dear , now do n't you worry , that broom will never sweep again , do n't let him get away with it , it can happen with your shoes off , I should take him back , dear , he who hesitates is lost , you can get lots of laughs with the vicar , should have seen it , one good turn deserves another , niggers in the broom cupboard , Mavis was just the same , what a shame … ’ |
| 22 | Henry Erskine once remarked of a Scottish judge and freeholder that ‘ he was first my enemy , when I came into power he was my great friend , when I went out he turned cool again & left off cultivating me , in that state we now remain , but I make no doubts were I in again , I should have him back again' . |
| 23 | The most I can hope for is that I might meet him over a pint and get him to be indiscreet-tell me if there is any dirt on Desmond Seymour-Strachey , for example . ’ |
| 24 | That was not unusual on the Monday after a tournament , so I decided to drive to his house in Clapham in the hope that I might intercept him either on the way in from a long lunch or on the way out for a pre-prandial drink . |
| 25 | ‘ I mean , ’ Simone said gently , ‘ that I might find him very attractive , despite all your dark and desperate misgivings , but it 's not mutual . ’ |
| 26 | I 've got his telephone number at home , I might phone him up |
| 27 | Mind you , last season Leeds were crap , er , what do you think of Venables , I might have him instead , and then there 's that lad Keegan , etc etc dithering ad nauseam . |
| 28 | " I 'll hold him down while you kick him , if only we can find him . |
| 29 | I said to Sue I said I ca n't ring and tell him I ai n't going I says , I 'll upset him too much . |
| 30 | " Wait , I 'll smell him out . " |