Example sentences of "that he [modal v] [verb] me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ask you to break that pledge you made with him so that he may marry me , the mother of his children . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ … entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar , that he may give me the cave of Machpelah , which he owns ; it is at the end of his field . |
| 3 | And he turned toward the East and knelt and said , Holy Mary Mother , and all Saints , pray to God for me , that he may give me strength to destroy all the Pagans , and to win enough from them to requite my friends therewith , and all those who follow and help me . |
| 4 | And then I made a mistake , I felt it had all been a sacrifice in vain , I felt I had to make him appreciate what I 'd done , that he ought to let me go — so I tried to tell him . |
| 5 | I 'm a fool if I believe for one minute that he 'll give me a fair chance … |
| 6 | Mr and that he 'll see me . |
| 7 | I had the somewhat faint hope that he might lead me to the place and permit me to stand where Balboa had stood — on the very peak which John Keats , with the kind of monumental mistakenness permitted under the principle of poetic licence — declared was occupied by : |
| 8 | He feared that he might love me completely . |
| 9 | He was cruel because he wanted to drive me away ; but he wanted to drive me away because he feared that he might love me completely . |
| 10 | He started off by taking Jack Hylton — an old friend of mine and a leading member of the board of TWW — to meet some of the independent television proprietors , and at that stage he suggested to Hylton that he might use me as an intermediary . |
| 11 | He had pictures in his office that he would show me of well-equipped armed bands that he said were taken down in the middle of Nicaragua . |
| 12 | I suppose I half-hoped that he would zap me with extinction the way he had zapped June with orgasm the night before but his horrible middle finger was folded around a reeking cheroot and showed no sign of flexing . |
| 13 | He told me that he liked my playing and that he would give me a ring when I got back to Milwaukee , and about three to four months later we actually formed a band and went on tour . |
| 14 | He told me to be a good girl for Mum , and that he would give me some money to go to the pictures . |
| 15 | I listened carefully to my right hon. Friend the Minister , hoping that he would give me a chance . |
| 16 | Then he became angry , and threatened that he would silence me forever , if I would not agree . |
| 17 | I was slightly worried , I must admit , that he would knife me . |
| 18 | However , I was immediately transferred to Glynn , a technical guy who took my fax number with the promise that he would send me a drawing that morning of the necessary mods . |
| 19 | On our way home I explained to her that if her father discovered she had visited Wuthering Heights , he would perhaps be so angry with me that he would send me away . |
| 20 | So he answered that that might not be , that he would have me whether I would or no , and that my brother was of his opinion in this matter . |
| 21 | But it will happen … not quite yet but at the point where he will no longer hinder me with the pretence that he would have me stay . |
| 22 | When I helped him into bed he said , with some echo of his old authority , that nothing was to change while he was here ; that I was to go on with my work ; that he would teach me to play chess at last ; that he was absolutely thrilled to be out of hospital , and it would be a positive delight to look after himself . |
| 23 | It just started from there and Michael said he liked the way I played and that he would help me along in the industry , and this was just before his career hit . |
| 24 | He rang me the next day , was very enthusiastic , but apologised that for the following two years he was only doing German opera — but that he would remember me ! |
| 25 | I had intended to emerge while Mr Cardinal was still a reasonable distance away , so that he would see me in good time and suppose I was on my way to the summerhouse , or perhaps to the gardener 's lodge . |
| 26 | It was decided that he would take me in as an apprentice to old Bill ( Mr Carswell ) . |
| 27 | And then he pointed out that he would need me to translate for him with students and the authorities . |
| 28 | He said that He used to tell me about his country that you know it was taken over by the Russians and then it 'd be taken over by the Germans and You know what I mean . |
| 29 | William was more eager that he should show me some papers he had recently received by post from America . |
| 30 | ‘ I think it may be even more important that he should meet me . |