Example sentences of "he [modal v] [vb infin] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The Prelude we can easily detect a similar pattern imposed upon experience , though Wordsworth is describing a poetic rather than a Christian vocation ; and though he may appear to use religious vocabulary ( see again the discussion on pages 89–91 ) , he is expounding a secular philosophy . |
| 2 | He may deserve to have such authority . |
| 3 | Now with regard to auditors in particular , er he will know because he 's had some correspondence with me er on this particular subject , it is the view of the government that the er recognised professional body , the Institute of Chartered Accounts in England and Wales , is best placed as a professional body , to supervise er this sector er an argument can be mounted and no doubt he may seek to use this debate to do just that , to say that er this should be the subject of some direct er rule from Whitehall . |
| 4 | Gundobad fled to Avignon , where he may have received Visigothic support . |
| 5 | This apart , a judge may always consider or vary any decision before " the Order has been perfected " , meaning before it has been sealed and sent out ; he may have to give further opportunity to be heard , if he is going to make a change , see Note to Ord 5 , r 5 . |
| 6 | Pearce has been told he may have to sell top players such as David Leworthy , the league 's leading scorer , or Dean Coney in a bid to balance the books . |
| 7 | He may have created some drama , but the only thing the scenario proved was that Bowe does n't want to fight Lennox . |
| 8 | Accordingly , it is not clear what rights are accepted by the transferee ; he may have accepted non-existing rights relying upon fraudulent information in a receipt message transmitted to him by someone pretending to be the carrier . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's the best thing about Mark ; he may have scored 28 goals himself , but he 's probably created about half of our goals entirely , ’ says his Ibrox team-mate John Brown . |
| 10 | ‘ He may have sold some cars on the side . ’ |
| 11 | Given the complexities of Merovingian family politics , Chlothar 's denial of paternity is not conclusive : he may have had good reason to disassociate himself from Gundovald 's mother . |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps not , and he may have had sentimental reasons for going to the little hut , but I want to be sure . |
| 13 | Nowhere so far in my limited knowledge of the pair has evidence of shorthand materialised — ; although at law he may have had some awareness of the skill . |
| 14 | Essentially viceroy of the newly conquered lands , his position suggests the confidence which Edward placed in him ; and he may have had some influence , as his Savoyard friends and kinsmen certainly did , on the design of the castles by which Wales was to be held down . |
| 15 | He may have had more experience outside court than I have because I 've had none . |
| 16 | Like most men he felt that he was hard done by , but he may have had more reason than most … |
| 17 | For instance , he may have found it impossible to meet his parents ' aspirations for him and never attained a secure relationship with them , or he may have repeatedly been told he was unlovable and incompetent , or he may have experienced actual loss of a parent . |
| 18 | He may have died 27 December 1936 , his twenty-first birthday . |
| 19 | Often the programmer rounds these to single-length values , but in order to retain precision he may wish to manipulate double-length operands ( particularly if the word-length is short ) . |
| 20 | As for the unlikely event that the hon. Gentleman sketched , he may wish to test that policy with members of the SNP to find out precisely how such a system would work . |
| 21 | He should 've brought better chairs . |
| 22 | Presenter Esther Rantzen , commenting yesterday , said : ‘ One has to ask whether he should continue to try such cases . ’ |
| 23 | He should have played more comedy . ’ |
| 24 | The prime minister 's critics say all this is happening too late ; that he should have regrouped last autumn , and that the Canadian Titanic may founder even while the ministers switch deckchairs . |
| 25 | According to the opinion polls , 60% of the electorate thinks he should have gone last August . |
| 26 | I , you see I think that instead of , instead of Lawson putting interest rates up to squeeze inflation out of the economy he should have stopped all credit . |
| 27 | John Morris , the board 's secretary , has already suggested to the World Boxing Council that , since Duran was inside the middleweight limit when he lost to Sugar Ray Leonard , he should have lost that title , even though the pair were fighting for the world super-middleweight championship . |
| 28 | He should have taken great pride in having so very much pleased the world with his choice . |
| 29 | ‘ I appeal to Dr Kennedy to begin open-minded consultations which he should have initiated last December . ’ |
| 30 | Maybe he should have cauterized those aspects of himself long since . |