Example sentences of "and he [modal v] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 And he shall judge among many people and rebuke strong nations afar off ; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks ; nation shall not lift up a sword against nation , neither shall they learn war any more .
2 So after that I just lay there and let him do what he wanted and he would complain about that too .
3 Bloxham had always been fascinated by regression to what appeared to be past lives , and he would experiment with those of his patients who proved to be excellent subjects for hypnosis ( with their full permission and co-operation , of course ) , recording the outcome of these experiments .
4 There was to be a review for them , when any man who would like to go back to France would be sent back by a route through Marseilles , and he would provide for any man who wished to serve with his newly formed force , the Free French .
5 The policeman knew everybody , and he was a very nice man , very firm , and he would deal with minor , youth troubles , you know , when we got the spate of trouble every now and then .
6 Despite strong support from the Government benches for Mr Lamont 's proposals , Mr Hughes said : ‘ The Chancellor has not met the nation 's needs and he should go without further delay before he does more damage . ’
7 And he 'd go like this with his knee you know , that 's how she was shifted .
8 And he said that he 'd phoned them and said could they change it and he 'd finish at eleven then he can still start tomorrow night again at quarter to one .
9 But during the er strike he used to go out purposely to get them and he used to go onto these fields .
10 And he used to go to these houses Dunoon and them and er all the way down and around the promenade around the south parade and er and he used to go these houses with all these and then there were some er black and white minstrels in the valley .
11 Then the old old binder used to come in with two two year old stalwarts , horses , and he used to go round this field and it used to take him days .
12 And he used to deliver to little shops , little old shops , to Brooke and Woodton on the way home .
13 And he used to come around everyday and kind of size them up and pick the kind of fat juicy ones .
14 All his friends noticed that no matter how drunk he was , his hand remained steady and he could draw with astonishing skill and sensitivity .
15 Mr Bush started rehearsin' us last night and he could do with some extra voices , like . ’
16 The ground floor windows were low enough to look in and he could see into the-little office , which was empty .
17 A Director will cast this type of actress because he knows that is the kind of personality he wants brought out in this character , and he can rely on that actress to give just such a performance .
18 Open the window and he can come in this way . ’
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