Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly her main reason for accepting the post had nothing to do with the actual work involved , but the hope that closer acquaintance with him might throw some light on Elise 's baffling death . |
| 2 | I suspect the left hook with which he floored Ali in their first bout and the controversy aroused when referee Harry Gibbs decided Bugner had outpointed him will remain important entries in British boxing long after the widely-publicised arguments between Eubank and Benn have faded from memory . |
| 3 | It was , however , a month or two before they gave up sending me colourful brochures with inducements to have a rose bush planted in his name or an attractively calligraphed entry in their ‘ Book of Remembrance ’ , to be opened every year on the date of his death to commemorate his passing etc , etc , none of which was cheap and I 'm sure that neither I nor anyone else who knew him will need that kind of reminder . |
| 4 | Having acquired a wife , Leslie began to think that he ought to take some steps towards securing our future . |
| 5 | Rob Bettinson , the director , has deduced that he ought to have these images plus disc-jockeys , radio commercials , midwestern hops , but he does n't seem to know why . |
| 6 | If the teacher explains the aims and objectives of the foreign-language course and the methods to be employed to attain them , he may transform this attitude into a readiness to learn by a certain method . |
| 7 | He may give more weight to pattern than to vocabulary : how to say things rather than what to say . |
| 8 | When he 's trying to impress you or your family , he may do all sorts of things he would n't dream of doing after the wedding . |
| 9 | If one doctor treats condition ‘ y ’ with therapy ‘ x ’ , he may observe clinical improvement in the absence of any real treatment effect ; if this experience repeats itself , he is destined to become an enthusiast for therapy ‘ x ’ . |
| 10 | He may want one kind of person . |
| 11 | If the law grants him a defence in these circumstances , then he may have sexual intercourse with her and use violence upon her with impunity . |
| 12 | God in Christ , through taking on a particular instance of humanity , shares with all human beings the universal , humanity , and it is that which is of significance , even though he may have different particularities from some other individuals . |
| 13 | He may have another outing on the Flat before bidding to add to his National Hunt tally here next month . |
| 14 | ‘ He may have some kind of interest in you for the moment , little make-up lady , but , believe me , it wo n't last . |
| 15 | If Picon 's experience at his last job , in San Antonio , is any indication , he may have some cause for optimism . |
| 16 | In practice , he may have several females within his territory , and so has a dilemma : he ca n't guard them all at once . |
| 17 | Although he may receive more help in the first few months than the widow usually does , he may find that his sudden change in life-style is a considerable shock . |
| 18 | Please note that the official bird recorder for Gladhouse , , regularly walks round the reservoir , usually a Thursday and/or Sunday and he may cause some disturbance on those days . |
| 19 | He may derive some support from the statement of Templeman LJ in Amalgamated Estates Ltd v Joystretch Manufacturing Ltd : I think it is a great pity that any landlord should require , or that any tenant should accept , a provision making time of the essence when the consequences are so onerous . |
| 20 | Eleven by-elections are unlikely in the next few months — but if his majority is whittled down to five or six , he may call another election before too long . |
| 21 | The pollutions which escape the field officer 's shroud of privacy are those which are so noticeable that they attract widespread public attention , or those where a complainant is of such status that he may enjoy direct contact with senior staff . |
| 22 | What I said to the Prime Minister was that he should answer that part of the question to him that was in order . |
| 23 | I also advised him that if he were not to accept it on the spot he should defer any decision on it until after he had concluded his coincidental visit to the Province today . |
| 24 | We ask of each person whether he did anything he should not have done such that he should be blamed for the deaths that followed , or whether he contributed to the accidents in such a way that , blameworthy or not , he should bear some portion of the damage or loss . |
| 25 | He feels , in the light of the subject matter and the seriousness of their conversations , that he should exhibit some seriousness of purpose , although he solicits their opinions about restaurants to show that he is not all big issues . |
| 26 | But , he said yesterday , the love and understanding of a 26-year-old woman he met less than a month ago has convinced him he should remain living life as a man . |
| 27 | He should instruct particular terms of the . |
| 28 | Additionally , of course , where a seller is aware of any infringement ( and , to be prudent , any allegation or potential for an allegation of infringement ) he should give specific notice of this to the buyer , either in the clause , or separately . |
| 29 | The strict rules of evidence do not apply in arbitrations ( Ord 19 , r 5(2) , Term 3 ) , but , of course , the district judge or other arbitrator may feel that he should give less weight to evidence which is hearsay than to evidence which is direct . |
| 30 | I thought for a moment and came up with a suggestion that he should give some sort of honour , an OBE or the like , to the cricketer Basil D'Oliveira , who had been shabbily treated by the South African government . |