Example sentences of "[coord] he [modal v] come " in BNC.

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1 Now assuming he knows what four times two is and assuming he knows what two plus one is and so on , he may come up with the answer ‘ Nine ’ , or he may come up with the answer ‘ Twelve ’ , and they 're both right .
2 Or he may come and contradict everything we 've said , in which case you will cheer and we
3 Or he could come down with you on Saturday ?
4 When she 's married ten years hence , she 'll compare her husband 's performance with yours and he 'll come off worse — every time .
5 Instead of leaving Deanein the reserves as he did with rocky he 'll keep him in the firsts and he 'll come good .
6 I want him to score goals as well , i.e like Chappy. firsts and he 'll come good .
7 And he 'll come home and do it he said .
8 And then , and he 'll come and see us , sort it all out , sort the installation out and erm and , and
9 bother I 've ever had with him , and he goes on to it and away he goes and he 'll come back in the house and he 'll go up the stairs to the computer , and that 's his life .
10 Bring on Frank — give Deano a couple of games on the bench and he might come back looking a little sharper .
11 I used to go to Leeds one weekend and he would come to Manchester the next , ’ she says .
12 He used to go He came up when he would go from Blair and he would come up our glen and he would maybe walk over the hill to Braemar , or over the hill to Clover I suppose .
13 But he told me to think upon it and he would come back for an answer . ’
14 Although one would not say ( 14 ) , the corresponding negative sentence ( 15 ) is perfectly acceptable : ( 14 ) * I asked him and he would come .
15 He would think about it and understand and he would come after her …
16 The greyly persistent Detective Chief Inspector emerged like a turtle from his shell when he saw us arrive , and he 'd come alone for once : no silent note-taker in his shadow .
17 Whitlock had spent most of the afternoon with them and he 'd come away with the distinct impression that they held him in little regard .
18 By now I think mum and dad had gone home but they 'd rang Ian and he 'd come straight to the hospital and sat with me .
19 And then you 'd send for Mr , the undertaker , or Mr , and he 'd come along and measure and then make your coffin .
20 A few hours ' sleep , and he 'd come up fresh and begin to learn the system around here .
21 I kept quiet about them , hoping they 'd go away and he 'd come back and settle down with me . ’
22 And he 'd come out maybe at ten o'clock , just gone and give you tuppence or some would give you a penny .
23 His mouth was dry again , last week Conker had shied at a gorse bush and he 'd come off .
24 And there was nothing for my father had a few drinks you know and he 'd come home and he he 'd just come he 'd he 'd b be whistling coming up the street you know .
25 He had about a dozen lorries on the road , and machines er working the roads there , all they were working for nothing for him , these lads and he 'd come along and before Christmas he 'd stop a couple of them , just before Christmas , he used to do that every year .
26 Nigel did n't appear to notice her lack of ardour , but went blithely on about having the house to himself for the weekend , so there was going to be a party , and he 'd come and fetch her —
27 He had , apparently , seen the Texan making an unwanted play for her and he 'd come to her rescue so that he could put her in his debt for a future evening .
28 She had telephoned him as soon as she got home , and he 'd come straight to the villa , arriving in a whirlwind , his personality magnetic as always .
29 He subsequently er went to work at the Berlick in latter years and , and this man was just sweeping-up at the Berlick and I could n't believe it cos he was so high up in the technology in the war and he 'd be a dental mechanic and he 'd come down to just being a sweeper-up , and he used to show me the pay packets he 'd got in the war and you know it was fantastic money even , even by today 's standards this is going back fifteen years
30 He used to come into the shop after a little while and he 'd go back in the kitchen again and he 'd come back again later on .
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