Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [verb] he [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should prefer to watch him in the primeval forests of his native land , wielding an axe against some giant tree . |
| 2 | He took the view that his agents , the defendants , should have told him of the Perots ' interest in both properties , being material information relating to his sale of Caliban . |
| 3 | That fat Cockney with his stupid tattoos and his jocular manner and his dirty jokes ; he should have dumped him in the canal ! |
| 4 | You must have seen him at the pictures . ‘ |
| 5 | My visit must have alarmed him to the extent that he decided to check again to ensure he had n't left any clues . |
| 6 | His Mum must have persuaded him about the parrot . |
| 7 | He won the local Easter parade a couple of times as the best-dressed man which , in the depressed Thirties , must have put him in the mould of something of an exhibitionist . |
| 8 | ‘ If he 's hurt I 'll have to get him to the vet , ’ said Lee . |
| 9 | " I 'll have to run him into the passage . |
| 10 | Had the batsman not ducked , the ball might have struck him in the solar plexus . |
| 11 | If , for example , old man Jordan had come into the kitchen at that moment , Wycliffe might have seen him in the mirror ; but what of it ? |
| 12 | She might then have sought and received public assistance or have pledged her husband 's credit with tradesmen : in which case the National Assistance Board might have summoned him before the magistrates , or the tradesmen might have sued him in the county court . |
| 13 | She might then have sought and received public assistance or have pledged her husband 's credit with tradesmen : in which case the National Assistance Board might have summoned him before the magistrates , or the tradesmen might have sued him in the county court . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'd want to club him on the head with a soulier de satin after two hours , ’ said Roger , in a harsh hurrying tone . |
| 15 | I 'd like to punch him in the face for his insolence . |
| 16 | Nothing in his IBM Corp background could have prepared him for the kind of speech he gave — in fact had to give , if Taligent is to be seen as the answer to the world 's ills . |
| 17 | Nothing however could have prepared him for the drama to come . |
| 18 | I was mad with him , could have battered him into the ground I could if I was strong enough . ’ |
| 19 | You tell me how any of us could have chucked him over the balustrade even if the whole lot of us got together to do it . |
| 20 | But having said that surely Wilkinson could have kept him at the club , for someone who says that players are picked on the performances they produce how can he explain Deane ? |
| 21 | Her desire for such a life was so passionate , and her gratitude to Walter for this glimpse of it was so great that she could have kissed him in the street , and later that day she did in fact allow him to undo her brassiere strap without a word of protest . |
| 22 | ‘ I could have forgiven him for the debts he piled up , but the lies , having another woman — I can never forgive that , ’ Jean says . |
| 23 | Then the man was running , and Blagg could have shot him in the back but he had only one round left . |
| 24 | Heydrich could have shot him in the head . |
| 25 | Goering could have shot him from the skies . |
| 26 | Ultimately , it was all too easy for Sainz , who could afford to enjoy the scenery in yesterday 's Scottish forest stages after Kankkunnen , the only man who could have overhauled him in the world title race , lost crucial time when his Lancia hit a rock . |
| 27 | She could have asked him about the carrots . |
| 28 | If he 'd been on the train and had walked with the other racegoers towards the station , Filmer could have seen him through the window … and just the sight of him had caused the tensing of the neck muscles … and if Filmer had n't yet paid him for whatever … then he would come back to the train … |
| 29 | Whoever was inside could have seen him from the windows . |
| 30 | I could not help feeling that if we could have had him from the moment of the return of Civil Government Burma would have been in a happier and more disciplined condition , ready to see the real task which the nation would have to face as soon as its political future was decided . |