Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] he " in BNC.

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1 By section 434 of the Companies Act 1985 if inspectors appointed to investigate the affairs of a company consider that an officer or agent of the company ‘ or any other person ’ is in possession of information relating to a matter relevant to the investigation they may require him :
2 The latest word from Malawi is that they may see him after Kamuzu Day , a possible flashpoint , this Thursday .
3 Every family with a young man knows they may lose him to the war , and they are as furious about it as a swarm of bees .
4 They may have him already . ’
5 If the police wish to detain him they must place him under arrest .
6 This time they must send him to prison .
7 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 .
8 Those things strapped to his poor little scalp — they must hurt him , no matter what they said .
9 They must give him a chance .
10 He says if people think he 's not telling the truth they must tell him to his face .
11 On 5 November 1978 , four generals called Afshar saying they must see him at once .
12 That is , they must convict him of the offence which they think he probably did not commit .
13 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 .
14 After a while they must follow him and be armed with dagger and sword .
15 He cared nothing for his wife and daughter and they must wipe him from their minds .
16 They should make him a national treasure , ’ said Ian Wright .
17 He persuaded the Stationer 's Company that they should send him a copy of each book its members printed .
18 Even Sean 's obvious appreciation of her had served mainly to boost her confidence as to how she would look in that other man 's eyes , if by some absolute miracle they should meet him for a moment as they were driving through the grounds of Millfield House .
19 Well obviously Miss the magistrates will need to be satisfied there are grounds why they should bind him over they will also need to be satisfied that there is a fear for the future otherwise they will not bind him over .
20 Well obviously Miss the magistrates will need to be satisfied there are grounds why they should bind him over .
21 They should tell him things .
22 Deane is evidently capable of playing football , they should give him more opportunity to do it .
23 ‘ Then they should remove him . ’
24 They should call him burglar Brain , the way he pinched it .
25 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 .
26 They should call him jammy man .
27 The Doctor waved to the poet that they should follow him .
28 If the Greens ever form a government , they should use him in the commercials advocating population control .
29 He stormed : ‘ The FA should suspend him for a couple of years and if they ca n't ban the video then they should fine him every penny he makes out of it .
30 They should judge him purely on his ability as a player and what they are actually saying is that their man-management techniques are n't up to scratch .
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