Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [modal v] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DiCillo , who adapted Johnny Suede from a monologue he used to perform at downtown New York clubs , says casting the lead was the most depressing experience of his life — until Pitt showed up . |
| 2 | He considered what action he should take concerning both of these possibilities . |
| 3 | The level would be reasonably low now , for the autumn had been dry ; and the cold he could bear in such a cause . |
| 4 | His voice was quiet , matter-of-fact and kind , and his eyes smiled at her with interest and curiosity , she thought , beyond the mere charm he must use by native grace upon all who came near him and were weaker than he . |
| 5 | It was n't really a question he could ask at this stage . |
| 6 | There is Jonas to support also , and in the way of nature he will live for many years . |
| 7 | If I asked for money from my husband he would talk of all the expenses , of how much it cost the family to keep me . |
| 8 | We may note that although Moore thinks that in some sense what one should do is what looks most likely to be one 's duty in the sense of that which will produce the best consequences , it is unclear what meaning he can ascribe to this ‘ should ’ . |
| 9 | Each day he 'd return with ten cans heavy with coins , five to a hand , the strings cutting his fingers . |
| 10 | Girls had obviously been standing in line for this man from the first day he 'd put on long trousers — or even earlier , she thought grimly . |
| 11 | But when these small knobs of hard bread landed over the leader 's head he would veer to one side with the rest of the shoal following , to a fish , a split second after . |
| 12 | If Bob succeeds in making his mark he will campaign for heated lampposts , the lifting of beach and park bans , and European Community passports for all dogs . |
| 13 | ‘ And tell your coach-driver he can leave at five o'clock . |
| 14 | He may be shy at first , but after a while he will get over that : he is not half so shy as he was , of course not . |
| 15 | Reminded that he would be going back as one of the 10 per cent , ‘ Jacki ’ let go one of the handsome smiles which have made him so popular , but he qualified that by underlining the discomfort he might feel in that situation . |
| 16 | Even he , who loved his bed more than anything , joined us to listen to Colonel Stephens , and when news came of some successful advance against the Axis he would burst into wonderful , joyous laughter . |
| 17 | It was all a routine , a schtick he 'd pull on any sucker to convince them something really happened when you ‘ interfaced ’ . |
| 18 | The joys denied him as a man he would forgo for those of a child-man . |
| 19 | Perhaps as curios , perhaps as a talisman he could use in some conspiracy against the King . |
| 20 | God was not a subject he could handle with any real heart , nor compete with . |
| 21 | The only bed he could claim at this point was in his penitential cell , but he went to it eagerly , glad to have a locked door between himself and the world . |
| 22 | He called Davidson to his flat and asked him which lawbook he should consult on this subject . |
| 23 | He was an administrator now as well as a detective , so that in the morning he had a report to write , two interviews to conduct , while in the afternoon he must drive to central London to attend a committee . |
| 24 | It was n't long after the conversation about the Ivor Novello Award that he became much more resolved that he did n't need Ken Pitt as manager , so I said to him that the only thing he could do in that case was to get an attorney who would break the contract . |
| 25 | Getty believed in self-help , the philosophy of Samuel Smiles , though smiles were the last thing he could manage in public . |
| 26 | He held it like a sword , perhaps imagining the gutting and the killing he could perform with this weapon which had once been used to carve the image of a woman in the land . |
| 27 | He has limitations of memory ( is there a single pilot who can recall all the instructions in his operations manual ? ) , limitations of response times , limitations to the amount of information he can assimilate at one time and process mentally ; and everyone responds differently and at different rates . |
| 28 | On the other hand he could work at all hours of the day and night — much to the dismay of his advisers and household servants who would have preferred a more predictable routine . |
| 29 | Along with age , retirement is another word that does n't belong in this Irishman 's vocabulary ; he runs a bar , Leo 's Bar , in Meenaleck on the County Donegal coast , where with very little persuasion he will put on musical performances for customers . |
| 30 | Kevin says there was no way he could swim in such rough water . |