Example sentences of "[adv] he [modal v] [vb infin] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And better he should get the hard lesson now , than later . |
| 2 | He conducts great concerts , and before long he will make the lame walk — and then he does just a good concert and people are disappointed . |
| 3 | Terry offered a bike to his son if only he would use the good brain he undoubtedly possessed . |
| 4 | Personally , I find that hard to believe , but if it is truly the case then perhaps he might consider the following : |
| 5 | Perhaps he might use the ex-Prime Minister to give him a chuck on . |
| 6 | Of course , yes , he 's not even , perhaps he 'll bring the other pocket full of petit fours . |
| 7 | Perhaps he will find the real truth at last . ’ |
| 8 | So he may extend the current session , due to end on May 28th , to July 9th — the date when the term of the outgoing upper-house members expires . |
| 9 | the French mayor gains more from a more efficient system , but to do so he must accept the technocratic values of the policy elite . |
| 10 | Soon he would have the Imperial standard in his hand . |
| 11 | Tonight he must face the very thing he had always dreaded . |
| 12 | From outside he could hear the muted hum of London 's traffic . |
| 13 | Daio 's administration , he said , would remain in place until a new executive was appointed , but he indicated that if the PCD failed to elect a new leader promptly he would dissolve the National Assembly and call legislative elections . |
| 14 | Gratefully he might echo the joyful cry of Trismegistus in The Golden Treatise : |
| 15 | If either party wants to call more he must ask the other side to agree or apply for directions to do so . |
| 16 | Blood had congealed on his other front teeth ; when he licked his tongue back and forth he could taste the coppery tang . |
| 17 | And later he would hear the dull punch of explosive detonations . |
| 18 | Now he could smell the burnt-phosphorous of tracer in the air . |
| 19 | Now he could see the faded curtains inside the shed and the crowded shelves beyond . |
| 20 | I knew men old he was a chain smoker , he always used to smoke Woodbines and as one went out he 'd light the other one er ou on it , he would n't use matches , no he 'd , he 'd light one cigarette off the other . |
| 21 | It was reasonable to assume that , this time around he would stun the outside world with a similar manoeuvre , but this was not to be . |
| 22 | From here he could observe the great world outside , before plunging back into it . |
| 23 | From here he could see the crowded harbour quarter , the rooftops so close together that they welded in the heat haze into one whole . |
| 24 | But surely he must have the mandatory LA tan by now ? |
| 25 | ‘ Although Benn does n't seem to want to fight me , surely he can see the commercial sense in what I am planning . |
| 26 | As he staggered on he could visualise the young Julie running alongside him , red faced and tight lipped . |
| 27 | To his left was dense blackness , although from out there somewhere he could hear the gentle shushing of the waves . |
| 28 | Then he would envelop the whole hand in his , clenching it into a clinching argument , a QED fist . |
| 29 | Before they left , they heard the Regent declaring that if Edward Plantagenet sat tight and did not attempt any attack across Tweed , then he might lead the Scots force raiding deep into Northumberland , even as far as Bamborough where Edward 's young Queen was known to be installed . |
| 30 | Then he could confront the Prime Minister with the choice of still higher interest rates or a relaxation in her opposition to the pound 's joining the ERM . |