Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he thinks it advisable that the complainant should ask for an investigation by either of those other Commissioners he may inform him of the steps necessary to do so . |
| 2 | When my Cid saw that they who eat his bread were returned , he went down from the tower , and received them right well , and praised them for what they had done like good knights : howbeit he was full sorrowful for Alvar Salvadores that he should be in the hands of the Moors , but he trusted in God that he should deliver him on the morrow . |
| 3 | perhaps he 'll talk him into |
| 4 | Instead of leaving Deanein the reserves as he did with rocky he 'll keep him in the firsts and he 'll come good . |
| 5 | If the stranger persisted , he might take him to the park and point at me , which in normal circumstances should be sufficient to settle the matter . |
| 6 | So they kept changing the man on the next machine , and until he could talk him into using the System , William 's grandad would have to lurch down machine alley every few minutes , heaving his stiff leg behind him like Long John Silver and cursing like his parrot . |
| 7 | Beckman had indeed contacted Branson to see if he could advise him on the taking of anti-trust action , but the offer had not been taken up . |
| 8 | Hope had written an evasive reply which he would frank and give to George Wood to post for him but he doubted that he could deter him for much longer . |
| 9 | Zak , I improvised instantly at the first enquiry , had thought the gaunt man had an interesting face and he wanted to ask if he could use him in a scene . |
| 10 | As Harry stood on the platform a minute or so later , watching the train pull out , he could see him through the brightly lit window , still immersed in his paperback , oblivious , it seemed , to Harry 's departure . |
| 11 | Louis the Pious had done all he could to oust him by encouraging opponents in the region . |
| 12 | Perhaps he could get him between breakfast and school . |
| 13 | Gabriel had to wait until Sergeant Troy had finished his dance with Bathsheba before he could warn him about possible damage to the ricks . |
| 14 | There is no certainty either as to where he wrote his main English works : the treatise known as Mixed Life , giving advice to the upmarket man of affairs who also wished to create opportunities to cultivate his inner spiritual life ( one manuscript describes it as " a luitel Boc was writen to a worldli lord to teche him hou he schulde haue him in his state in ordeynd loue to god and to his euencristene " ) , and the two books of The Scale of Perfection . |
| 15 | Finally Richard , in the hearing of all , asked his father if he would recognize him as his heir . |
| 16 | Now my Cid knew the evil disposition of the King towards him , and when he received his bidding , he made answer that he would meet him between Burgos and Bivar . |
| 17 | My father said that he would bring him to the station . |
| 18 | " Mrs Plant , " Timothy said quite softly , and Mr Plant whispered that if he issued another sound he would thump him to a pulp . |
| 19 | He would badger him about anything , often hitting him on the least pretext . |
| 20 | On Saturday morning the pilot was asked by an acquaintance if he would fly him to Biggin Hill where the acquaintance was to collect another aeroplane . |
| 21 | The Englishman told me that if someone came up to him in a queue he would punch him in the face . |
| 22 | To give himself more time he asked the Bookman if he would help him with his homework . |
| 23 | He would ask him about Stanford Roberts . |
| 24 | Let R.M. consult him if there was any difficulty and he would support him in any steps necessary for the national interest . ' |
| 25 | But I should say very often the old Guv'nor would let him have either a shilling to go down to the pub while we did the job , or else he would provide him with a jug of home-brewed beer and bread and cheese . |
| 26 | Gifford , though he gave advice from his own experience , told him to take nothing on trust , but ‘ to cry mightily unto the Lord that He would convince him of the truth thereof ’ : he must work out his own salvation . |
| 27 | Poindexter , weary , did not really want to know and had no memory of the memo at all ; he told him he would see him at the office in the morning . |
| 28 | Instead of passing on this information , the defendant persuaded the other employee to leave and join his own business ; the discontented client in the meantime had agreed with the defendant that he would use him as his legal adviser in the future . |
| 29 | He would take him to the Gates that evening and get him talking . |
| 30 | He appeared to have learned his lesson last season , but the fact that he needs Robson 's ‘ Englishness ’ for Europe means he will pick him for some league games such as Chelsea last week , and was n't he crap ; > } |