Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [verb] him [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ? |
| 2 | For my purpose I should like to call him the man in the jury box , for the moral judgement of society must be something about which any twelve men or women drawn at random might after discussion be expected to be unanimous . |
| 3 | If we can put all this point-scoring to one side , I should like to ask him a question concerning several thousand of my constituents . |
| 4 | so er we must remember to buy him a card and something |
| 5 | I should have hit him a lot harder in the first place . |
| 6 | Should have nabbed him the park though ! |
| 7 | ‘ That she should have given him the letter a week after his arrival . |
| 8 | I should have give him a fiver . |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | He believed she must have sent him the bill personally , wanting to meet him as much as he wanted to meet her . |
| 11 | Colin was on City 's books in the 1960s and the 77th-minute winner must have given him a kick . |
| 12 | The girl must have given him the elbow , Harriet decided . |
| 13 | They must have thought him a bit insensitive — running off like that , the day after … |
| 14 | But I 'll have to give him a caution at least . |
| 15 | You 'll have to give him a present . |
| 16 | And we 'll have given him a clue for how to budget for next year as well . |
| 17 | I 'll have to buy him a drink . |
| 18 | ‘ And it might have done him a bit of good . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It was the sort of contribution to British life which might have brought him an honour . |
| 21 | It seemed to her that , despite all he had done , Ursula might have spared him a word or gesture of encouragement . |
| 22 | ‘ We might have to get him an alarm clock , ’ says Sharon , secretary to David Racher , exploration manager for Asia Pacific and Western Division . |
| 23 | Revelations about his string of dancing partners and unsuitable friends might have earned him a reputation not unlike Fergie 's . |
| 24 | He even suggested maybe I 'd like to show him the cut . |
| 25 | 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 ! |
| 26 | That could have made him a candidate for murder , could n't it ? ’ |
| 27 | This time there was plenty of evidence that could have saved him the trouble of the trip . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It was softly lit and there was music with a man trying to sing : I could have shown him a thing or two . |