Example sentences of "[adj] he [modal v] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This he might find in the service of a bishop ; for many bishops in the late eleventh and twelfth centuries were coming to have large staffs of young clerks , who learned the business of ecclesiastical administration and rose to be canons or archdeacons , or were seconded or translated to the royal service . |
| 2 | This he could recite without the book , a poem of Wilfred Owen 's which he had impressed into the minds of every one of his pupils in Battle Creek . |
| 3 | Cool customer This he will do from the scrum-half position in the now customary French fashion while the nominal scrum-half , Berbizier , froze the ball in from touch . |
| 4 | If a man had been repeatedly unsuccessful he would go to the river , dive to the bottom and bring up a lump of clay with which he would mark his forehead , taking care to be unobserved , otherwise the spell lost its efficacy . |
| 5 | He would n't need much he could sleep in the car-but he 'd still have to eat and buy fuel . |
| 6 | He might be seen returning , and it was needful he should come by the way he would have taken to Longner . |
| 7 | Dalgliesh thought that however ferocious he might appear to the outside world his children had no fear of him . |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't worry , Shae , I 'm sure he 'll return to the fold too . |
| 9 | Robert Hardy says he re-arranged his schedule to make sure he could appear in the final episode of Inspector Morse . |
| 10 | All he could do for the moment was to stand in the doorway and look about him . |
| 11 | I felt the pathos of this remark , as all he could do on the banjo was strum ‘ plunk plunk plunk ’ over and over again . |
| 12 | All he could see of the lifeboat was her searchlight beam , and with that as his only reference he guided her to the scene . |
| 13 | Piggott said all he could remember about the fall was the horse ‘ stumbled for about 20 yards before his legs gave way ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ Because my husband was confident he could deal with the matter on his own , ’ Ursula replied . |
| 15 | But he warned that if pensioners on income support and others in real need were not compensated in full he would vote against the VAT imposition at the committee stage of the Finance Bill or when Peter Lilley , the Social Security Secretary , makes his announcement uprating benefits in the autumn . |
| 16 | But he warned that if pensioners on income support and others in real need were not compensated in full he would vote against the VAT imposition at a later stage . |
| 17 | Ca n't bear angry voices , first he used to go underneath the rocking chair |
| 18 | First he should go to the hotel to see what was happening . |
| 19 | These purposeful wanderings in nearby London commons were the nearest he could come to the idealized world he had found in The Amateur Poacher . |
| 20 | ‘ There was very little he could do about the horrendous injuries Cooper suffered in his two fights against Ali , but he saved him on countless other occasions with his quick , methodical work . ’ |
| 21 | There was little he could do about the image . |
| 22 | Although the strong-minded Negrín was never the Communist catspaw his many critics accused him of being , there was little he could do in the circumstances to prevent the Communists from exercising an increasingly independent and even dominant role within Republican Spain . |
| 23 | She would have to have some money to support it , and it was only right he should pay for the pleasure he 'd had . |
| 24 | Mr Stewart is staying on as chief executive until his successor is ready to start and after that he will remain on the board . |
| 25 | Next month he will attend training sessions at Bispham Abbey and between April 3–5 he will play in the home internationals at Aberdeen . |
| 26 | The task of reconciling the various movements and factions was considered one of the most difficult he would face in the months ahead . |
| 27 | Grant had no idea how close he 'd come to the truth , as he taunted his enemy . |
| 28 | When at last he could return to the plans he had left incomplete in 1102 , he seems to have recognized that he had attempted too much . |
| 29 | Then he 'd sit for a while , occasionally glancing at the figure next to him , until at last he 'd lean towards the other 's ear . |