Example sentences of "i [modal v] [verb] him [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The Minister is just finishing a phone call , then I must tell him one thing before he sees you , ’ he said , briskly , glancing at the miniature switchboard beside him which sat incongruously in the draughty , high-ceilinged , dingy room .
2 I knew I must leave him alone .
3 I must leave him alone with Enid at the gate .
4 ‘ So he is therefore claiming that , as I have no further work for him , then I must make him redundant . ’
5 ‘ This one sounds quite promising , but of course I must see him first — one ca n't always tell from the application , he added primly .
6 ‘ Less than a minute ahead , ’ he muttered ‘ With any luck , I should overtake him this time . ’
7 I wondered if I should tell him this , and decided he might not think it funny .
8 I became aware that the celebrity was looking at me fixedly ( either trying to remember who I was , in expectation of acknowledgement , or in surprise that I should cut him dead in such a manner ) .
9 I do n't know if it was by accident — I should ask him one day — but I used to play that over and over again and just revel in that sound , and I thought if you could get hold of that sound and make a feature of it , and if it were not just two guitars but as many as you needed to make a proper arrangement , the possibilities would be endless .
10 I was afraid long ago , when I hit him in the mouth with that heavy glove , that I might kill him one day .
11 Erm er I 'm very grateful to Dr and I 'll offer him another story , a woman who 's now died whom I used to visit who sat with her coal fire set but not lit until someone would come to the door .
12 I was never afraid of Flint in his life and , by thunder , I 'll face him dead !
13 I thought , I 'll lend him forty .
14 I 'll fix him next time . ’
15 Right I 'll make him some dinner and take it up , thanks Pat .
16 I 'll , I 'll have one , I 'll come next time you do the monthly shop I 'll get one , but I 'll make him some biscuits .
17 I 'll make him some biscuits on Saturday afternoon I think .
18 I 'll audition him any time ! ’
19 ‘ I think I love him still , I think I 'll love him all my life .
20 Oh I 'll tell him that
21 Daddy 's I wan na tell him that I 'll tell him that
22 yeah , he said if he comes and give me a hand he says I 'll give him five P a hour
23 " I 'll give him one more chance , " said Mr Gubb .
24 I 'll give him one more opening , he thought .
25 I 'll give him I 'll give him one of mine .
26 fuck it I 'll give him all the easy ones do n't I ?
27 ‘ We do n't always see eye to eye , ’ Marler reflected , blowing smoke circles , ‘ Newman and I. But he 's had a tough time , I 'll give him that . ’
28 He was pleasant about it , I 'll give him that .
29 I 'll give him four pounds .
30 I 'll give him some leeway . ’
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