Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | You must prod him with coloured pencils , or tell him he must be joking when he makes heavy weather of something that another author does neatly . |
2 | He may be an unlikely civil servant , but his qualities should stand him in good stead for the job of producing a national strategy for the NHS 's science . |
3 | Provocation on the part of the plaintiff may disentitle him to aggravated damages . |
4 | . We 'll knock him off quick . |
5 | ‘ But they 'll welcome him with open arms , bringing them medical aid . |
6 | Apparently Kelly played well again … we might see him at right back vs Man City . |
7 | Worse still , involvement might lead him into actual danger . |
8 | We 'll , we 'll put him on Blind Date . |
9 | I think we 'll put him in special care when he comes out of Theatre . ’ |
10 | C : See , told you I 'd stuff him in open debate . |
11 | Assistant manager Eddie Stein , who had taken temporary control , said : ‘ The chairman did ask me how I felt about Barry possibly coming back earlier this week and I told him I 'd welcome him with open arms . |
12 | David Speedie lost his rag with an invading fan at The Dell yesterday — but his one-man pitch clear-ing job could land him in hot water . |
13 | His voice was now re-forming into a pleasant tenor and his clamp of a memory could breeze him through Welsh songs and hymns , music-hall ditties and comic specialities half the night . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | ‘ I thought the idea was that you 'd meet him in public . |
16 | And so , resentfully , he learned concepts that could stand him in good stead . |
17 | The 28-year-old Briton knows a second defeat could leave him in desperate trouble against the man rated by many as the best player in the chess history . |
18 | Because you 'd lose him for sure then . |
19 | If I could just get a role doing some of the falls in the action replays , say , I could save him from horrible injury , or at least the odd booking . |
20 | Louis the Pious had done all he could to oust him by encouraging opponents in the region . |
21 | He was a field marshal and , when acting in his military capacity as Inspector General of the Imperial forces , his wife could accompany him in public . |
22 | Gabriel had to wait until Sergeant Troy had finished his dance with Bathsheba before he could warn him about possible damage to the ricks . |
23 | If Clarissa were here , she 'd warn him against hasty decisions , impetuosity , all the faults of his character . |
24 | I could rip him to fucking pieces with my bare hands ! " |
25 | You old men who used to watch him on Manc of the Day may have got more exposure etc . |
26 | He says that when he was small , his grandfather used to tell him about little people who came out at night to play with the toys . ’ |
27 | Mr Rampton asked : ‘ Suppose you had somebody in your hands who had behaved badly … is it in those circumstances right to hand him back to somebody who would treat him with equal brutality ? ’ |
28 | The mother says that it was not a wrongful removal and that , even if it was , she has a defence under article 13 in that there is a grave risk that the return of the child would expose him to physical or psychological harm or otherwise place him in an intolerable situation . |
29 | He grew a real beard , which would incommode him for other parts ; he thought , behaved , responded Learwise , in as short-sighted a fashion as that monarch would have done , having handed on his characteristics to his youngest daughter . |
30 | After that she needed no invitation and , when he was lying exhausted beside her , she would send him into loud peals of laughter with her spicy , tart wit and skill at mimicry , particularly of that rather stuffy English clerk , Hugh Corbett . |