Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [vb infin] his [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , a board member whose own firm is on the wrong side of a squeeze should not misuse his board position to try and break the squeeze . |
| 2 | Strange that he should not support his hometown club do nt you think ? |
| 3 | He must submit a budget during the first week in February , which should further clarify his revenue needs and sources . |
| 4 | Altering weather conditions can accelerate or slow down dredging programmes , and the engineer for a direct works section must also keep his construction plant and men employed in order to make them viable . |
| 5 | A member who made less than 10 per cent of the average number of dealings in the year immediately preceding the general meeting may not exercise his voting right . |
| 6 | Christie will face a strong line-up , including Michael Rosswess , the Birchfield Harrier who won both his international 60 metres races in Glasgow last winter but could not clinch his Auckland trip . |
| 7 | As Australia 's forward coach , Evans did great work when he helped Alan Jones but the season before last he could not complete his coaching contract with the Gordon Club in Sydney because of his illness . |
| 8 | He said Munn got involved in the plan after meeting two men in a pub in Belfast and ‘ bemoaning ’ he could not afford his car insurance after a court appearance for non-payment . |
| 9 | He could n't ignore his gut instinct , which had never failed him yet . |
| 10 | cos I have n't got , got to contact him tomorrow , cos I could n't find his telephone number |
| 11 | Despite encouragement , he still could n't call his stepfather dad . |
| 12 | She felt she could partially excuse his megalomaniac meddlings in her genes now that she knew he was mentally unstable . |
| 13 | The Captain could almost hear his heart beating , not to mention the Mate 's teeth chattering . |
| 14 | A working ormolu and bronze lion mantel clock — Louis Quinze , he could almost hear his wife Carole exclaiming — reminded him of the relentless passage of time . |
| 15 | He did not miss his music , and could barely remember his performing days . |
| 16 | ‘ The finest views are from the bottom , and at some places a little above it , but few dare venture to the bottom particularly those females whose pedestrian excursions have chiefly been upon level ground ; nay the male sex are often appalled with a view of the way , and many a Bond-street gentleman , in his stable costume , would rather hazard his neck four-in-hand , than risk it by having his arms precariously supported by the twigs and branches he may find in his way to the gulph below . ’ |
| 17 | The government of the day will often let it be known to one of its aspiring party members that it would greatly welcome his ballot victory to promote a particular piece of legislation which it , the Government , does not wish to devote its own time to , either because of its controversial nature or simply because it has better things to do . |
| 18 | He would not make his judgement blind , |
| 19 | But he came back to a letter from dole chiefs telling him he would not get his income support cash for the 2 1/2 weeks he was away . |
| 20 | Yet what brought Edward to heel temporarily at least — was a baronial threat that they might have to find another king if he would not keep his coronation oath , which in their minds meant observing the Ordinances . |
| 21 | At this time of year he would normally move his hives north to the Derbyshire peak district , to take advantage of the flowering heather . |
| 22 | After she had been applauded and gone out again , Mick announced that he would now demonstrate his Fred Astaire number . |
| 23 | She became particularly angry when Mellor would n't extend his love-making motions to an all-night sitting . |
| 24 | He bought them ‘ for a song ’ but , although he claims to have had dozens of offers , Judelson says none would even cover his shipping expenses . |
| 25 | Joanna 's got a tumour and another terminal disease and is threatened with repossession and Mr McGinity is in an iron lung and ca n't pay his electricity bill . |
| 26 | De Klerk dismissed suggestions that he ca n't control his security forces by pointing out that he appointed 10,000 police officers last year , and claims that the new influx will go a long way in helping subdue township unrest . |
| 27 | One patient has been told he ca n't have his knee operation , because his local hospital does n't have the cash even though the hospital continues to treat patients from another county . |
| 28 | In the North , people wondered why Morrissey took a flat in a fashionable area of London after he had openly pledged that he would never leave his home city . |
| 29 | They would never believe his ghost story in the morning . |
| 30 | At the far end from the door was a hatch at waist height , the level at which a man will naturally hold his steel tray . |