Example sentences of "they [modal v] [verb] him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He does n't seem to be embarrassed by anything , except when you try to provoke him by telling him that surely he must thump his desk once in a while , or that although he says that a record company exists ‘ to guide your artists ’ most of them must hate him at some point . |
| 2 | ‘ But they 'll welcome him with open arms , bringing them medical aid . |
| 3 | My guess is they 'll move him to one of their London safe houses . ’ |
| 4 | They 'll move him to some safe house just as they did with Hess . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ In my opinion , they 'll move him to some sort of safe house . |
| 6 | According to evidence at a murder trial , the police found the weapon when they freed the alleged murderer so they could keep him under secret surveillance . |
| 7 | Jackson said : ‘ I told Nigel he was too thin to play rugby and that they would break him in half . ’ |
| 8 | He raped you , and they will get him for that . |
| 9 | And so you 're , er , have actually , you 're at or whatever , erm , it would be nice to think , and I 'm not exactly sure , my geography 's not that good at that particular part , but you , you sort of tend to look at it , and say , right if he 's in and out , and it 's ten o'clock and somebody says they can see him at eleven , you know , and there 's this tendency , to say , well erm , O K. Yes ? |