Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [adv] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It sounds feeble , but I was afraid Grant might be so angry I would finally lose him . ’ |
| 2 | I would dearly wish him to be there and yet I would not impose on his convictions . ’ |
| 3 | Even though I knew I would soon lose him , he had such power to make me happy that I was in heaven listening to him . |
| 4 | I would rather see him and Chris Lewis ( a constant injury worry ) facing the Pakistanis this summer without carrying niggling injuries sustained in the winter . |
| 5 | He said that he would publish the book without a single alteration and that he would be obliged if I would kindly call him to discuss details . |
| 6 | I would just tell him this that er there is a problem here which my Right Honourable Friend is addressing and depending on the outcome of those consultations and discussions , will obviously depend the action which we will have to take . |
| 7 | ‘ I would just marry him tomorrow if he asked me , ’ said Marian , blushing . |
| 8 | I wish I could remember the name of the functionary who pronounced on the news that a union vote had gone 70/30 , at least three to one in favour : I would gladly lend him my copy . |
| 9 | If he 'd like to come 100 yards down Yarm Road I would gladly take him on . ’ |
| 10 | You can advise them whether they decide your advice that 's fine , but what you must do is get them to s , you must write it on the plan your future document , the advice you gave , what plan you decided to do , and I would actually get him to initial it as well . |
| 11 | So after that I would never let him out to play , but then a social worker came to complain that I was keeping him in and away from other children . " |
| 12 | He knew that I would never let him marry her , and , besides , he has a girlfriend of his own , so when I offered him money to go away and leave her alone he stood me off as much as he dared , and collected a big enough stake to marry his girl and start a small business , which , he kindly informed me when he left , he intends to turn into a large one , one day . ’ |
| 13 | I can trust Hugo not to treat me as I have Ken treat Wendy in Lover at the Gate and , if he did , I would never indulge him as Wendy did Ken . |
| 14 | I thought I would never catch him . |
| 15 | Now I began to wonder if my friends had not been right when they said I would never see him again . |
| 16 | And although I knew I must hide my feelings , must never allow myself to hope , I also knew that while there was breath in my body , I would always love him . |
| 17 | This happened to be the very moment when I dropped the punt-pole into the water , the idea being that Dennis could grab hold of it and I would then pull him in . |
| 18 | I would personally rip him apart limb from limb for what he did to my boy . ’ |
| 19 | She would just confront him with the fact that she knew about Flint Investments of New York , and see what he said . |
| 20 | Perhaps she would simply lead him on and on into some dark chamber of doubt and fear . |
| 21 | He prided himself that he never dropped people — he was too chivalrous for that — on the other hand , if he poked fun at her she would probably drop him . |
| 22 | Surely he would come down the street from this direction , she would soon see him , turning his head from left to right to make sure nobody was there to witness their assignation . |
| 23 | Clare was not depressed by Tess 's refusal , feeling sure that she would finally accept him . |
| 24 | I imagined you let her go away with Steve because you … you thought she would finally get him out of her system , and you did say that you were certain she would return as you had something precious that Steve had n't got . |
| 25 | She would rather have him than a hundred friends . |
| 26 | When she played , charging him at full speed , she would often knock him over but always retracted her claws , which , when used for hunting in the wild , can tear a wild pig or deer apart . |
| 27 | She would then face him and , saying her own sickle needed sharpening , neatly slice off his head . |
| 28 | She would only bewilder him quite as much as she would distress him . |
| 29 | Occasionally she would ineffectually encourage him to eat . |
| 30 | In a strong khaki handkerchief he kept his money , the handful of coins he had managed to save or pilfer and hide away in spite of Sweetheart 's threats that she would always find him out if he tried to lie or keep wicked secrets from her . |