Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [vb pp] he [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should have hit him a lot harder in the first place . |
| 2 | Should have nabbed him the park though ! |
| 3 | ‘ That she should have given him the letter a week after his arrival . |
| 4 | Dad said , and it must have cost him a lot to say so little after he 'd been put down by me , ‘ I 've decided I want to be with Eva . ’ |
| 5 | He believed she must have sent him the bill personally , wanting to meet him as much as he wanted to meet her . |
| 6 | Colin was on City 's books in the 1960s and the 77th-minute winner must have given him a kick . |
| 7 | The girl must have given him the elbow , Harriet decided . |
| 8 | They must have thought him a bit insensitive — running off like that , the day after … |
| 9 | And we 'll have given him a clue for how to budget for next year as well . |
| 10 | ‘ And it might have done him a bit of good . ’ |
| 11 | What 's more they might have done him an injury if he had n't pulled off his cassock pretty smartish and turned back into Matt , which calmed them down . |
| 12 | It was the sort of contribution to British life which might have brought him an honour . |
| 13 | It seemed to her that , despite all he had done , Ursula might have spared him a word or gesture of encouragement . |
| 14 | Revelations about his string of dancing partners and unsuitable friends might have earned him a reputation not unlike Fergie 's . |
| 15 | And that , I I was , my hus , during the time mother was ill , my husband took ill , now this is where authorities do n't give you any back up , instead of sending him to hospital which was fifteen minutes by bus , I could have visited him every day they sent him to the other side of the county which only allowed a visit once a week , and meant I had to leave at twelve o'clock and get home at six ! |
| 16 | That could have made him a candidate for murder , could n't it ? ’ |
| 17 | This time there was plenty of evidence that could have saved him the trouble of the trip . |
| 18 | X-ray fluorescence ( XRE ) analysis ( see glossary ) of solders used on Roman silver suggests that the Roman silversmith did indeed use several different solders which could have given him a working temperature range from the melting point of silver ( 960°C ) , down to 180°C . |
| 19 | And though the visit could have given him an opportunity to kill his father , and then drive down the next day to discover the body , that was the one crime which every logical motive screamed against . |
| 20 | It was softly lit and there was music with a man trying to sing : I could have shown him a thing or two . |
| 21 | The boy naturalist Charles Darwin could have shown him a thing or two about that , but Hume had been dead 40 years when Darwin enrolled in Hume 's university of Edinburgh . |
| 22 | I 'd have called him a mother 's boy . |
| 23 | If that fool had known what it was , he 'd have given him the money ! ’ |
| 24 | The Navy may have given him an air of commanding responsibility , but it was his year running the Queen 's Silver Jubilee Appeal in 1977 that finally made him his own man , and not his father 's son . |
| 25 | Also , I may have given him the impression , with the urgency of youth possessed of strong convictions , that I wanted at all costs to have something published on this subject . |
| 26 | Actually I forgot about it or else I would 've ma I would 've got him a card . |
| 27 | His closeness to the king and his enthusiasm for the war would have ensured him a place as a leader of the younger generation of nobles , and his death was yet another misfortune for the king . |
| 28 | Should have worn gloves because they would have protected his hands , but they would have denied him the freedom of movement that he now needed . |
| 29 | ‘ It would have cost him a fortune . |
| 30 | Presumably , the estate agent would have given him a lift somewhere . |