Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] him [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For once , she must tell him the truth , never mind that he had behaved so badly last night . |
| 2 | Now he was insisting that she should give him the dress she was wearing to pay off the debt . |
| 3 | He thought , eating it , that he must be careful not to be too metaphorical in his instructions , since , in her anxiety to obey him to the letter , she might feed him a diet of unrelieved soup and rice pudding . |
| 4 | Once they had spent an enjoyable week in Bath and on another occasion he had suggested going to Cornwall so that she could show him the house where she was brought up . |
| 5 | If only she could tell him the truth . |
| 6 | She could send him a proof of the article on the Holocaust she had written for Fem Sap . |
| 7 | She could give him a room with a bed , and her asking price for it was only a little above that of Mrs McIntosh , and much less than the inn . |
| 8 | She could put him into the scale alongside Joseph and Tarquin Poulteney-Crosse whom she believed culpable of murder , or she could give him the benefit of the doubt . |
| 9 | At eighteen he was tending bar in San Francisco when an actress , taken with his clean-cut good looks , said she thought she could get him a scene shifter 's job at the theatre . |
| 10 | She could forgive him the anger , she could forgive him the names . |
| 11 | By God , she could teach him a thing or two yet ! |
| 12 | Erm and when she was talking to me about different people , I 'd never know who they was , because I was never I was never that interested in Bay to er to find out who they was or to remember she 'd point out somebody and say that 's so and so and then when she 'd mention him a couple of days later I 'd go , Who 's that ? |
| 13 | Yeah i well he 's just distressed cos I think Gill 's phoning him in the morning and she said she 'd give him a lift to the hospital . |
| 14 | The truth was she 'd never been more curious about anyone in her whole life , but there was no way she 'd give him the satisfaction of knowing that . |
| 15 | She used to make him a cup of tea and used to drink it herself . |
| 16 | ‘ And I think that someone would like to dance it with me , ’ she said , as Herman , lured by the smile , came across and with a ludicrous bow , asked Erika if she would do him the honour of the dance , Erika graciously accepting , to her delight leaving Fritz looking disconsolate and unhappy . |
| 17 | She would give him a ball of string . |
| 18 | One day Hugh came into the bathroom while Myra was washing and offered to give her a present if she would give him a hug and a kiss . |
| 19 | There was no way that she would give him the satisfaction of seeing her emerge later in the evening with puffy red eyes . |
| 20 | Removed from her abominable parent , and cared for properly , she would give him the heir he needed . |
| 21 | She would get him the job , if he gave her money and clients . |
| 22 | Normally this was Beth 's favourite time … when her son was lying sleepy in his bed and she would read him a story about creatures and little people ; gentle stories that soon sent him into a peaceful slumber . |