Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [vb pp] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the normal way I would not have followed him into the gunsmith 's , a place of such absolute masculinity , smelling of game and metal , ringing with men 's talk . |
| 2 | But revision would not have saved him from his misunderstandings , his reluctance to think , his complete lack of biological imagination . |
| 3 | Wickham suspected he looked dubious because she hurried on : ‘ Oh , I know you 're thinking I might not have noticed him at the bar . |
| 4 | If he is anything like I was when I played my first Masters ( of three ) in 1978 , this limited time will not have prevented him from dreaming of all possible scenarios , from an air shot on the first tee to outright victory by some 10 shots . |
| 5 | Were he to appear now , in the moonlit room , Chant would not have accused him of negligence , but made proper obeisances and been glad that his inspiration had returned . |
| 6 | They may not have enthused him for their particular brand of political idealism , but they certainly sowed seeds of great potential musically . |
| 7 | My friend , the student , could not have begun to agree to that , and of course the taxi driver would not have allowed him to . |
| 8 | If only conventions were not so rigid she could easily have had him for a lodger . |
| 9 | A man who has a job that could possibly have brought him into contact with the victims , though I do n't think so myself . |
| 10 | My husband should really have kept him for himself , but he believed that I should try to change his luck . ’ |
| 11 | As for King Arthur , Tolkien might well have seen him as a symptom of English vagueness . |
| 12 | One might even have thought him to be angry . |
| 13 | His broad culture , his knowledge and understanding of Roman law , his extraordinary gift for cutting through technicality to perceive and define principle , would surely have drawn him towards this result . |
| 14 | I could n't have stopped him with an anti-tank gun . |
| 15 | down into his arteries and we ca n't get anything down there so they 're blocked , but he said how the hell he survived that op I do n't know he said they could 've done more with his legs but it meant another hour and a quarter minutes in surgery , and he said he 'd had enough we could n't have kept him on the table a minute longer so he said all we can do is wait , so now mum said well he 's alright in intensive care , he 's responding well , getting over the operation well , but what we was worried about was him breathing on his own , had he , had he been you see , anyway he said this on er Thursday |
| 16 | ‘ It would n't have killed him to be here for once . ’ |
| 17 | We would n't have wanted him to be on anyone else 's . ’ |
| 18 | I would n't have wanted him to . |
| 19 | Poor Stephen — she should n't have teased him by exaggerating her friendship with Martin the way she had . |
| 20 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 21 | She would n't have upset him by taking his dog for a walk , that was for sure . |
| 22 | The boy was by now so full of cake he was like a sackful of wet cement and you could n't have hurt him with a sledge-hammer . |
| 23 | But he had n't seemed the type somehow — she would n't have expected him to be drawn by the lure of so-called fame . |
| 24 | That would n't have surprised him at all . |
| 25 | That is precisely the state I should n't have got him into . |
| 26 | But North would doubtless have liked him to ; for even Poindexter confessed that he could hardly hold back from revealing , just once , the glorious ruse with which the president 's dearest cause was being supported . |
| 27 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'd never have expected him to be as supportive as he was , ’ says Sean , ‘ but it brought us closer together . |
| 29 | Nate would never have taken him off the presentation if he was n't being moved sideways or demoted . |
| 30 | The fact of it was , Amanda should never have brought him in here at all ; she should have kept him in Reception , as per company policy . |