Example sentences of "[Wh det] he [modal v] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , even without knowing it , he may be looking to her as a vehicle by which he might rediscover his lost self , which did n't have the chance to blossom earlier . |
| 2 | Instead , he groped towards some formula into which he might recast his earlier aesthetic while obscuring the reasons for doing so : a task made easier by his tortuous prose style . |
| 3 | Eadmer gives a curiously confused account of Anselm 's motives at this time , but one thing stands out clearly : Anselm would not bring about the chaos in personal relationships and conflict of obligations which he might find himself obliged to precipitate if he read the letter . |
| 4 | His ‘ Exclusively Yours ’ counter at Harrods offers an hour 's consultation , during which he 'll create your personal fragrance formula . |
| 5 | He asked his players for their loyalty to him , in return for which he would do his best to improve their conditions . |
| 6 | On 26 January he must give his State of the Union address in which he will outline his major tax proposals . |
| 7 | This updated to the 1930s translation by Robert Cogo-Fawcett and Braham Murray affords the leading actor a role into which he can sink his theatrical teeth . |
| 8 | This process began with a phase of intense and extended reflection , in which he could deploy his formidable gifts of intellectual curiosity and comprehension . |
| 9 | Credit for forcing a decision on this issue goes to Rudi Fuchs , director of the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague , who caused a fierce public discussion when he announced that he wanted to deaccession two Picassos in his collection in order to create a fund with which he could supplement his annual acquisitions budget and concentrate more on collecting contemporary art ( see The Art Newspaper , No. 14 , January 1992 , p. 3 ) . |
| 10 | Where were the luscious slave-girls with swelling breast and buttocks like ripe fruit , on which he could feed his harmless , middle-aged lechery ? |
| 11 | But as the BUF acquired a Chelsea headquarters where activists lived as soldiers in barracks , and a Blackshirt uniform was issued to remove the distinction of class and wealth , there emerged a political ideal to which he could give his complete loyalty . |
| 12 | A man was offered an alternative plot of land with appropriate permissions , on to which he could transfer his small business , a ‘ kennels ’ . |
| 13 | Whether it was the unsavoury reputation of the government of Lloyd George ; or whether it was the division in the party between the followers of Lloyd George and the followers of Asquith ; or whether it was the aftermath of universal suffrage and the desire of the working man for a party which he could call his own — it now looked certain that the party division of the country would no longer lie between Liberal and Conservative but in a wider gulf between Conservative and Labour , with the Liberal Party on the sideline . |
| 14 | It is worth noting that the Cuban revolution avoided a similar fate by incorporation of the Communists ; the Bolivian experience may well have been in Castro 's mind when he was assessing the means by which he could sustain his own revolution . |
| 15 | He had come to his sister Elizabeth 's rescue in her time of trouble , contributing almost beyond the call of duty ; he had already done what he could to help his young nephew Robert — now what of Benjamin ? |