Example sentences of "have [vb pp] him [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | He seemed obtuse , as she felt by this time that she had more than cancelled out any slight encouragement she might have given him at first . |
2 | ‘ You must have hated him for what he did . ’ |
3 | I 'd have joined him in the Abacos if he 'd asked me , little holidays from time to time . |
4 | Whatever reply Jesus gave would have placed him in danger . |
5 | ‘ I could have forgiven him for the debts he piled up , but the lies , having another woman — I can never forgive that , ’ Jean says . |
6 | Her stepfather , who had been there since he left home , drinking coffee and mineral water and reading the papers , turned his chair slightly , so that she would not be able to see his face , supposing that one adult male back would look much like another to those of Camille 's generation : his wife , he thought , would have recognized him from any angle . |
7 | I also had a look at the fact that Toby might well be — or have been — the man I 'd been waiting for , though God knows I 'd never have recognized him in a million years if we had n't happened , entirely by accident , to stumble into each other 's arms . |
8 | ‘ I would have drained him of blood in the bath and buried him in Epping Forest . ’ |
9 | I could n't have stopped him with an anti-tank gun . |
10 | If he could have pulled her into his arms at that moment he knew nothing could have stopped him from making love to her . |
11 | Ultimately , it was all too easy for Sainz , who could afford to enjoy the scenery in yesterday 's Scottish forest stages after Kankkunnen , the only man who could have overhauled him in the world title race , lost crucial time when his Lancia hit a rock . |
12 | Could she have treated him to similar displays of ill will as she showed her daughter ? |
13 | If he had not tried , they would have dropped him without a word . |
14 | If it had been a man who had called him that to his face , he would have smashed him to a pulp . |
15 | The reporter snapped a rubber band over his notebook , told Hank he would have rung him about the details of the book but he had not been able to get through . |
16 | His father would have expected him to be brave , would have told him that God was God of the darkness as He was of the light . |
17 | ‘ I 'd never have expected him to be as supportive as he was , ’ says Sean , ‘ but it brought us closer together . |
18 | But he had n't seemed the type somehow — she would n't have expected him to be drawn by the lure of so-called fame . |
19 | Atherton , back in the side for his first Test of the tour , battled through 41 overs to show England 's management why they should have picked him at Madras , while Blakey — brought in because Neil Fairbrother was still ill with a virus — has now made only seven runs from three Test innings and looks out of his depth . |
20 | They should never have let him into the RAF — ca n't think why they did n't spot it . |
21 | But the appearance of Howard when he came into the room must have impressed him in spite of himself — the bulging clear blue eyes , the eager lean of the body forward , the anxiety on the face to understand the world around him . |
22 | I would have trusted him to be here at this discussion and say much the same things other people here would be saying . |
23 | ‘ Chris must have trusted him in order to hide the Grimoire there . ’ |
24 | I may have reminded him of his wife or daughter . |
25 | Nobody could have blamed him for trying it on , could they ? |
26 | Could I have caught him at a bad moment , could he have mellowed , I could n't believe it . |
27 | She must have caught him with her fist , though she had n't felt it . |
28 | You may have caught him on television in 1991 when he was the studio expert for the BBC 's coverage of the Scrabble World Championship , or more recently introducing a video on the game . |
29 | Maybe she could have surfeited him with pleasure as surely as she could have overwhelmed him with agony . |
30 | She did n't know whether it was from the night that she had overheard his conversation with her mother in the bedroom , or when she saw him fling that shovel at the young man who , she knew , could have felled him with one blow , that she had lost all respect for him . |