Example sentences of "might [verb] him to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't say he would but Cath might want him to . |
| 2 | Sometimes the terrible debt he owed her was a churning sickness in his stomach that often rushed into his throat to warn him that one day it might choke him to death . |
| 3 | Now Raby was also a considerable scholar of Latin poetry of the Middle Ages ; finally , Saxl asked Gombrich to write Raby a request in Latin poetry in case that might move him to action . |
| 4 | He looked dubiously at Kersey as though he feared the very idea might provoke him to violence . |
| 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 | You might cut him to pieces and he would not speak , ’ said Isambard , thoughtfully frowning . |
| 7 | Jaq prayed that this Harlequin man might lead him to it . |
| 8 | He hesitated , looking round the shop as though it might help him to a decision . |
| 9 | One of the most beautiful of these represents a thirsty man , whose desire for water is represented in the most lively manner as he kneels on the ground to drink from a spring , with such wonderful reality that one might imagine him to be a real person . |
| 10 | Or , if someone came to me with arthritis of the fingers , I might ask him to ‘ think of your fingers lengthening ’ . |
| 11 | Poland might fight him to a standstill on her own . |