Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] him [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reserve your answer for the cameras , or you may inadvertently give him more fuel for his theme . |
| 2 | Even when He appears evil , commanding actions universally regarded as bad such as killing a son , we should nevertheless call Him good . |
| 3 | Richard wondered why living on a largish boat should automatically make him interested in small ones . |
| 4 | Well , you should n't trust him further than you can throw him . |
| 5 | As the enemy closes in , the hero , safe in the knowledge that his comrades have made it to safety , shoots himself so that the enemy may not take him alive . |
| 6 | But you know , let's not talk him all the time because I think some of our players gave good performances today . |
| 7 | I might just give him another run — if only to keep the stable going ’ . |
| 8 | It 'll probably unwind him better than anything else . ’ |
| 9 | An omission which might have and may still cost him serious casualties to personnel north of the Qattara depression . |
| 10 | Yes but I 'm not sure , I think I 'd rather phone him first if |
| 11 | On his way home from college , he had managed to slip into the bookshop and grab a few quick words with Joe on the pretext of asking for a book , but the small , stout man could only tell him more or less what he already knew . |
| 12 | In field after field the government was forced to change course , earning a reputation for dishonesty and lack of principle that , when allied to Lloyd George 's prior reputation , could only do him great damage . |
| 13 | But she could scarcely tell him that . |
| 14 | He knew that he still whistled sometimes , but the bogeyman could not scare him any more . |
| 15 | She could not tell him about Havvie ; neither could she speak the lie to him , not to Dr Neil , but she could not tell him the truth , for that would mean telling him who she was , and she could not tell him that , not here , not now ; it would spoil everything between them if he knew that she was the spoiled and pampered American Princess . |
| 16 | Peggy van Praagh told me that , even so early , de Valois had said to her ‘ I think he 'll make a choreographer ’ , but she was already trying out several other aspirants , so could not give him immediate chances . |
| 17 | Alexander asked if the doctor knew what that something was , but he could not give him any answer . |
| 18 | Tom Dreaper could not convince him that racing was a business to be taken seriously , and Foinavon had been sold for 2,000 guineas . |
| 19 | Following a short interview about the further offence , the officer whom he had requested to see told him that he could not ask him any questions about the early offence for which he had already been charged but said that he could make a statement if he wished . |
| 20 | While she did not like Matthew and never would , she could not wish him ill . |
| 21 | I loved him at the beginning and could not hate him later — even when he was agonizing everyone . |
| 22 | Barney might experience flashes of impatience and anger , say and do things he would later regret , but she could not believe him capable of the blind , destructive hatred that had driven the knife into Angy 's throat . |
| 23 | I could just ask him casual like — you know , like I 'm going to meet a friend there or summat , but I ca n't remember the address . |
| 24 | But she could hardly tell him that ! |
| 25 | She could hardly believe him capable of such kindness . |
| 26 | You 'd still see him three times a week . " |
| 27 | She 'd probably join him later . |
| 28 | That she would you know throw him out so that she could just could n't tolerate him any more . |
| 29 | ‘ I could n't love him more than I do , ’ she replied . |
| 30 | She did , of course , but she could n't tell him that . |