Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then I made a mistake , I felt it had all been a sacrifice in vain , I felt I had to make him appreciate what I 'd done , that he ought to let me go — so I tried to tell him . |
| 2 | He may throw me among strangers . |
| 3 | For example , if I assume a man is honest when in fact he is a rogue , he may cheat me when I trust him . |
| 4 | I ask you to break that pledge you made with him so that he may marry me , the mother of his children . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ … entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar , that he may give me the cave of Machpelah , which he owns ; it is at the end of his field . |
| 6 | And he turned toward the East and knelt and said , Holy Mary Mother , and all Saints , pray to God for me , that he may give me strength to destroy all the Pagans , and to win enough from them to requite my friends therewith , and all those who follow and help me . |
| 7 | He may give me till tea-time . |
| 8 | He may make me feel desolate , make my spirits sink , hide my future from me … still … |
| 9 | He may regard me as an amateur but the fact is that , due to physical difficulties , I can not pull and twist in a horizontal mode and so I invoked gravity to assist . |
| 10 | He may take me tonight and then reject me tomorrow . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh well , ’ he said with a sigh , ‘ in the face of such force majeure , he may forgive me for capitulating . ’ |
| 12 | Fat bald man asks if he may join me , with unpleasant leer . |
| 13 | ‘ Then he may join me indoors when he 's had enough , as I already have . ’ |
| 14 | He may reject me . |
| 15 | William was more eager that he should show me some papers he had recently received by post from America . |
| 16 | I obliged with iron-toothed Baba Yaga , and the newsagent asked how much he should pay me . |
| 17 | ‘ Why he should tell me from day one that you were his girlfriend . |
| 18 | In the circumstances , it was reasonable he should hold me like this . |
| 19 | I do n't bother Frank , and I do n't think that he should bother me . |
| 20 | ‘ I think it may be even more important that he should meet me . |
| 21 | I said , ‘ It 's clear that Frank and I ca n't work together , so obviously he should leave me alone . |
| 22 | I suggested that he should let me write a version of the press telegram in a more discreet way , trying to keep the reporter 's expectations and hopes . |
| 23 | Now his family are telling him he should divorce me . |
| 24 | There 's no real reason he should contact me at all . |
| 25 | no odds to me — if he should see me — assuming I 'm free |
| 26 | He was not supporting me in the way I felt he should support me . |
| 27 | On our return to the schooner we found Mr. Gould no longer firm in his former determination to depart immediately , and on my telling him he must give me his hand in pledge that he would stay here and work longer if necessary , he , after a little hesitation , consented . |
| 28 | As far as I am aware , there was good feeling between the candidates during the election , and I was somewhat surprised to read in Susan Crosland 's splendid biography of her husband that Roy Hattersley had told him I was angry that he was standing , and that he must give me his support before the first ballot or I would have no interest in him . |
| 29 | He must satisfy me that it will be lawful to administer a blood transfusion in the circumstances now prevailing and so I ask myself , has Miss T. evinced a settled intention to refuse a transmission of blood come what may , even if that refusal costs her her life ? |
| 30 | He must want me physically . |