Example sentences of "[noun] he [modal v] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A typical formula provides that the parent company will indemnify an expatriate against any loss or expense he may suffer as a result of a breach of contract by the subsidiary , for instance if the employment is terminated before the expiry of a specified fixed term . |
| 2 | He may simply be an entrepreneur who perceives the opportunity to buy resources at a total cost lower than the revenue he can obtain from the sale of output . |
| 3 | Under the old system , if a player was dissatisfied with his terms at a League club he could move to a Southern League team at the end of a season without waiting for a fee to be agreed . |
| 4 | Pip is initially horrified and recoils from the man but gradually comes to understand , and respond to , Magwitch 's love for him , and tries , with Herbert 's assistance , to smuggle the ex-convict abroad again to save him from the death-sentence he would face as an illegally returned transported criminal . |
| 5 | ‘ Dixie ’ — a nickname said to derive from his swarthy complexion and curly black hair — preferred to augment his income by making bets with bookmakers on the basis of the number of goals he could score in a game ( one goal was evens , two goals 5–2 , and three 10- 1 ) , Sportsmen , especially footballers , had since the 1880s been used on cigarette cards as free advertising for a brand . |
| 6 | Any disappointment he may feel over the delay has been more than compensated for by the news that tickets for this year 's event are already selling fast . |
| 7 | As a hunter he will die in the forest to become a warrior ; as a warrior he will die in battle , and be resurrected to become a sage . |
| 8 | Franco not only did not do so but , on the following day , requested Sperrle to send any spare aircraft he might have to the Madrid front . |
| 9 | Mr Shahiduddin Postman was a familiar figure at the house : every morning after delivering our mail he would squat outside the front gate , smoking a bidi with the mali , a man to whom he bore a certain resemblance . |
| 10 | Like Andre Gide , who when young expected people to admire him for the books he would write in the future , Charlie came to love being appreciated in several high streets for his potential . |
| 11 | Baron Hans-Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza officially confirmed on 12 February that within one or two months he will agree to the permanent disposition of his 800 paintings now leased to the Spanish government and housed in the Palace of Villahermosa , Madrid ( just across the road from the Prado ) and at the Monastery of Pedralbes , Barcelona . |
| 12 | He is blessed , though , with large hands which assisted him with the amount of spin he could impart on a cricket ball . |
| 13 | When there was nothing but ash he could crumble with a stick he went back up to his room . |
| 14 | He had promised Monie he would wait until the end of the season before discussing his future . |
| 15 | After lunch he 'd go into the city and come back with a whole armful of roses , the price of many shirts . ’ |
| 16 | He had n't dared to dwell on her in those aging arms lest his rage should drive him to deeds he might regret for the rest of his life . |
| 17 | Resource-based learning can last as little as ten minutes : a child 's scrutiny of a repeating film-loop which teaches him a concept or skill he will need for the next part of his programme ; a short programmed exercise that enables him to test his grasp of an idea or piece of knowledge before embarking on a larger exercise ; a work-card unit giving practise in loading a projector or using a subject catalogue . |
| 18 | If the defendant makes a payment in without having obtained a certificate of total benefit he must apply for a certificate on the same day . |
| 19 | And he 's , he 's using that to make the frame and then the doors for our old wardrobes he 'll use for the front of it , you know . |
| 20 | I hope that in Committee he will listen to the pleas of Members representing Greater London and the south of England because they are dear to my heart and may to some extent be dear to his . |
| 21 | Despite Ariosto such a project is still feasible , Gustave declares : the additional elements he will bring to the subject are ‘ terror and a broader poetry ’ . |
| 22 | Rémy had no personal knowledge of Ranulf , earl of Chester , and could not be sure what kind of welcome he would get in the north . |
| 23 | Beresford has no doubts though about the welcome he will receive from the 6,000 travelling Newcastle fans . |
| 24 | Instead of striking the middle of the bung he would concentrate on the seal itself . |
| 25 | When the average intelligent person sees the wreckage of a crashed aircraft greatly disintegrated and spread over the accident site , the question he would put to the investigator is almost invariably the same : ‘ How on earth can you find out the cause of that mess ? ’ |
| 26 | Taking a carpet needle or a dentist 's pick he would sit on the stones for hours at a time prising small fossils from particles of rock he instinctively knew concealed them . |
| 27 | At any moment he might trample into the road , lower his head , run at someone . |
| 28 | He grilled me severely about the attitude and background of the character , the place he would occupy in the programme , his point of view , and innumerable other aspects of Byron which I had not yet thought about . ’ |
| 29 | At his news conference , Mr Ashdown refused to be drawn on how many Cabinet seats he would seek in the event of a hung parliament . |
| 30 | Before she had finished one job he would call through the open doorway , ‘ Merrill , come and take a look at this , will you ? ’ |