Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lived at Charing Cross in 1585 , in 1589–90 in Writtington , Essex , by 1596 he writes from ‘ my house in Hamsell Park , Sussex ’ , while early in the 1600s he may have lived for a time in Isleworth , Middlesex . |
| 2 | It was a remark he should have reserved for an aging Peruvian marksman called Cubillas . |
| 3 | He should have waited for a better moment instead of acting impulsively . |
| 4 | He should have gone for a walk on the Downs or gone shopping in the town for antiques , or spent the morning browsing in bookshops . |
| 5 | He must have worked for a long time in the garage . |
| 6 | A computer programme allows them to plan the food he 'll have to take for the 12 man crew on the Group 4 yacht . |
| 7 | The blow would have killed him instantly — at least , he might have lived for a few minutes in a technical sense , but he would have been unconscious and effectively dead . |
| 8 | He might have to settle for a reserve place on Thursday . ’ |
| 9 | He might have shaved for a match , thought Perdita ; the girl in the petrol station must have a skin like garlic sausage . |
| 10 | He had lost whatever little respect he might have had for the old guard of English political life . |
| 11 | It is , as far as he knows , the only way of coming downstairs , but sometimes he feels that there is really another way if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it . ’ |
| 12 | It is , as far as he knows , the only way of coming downstairs , but sometimes he feels that there really is another way , if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it . |
| 13 | What Harry Lime missed out on , though , was the fact that if he 'd gone Club 18–30 instead of Austrian Airlines , and taken a couple of friends in tow who were paying the full price , he could have copped for a massive sixty sovs off his bill , got a suntan into the bargain , and avoided coming to a very nasty end in the sewers . |
| 14 | He 'd have gone for the Toraja " star funeral " , too , if we only knew when it was happening . |
| 15 | Now he 'd have to rely for a lift on Colin who would n't be so keen on coming out of his way . |
| 16 | If he 'd been thrown in as he was , he 'd have sunk for a bit , and then probably come up again . |
| 17 | After two years in the London office of Heidrick and Struggles , Kidd felt that he would prefer to work for a British firm and employ the systems he had designed . |
| 18 | He also stressed his belief that ‘ people should have the right to express their views through the ballot box , and he would continue to look for a way to give people the chance to exercise their democratic rights , ’ the department 's spokesman said . |
| 19 | He affirmed that he would continue to work for the maintenance of the status quo , but he felt that the Great Powers could no longer avoid discussing the international consequences which would ensue when Turkey fell . |
| 20 | The Prime Minister is now borrowing billions to try to finance a pre-election tax cut , so will he tell us exactly which other taxes he would raise to pay for the bribe ? |
| 21 | He 's a Yorkshireman through and through — and he 's already told us he would like to play for the Northern Division . |
| 22 | He would need to ring for a cab if he were to regain the Party conference in comfort . |
| 23 | Not too late , Chris Court said , as he would have to listen for the Division bell and might have to run for it . |
| 24 | Sometimes he would have to wait for an hour or more before he could find someone to carry him to the Collector 's side . |
| 25 | In other words ‘ if he thought he was nt part of the future plans Id have told him so and he would have asked for a transfer … has he ? ? |
| 26 | In fact , she thought , tonsure his greying hair and put him into a plain robe and he would have passed for a tubby , somewhat benign-looking monk . |
| 27 | He would have to pay for the policing of that out of this year 's money . |
| 28 | They asked Meehan , who was in a neighbour 's room , about a gas meter and a broken window and Mohammed Mansha told him he would have to pay for the damage . |
| 29 | as well as a development charge to the Board , is still paying less in the total cost of his house than he would have to pay for an existing house with vacant possession . |
| 30 | Less than a week ago , he said that this congress would strip the party of its ideology and change its name , but it now looks likely that he will have to settle for the second half of the forecast . |