Example sentences of "[vb past] he [modal v] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ernest did n't say , but he promised he 'd look in some time soon , so you can ask him yourself . ’ |
| 2 | They believed he would grow by six inches — but Steven added another two for good measure . |
| 3 | A young man without the priggishness that the Deputy Under Secretary believed he could identify in all Public School pupils , without the conceit of a Cambridge College . |
| 4 | He imagined he could act like this . |
| 5 | Each visit guaranteed he would leave behind some of his property and after a few weeks we 'd accumulated his record player , eight boxes of books and his Rupert Bear hot-water bottle . |
| 6 | But the wing commander sadly decided he should return to GD duties . |
| 7 | Charles felt he would scream at another repetition of ‘ Not so fast , my proud beauty ! |
| 8 | Haverford felt he should ask for more particulars . |
| 9 | Two years previously he had wanted to hit back at fate for the death of his three cousins ; now he was so joyful that he felt he must compensate in this sacrificial way . |
| 10 | The ‘ labour movement ’ did not like it when the working man felt he could get on unaided . |
| 11 | He knew he could survive without ill effect for a week or more without food but he sensed he was weakening . |
| 12 | An American president can decide to focus on domestic policy only up to a point ; events in the wider world , leaders of other countries , have a habit of eating into time that the president thought he would spend on other things . |
| 13 | I thought he 'd come into this somewhere ! |
| 14 | Swarf thought he could come to this world , steal the treasures of another race and escape with immortality and immeasurable riches . |
| 15 | To Dennis 's in the sense that he thought he could act as team-boss without regard for Niki ; to Niki 's in that he thought his personal world outweighed Dennis 's and the team 's . |
| 16 | Aloud he said he would stay for another night and take her place on the constituency slate . |
| 17 | A senior Ethiopian civil servant said he would stay in Dire Dawa , for a week if necessary , rather than fly on an overloaded plane , a sentiment we all shared . |
| 18 | Mr Livingstone was replaced by John Prescott , the transport spokesman , who came third and said he would work for organisational and campaigning reforms in the party . |
| 19 | He was rather taken aback but said he would report to head office and let me know about it in the New Year . |
| 20 | Campriello , lawyer for defendant Ahmad Mohammad Ajaj , said he would object to any attempt to introduce the re-enactment as evidence at trial . |
| 21 | I spoke to him , on the phone , and he said he would come in this morning . |