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

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1 Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here from Shiloh , that he may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies . ’
2 he knows or has reasonable grounds to believe that the ( non-visitor ) is in the vicinity of the danger concerned or that he may come into the vicinity of the danger ( in either case , whether the ( non-visitor ) has lawful authority for being in that vicinity or not ) ; and
3 It is necessary to apply s. 1(3) which states : An occupier of premises owes a duty to another ( not being his visitor ) in respect of any such risk as is referred to in subsection ( 1 ) if — ( a ) he is aware of the danger or has reasonable grounds to believe it exists ; ( b ) he knows or has reasonable grounds to believe that the other is in the vicinity of the danger concerned or that he may come into the vicinity of the danger ( in either case whether the other has lawful authority for being in that vicinity or not ) ; and ( c ) the risk is one against which , in all the circumstances of the case , he may reasonably be expected to offer the other some protection .
4 We do a lot of road work with him to keep him fit , but he 's such a liability ; I 'm always worried that he 'll come down on his knees .
5 In fact , I very much doubt that he 'll come back in a party mood . ’
6 The awful thought that he might come wandering down in a daze and be seen , made her turn cold .
7 him , and you were afraid yourself that he might come here and demand his parents ’ address from you .
8 She was risking that he might come in ; and she had the disconnected breathless out-of-control feeling that was fatal with Jasper .
9 Clock that it 's a left-hand drive , and therefore perhaps give a little bit more consideration to that driver and anticipate the fact that he might come out .
10 Partly on that score , and partly against the possibility that he might come back between now and South Africa in 1995 , the players would want McGeechan as one of the quintet .
11 I do n't want him , it worried me that he might come and bother your mother .
12 Moran had written to him and assumed that he would come .
13 I had a spare bedroom and eventually , we agreed that he would come and live in my flat as a lodger — which is what happened .
14 He promised himself that he would come back later no matter how tired he was .
15 But since he was too weak to travel , it was arranged that he would come and stay with my husband and I until he was fit enough to fly back to Jersey where he and my mother lived .
16 She had been mistaken ever to think that he would come .
17 But Lancaster replied by attacking the government for extravagance and oppressively burdening the people , saying that he would come armed to parliament and seek to remedy these matters unless the king granted him a safe-conduct .
18 In his letter announcing the betrothal , João had said that he would come to Ireland in the summer in order to take Sara back to Lisbon before the autumn storms , so her expectation of his arrival mounted with each passing day .
19 I thereupon telephoned the director-general of the BBC , Charles Curran , and arranged that he would come to my home that evening .
20 She imagined that he would come to a halt , but his fingers began to explore inside her knickers , moving steadily towards her warm and willing crotch .
21 Shy and unhappy , she one day went to sleep in the spare room , hoping that he would come in to find her , but he credited her with his own temperament and thought only that she wished to be alone .
22 He says that any teacher who makes comments like that in front of a class , should n't be in school that 's why he said to us that if a teacher ever speaks to us like that he would come up to school and sort him out .
23 Her father disapproved of him , and had said so , but she had always thought that he would come round to her point of view .
24 Not that he would come to her — his manner ever since her remarks about finding a rich man had indicated quite clearly that the sooner they could part company , the better it would suit him .
25 As he followed the path that led towards it between bare-branched shrubs and sturdy evergreens , he fancied for a moment that he would come upon Morpurgo and find him a replica of himself , some doppelgänger of Dysart 's devising planted here in England whilst he had been banished to Rhodes .
26 Merrill watched him covertly , wondering if she would have had the courage to sit here if she had known that he would come in ; wondering if she would have joined another and more distant club had she known that he was the commodore here .
27 To her shame , she 'd postponed her departure to Bordeaux until the last possible moment , hanging round Les Hiboux , hoping against hope that he would come there to find her — to say a formal goodbye at least , even if she could hope for nothing else , she 'd thought achingly .
28 She supposed some small part of her had hoped that he would come after her .
29 And because he was only in lodgings , he felt in his spare time that he would come with us if we were visiting lodging houses or something .
30 It seemed to Jane very fitting that he should come from Cleethorpes .
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