Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adv] [verb] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His own pleasure had been of shorter duration for he was very well aware that he ought somehow to have protected this trusting girl from himself . |
| 2 | THE JOKER : He may also decide to give sexy underwear that does n't actually fit , or , if he is feeling malicious , spicy chewing gum for the loud mouthed — gum that cements the lips together . |
| 3 | He may also have developed some connections with the Tempests of Bracewell . |
| 4 | He may also have developed some connections with the Tempests of Bracewell . |
| 5 | He may also have had expensive tools or special equipment of some kind , or a car or boat which has to be sold . |
| 6 | It makes sense that if he were able to play as well at Test level as in county matches he may well have scored 80 first-class hundreds already . |
| 7 | He may well have attracted public attention initially by excelling in hurley or Gaelic football , and have achieved some prominence as a county councillor . |
| 8 | But he may not have done another thing ; he may just have faded into obscurity if he 'd lived on . ’ |
| 9 | Strange he should just happen to mention these artistic luminaries.A more direct hint comes when I ask him if he has influenced Government policy . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He should not have had that last drink or that last kiss . |
| 12 | But in principle , there is no reason why he should not have to produce all discoverable documents wherever they are . |
| 13 | He should n't have done that really , he was a bit naughty . |
| 14 | They reckon the doctor should 've says to him He should n't have said that , full stop , you should never say that to an alcoholic . |
| 15 | Yeah well he should n't have he should never have left that engine running cos he was n't |
| 16 | Early in their relationship Peter learned that he must not try to take more than Kate was prepared to give . |
| 17 | He 'll just have to drive all the way back home . ’ |
| 18 | He 'll probably enjoy knowing that . |
| 19 | Having said that he 's been out that long you know Alan and Cooper he 'll not want to miss any more football surely ? |
| 20 | He 'll then have to wait another 4 weeks before he 's allowed to apply for his passport to be returned . |
| 21 | He might well have made some bargain with the Plantagenet — after all , this Edward owed something , for it was here , to Dunbar Castle , that his father , Edward the Second , had fled for refuge after the disaster of Bannockburn when Patrick , as a young man , had received him kindly and provided him passage by sea to England . |
| 22 | Had he not been so short of time he might well have found 25 … |
| 23 | If Jitters did n't have a wife and kids back in the old country — which , come to think of it , he probably did n't these days — he might just have dragged Fat Old Stinky Juanita up before the padre and tied the old knot . |
| 24 | If he remains at transport , he might yet have to revise that judgment . |
| 25 | yeah , that 's the only thing I 've , it 's the only horse he might not have got all the way round this time |
| 26 | An aggro leader is not to be confused with a ‘ good fighter ’ for , because of the peculiar nature of aggro , * he might never have to do any fighting at all . |
| 27 | He could ill afford to lose such support in 1946 , the year of the mid-term elections . |
| 28 | With a little more steadiness he could even have had another three . |
| 29 | He could n't bear to wait another day , but then the letter finished in a scrawl , messy and rushed , because , I suppose , they had to go and capture some hill or bit of wood . |
| 30 | And now he was already moving off , as if he could n't wait to leave this place . |