Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He felt strangely inactive , as if he ought to offer to help in some way ; pour glasses of juice perhaps . |
| 2 | he ought to have stayed for several days . |
| 3 | However , if a police officer is suddenly told by control that the member of the public with whom he is dealing may be suffering from a mental disorder , he may start to deal with that individual differently , and in a way that may not be particularly helpful . |
| 4 | He may start sitting like this in preparation for moving into the supine lying position ( on his back ) or , more rarely , into the prone lying position on his stomach . |
| 5 | France was a side torn apart between Trillo 's desire to make risk a factor in the gameplan and Dubroca who , as the spiritual heir to Fouroux , had favoured the safety-first approach , no matter what he may have said in public . |
| 6 | But as he proved at Knowsley Road on Sunday , although he may have descended into relative obscurity he still possesses exceptional powers of motivation , with his Dewsbury side producing the most impressive performance of the Regal Trophy so far . |
| 7 | He may have trained in north-eastern France . |
| 8 | PS John Pemberton was a right-back in his days at Palace though he may have moved to central defence . |
| 9 | It was to hound and hasten Leonard 's waking thoughts , eliminate any residual interest he may have possessed in mere intellectual commitment , and open to him the stark reality of life downtown . |
| 10 | He may have asked for Norman help against his enemies in 1009 , and a continental source records that he at some point appealed to the French monarch Robert the Pious for assistance , conceivably in the hope that he could exert pressure on the Normans . |
| 11 | For example , in his attempt to lead a new life , he attributes any success he may have had in conquering lust , anger or pride to God 's grace , a very specifically Christian idea ; and this is a full fifteen months before his conversion to Christianity . |
| 12 | He may have acted in this way because the dog was worrying sheep , or because he wanted to annoy the dog 's owner , or simply because he despises all alsatians . |
| 13 | Conceivably he may have thought in 1921–2 that previous peasant intransigence was now receiving its just reward . |
| 14 | He may have drowned for all I care . |
| 15 | " But I dare say he 's impatient , " thought Hazel , " or he may have come off worst in some scuffle over a doe and taken it hard . |
| 16 | He may have come to this decision in 1531 or 1532 and then proceeded cautiously because of the fear of opposition both at home and abroad . |
| 17 | A cumulative succession of nasty surprises has dealt a further destructive blow to an advantage Mr Lawson has enjoyed for so many years that he may have come to taken it for granted : the effect on expectations of confident and respected official forecasting . |
| 18 | For example , if the tenant has the right to break if the local planning authority refuses to renew a temporary planning permission he may wish to appeal against that refusal . |
| 19 | The break-up specialist may have an interest in retaining certain parts of the company or he may wish to dispose of all of it to other companies . |
| 20 | If the patient has problems with his employer , he may need to apply for professional help through his social worker . |
| 21 | Or he may try to trade in that idea for something he might think would be almost as valuable , the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Germany . |
| 22 | He should stop trying to misrepresent policies . |
| 23 | I have you pick up Mundi from the police station and deliver him to Heartbreak Hotel where he should have met with certain extinction . |
| 24 | Indignation surged up within her — that he should have to live like this . |
| 25 | What a pity it was that he should have to live in that depressing room . |
| 26 | Even when Vinnie left — although we sold him for either what we bought him , or maybe 50 grand more , he had a very good season at Leeds , proved he could play a bit , he should have gone for more . |
| 27 | he should have gone to private school should n't he , really but then |
| 28 | The veterinary surgeon who treated Capri said he should have recovered within 8 weeks . |
| 29 | There was no particular reason why he should have acted as honest broker in this affair , but he had taken it on , and had been quite pleased with himself when he seemed to have brought things off . |
| 30 | There had been rather a mystery as to why he should have died at that particular time . |