Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't play it at the time , but it made some really great noises . |
| 2 | It bothered him to let her go like this , but she 'd insisted ; for a while he could n't see her at all , until she reached the skyline and stopped for a moment . |
| 3 | He tried to tackle Gina about it , hinting that a young man like him needed sex from someone if he could n't get it at home . |
| 4 | I mean if he was going to attack me , he 'd surely do it at some time when he had a reason to be angry . |
| 5 | He 'd rather do it at night ! |
| 6 | , right , I 've got to see him , that 's right , right , that 's right , and yet you see , if this guy desperately needs to see you and you say , I ca n't be there until five o'clock , he 'd still see you at five o'clock . |
| 7 | Woolridge swore that he would not visit her at Windsor again , unfortunately an oath that he failed to keep . |
| 8 | He was frequently arrogant and overbearing and far from suffering people he regarded as fools gladly , he would n't suffer them at all . |
| 9 | If he ca n't find her at home , tell him to look in the public library in the afternoon . |
| 10 | He will then answer them at the council meeting . |
| 11 | If he ca n't have you all to himself , he wo n't want you at all . |
| 12 | ‘ You know , Comrade Andropov is getting ready for the Party Congress , so he can not receive you at the moment , but you can make a detailed written statement of everything , saying who it is you suspect , and so on and so forth ’ . |