Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] him " 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 . |