Example sentences of "he [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such behaviour did not recommended itself to another , more discreet , influence on Leonard during those undergraduate years : Professor F.R. Scott , later Dean of the Faculty of Law , presently , while Leonard swithered and swayed as to whether he should commit himself to the arts or commerce , his lecturer in law . |
| 2 | If the hon. Gentleman believes that there is evidence of criminality , he should draw it to the attention of the police , if he has not done so already . |
| 3 | I told the hon. Member for Bolton , North-East ( Mr. Thurnham ) , who first raised this matter , that he should draw it to the attention of the Serjeant at Arms , when appropriate action would be taken . |
| 4 | If a potential investor should assume that ‘ preference ’ means that he should prefer them to the ordinary shares he would be sorely in need of professional advice . |
| 5 | He should confine himself to the questions put to him . |
| 6 | He rushed towards her so violently that Miss Fogerty put out her hands to grasp his shoulders before he should butt her to the ground . |
| 7 | It seemed inevitable after this that he should take himself to the nearest fish and chip shop to eat his supper . |
| 8 | The court can remit the case back to the sheriff with a direction that he should remit it to the licensing board to reconsider their decision ( R. W. Cairns Ltd. v. Busby East Church Kirk Session , cit. ) or remit the case to the sheriff to proceed as accords ( Collins v. Hamilton District Licensing Board , 1984 S.L.T. 230 ) . |
| 9 | But Mr Mellor said he must leave it to the people of Torfaen to judge whether that was a proper matter . |
| 10 | Usual stuff — you arrange that on such-and-such a day you 'll turn up with so many people and so much luggage and he 'll transport you to the next place and when you turn up he pretends things have changed and you did n't say fifty but fifteen and anyway the price has gone up and so on and so bloody on until he gets the backhander he wants . |
| 11 | He 'll take them to the top of the stairs and make sure they know when to go on — usually by the gracious means of a prod in the back . |
| 12 | I had the somewhat faint hope that he might lead me to the place and permit me to stand where Balboa had stood — on the very peak which John Keats , with the kind of monumental mistakenness permitted under the principle of poetic licence — declared was occupied by : |
| 13 | If the stranger persisted , he might take him to the park and point at me , which in normal circumstances should be sufficient to settle the matter . |
| 14 | The court heard that Jones scoured the Penrhys estate after the burglary and took his friends to Mr Penrose 's house because he believed he could lead them to the culprits . |
| 15 | By the time Roger had recorded from sixteen birds , he told me he thought he could detect regular differences between them so large that he could assign them to the two groups even without being given the code . |
| 16 | With fifteen laps to go , the race was his : if he could make it to the end . |
| 17 | There was no danger now , he could enjoy it to the full . |
| 18 | Matters arising through the procedure from any individual or any group of individuals on the shop floor , was dealt with primarily and respectfully so in regard to the individual making an approach to the foreman , if no settlement was reached then , it was referred to the shop steward in that department , if he could n't settle it along with the member with the foreman , then he could report it to the er shop stewards committee through the auspices of the secretary or the convenor . |
| 19 | The dealer asked the proprietor of the shop if he could take it to the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin-Dahlem for an opinion and authentication , and was given the picture . |
| 20 | ‘ He 'd send me to the dispensary at the workhouse . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I wonder if he 'd run me to the shop , ’ said Betty . |
| 22 | Richard , he said , was deeply offended that anyone should think he would lower himself to the depths of duping the editor of Music Week . |
| 23 | When he was engaged in writing The Cocktail Party , he was asked how long he would devote himself to the theatre rather than to poetry ; he replied , " Until I can convince people that I know how to write a popular play " . |
| 24 | One farmer claimed he would do nothing to the buildings until his son had been confirmed in the tenancy . |
| 25 | He screamed that he would give himself to the Devil if he caught the girl before she reached home . |
| 26 | My father said that he would bring him to the station . |
| 27 | Harmless in himself — we thought — he would lead us to the dangerous ones if there were any . |
| 28 | Vincent had sworn that he would love her to the grave and beyond . |
| 29 | I was his assistant and when he wanted flowers he would send me to the Old Covent Garden at 4.30am to buy hundreds of pots of chrysanthemums which would then be sold off at the end of the day , thus serving a dual purpose as decoration and a means of recouping some of our costs . |
| 30 | Cumberland , an eye-witness recorded , ‘ jumped around the room with joy ’ on learning he could resume his pursuit of the rebels , ‘ and declared that he would follow them to the further part of Scotland . ’ |