Example sentences of "he [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | May 29 , 1975 The defendant solicitors issued a third party notice against the barrister whose advice they had taken , asking that he should indemnify them on the grounds that they had acted on his advice . |
| 2 | When my Cid saw that they who eat his bread were returned , he went down from the tower , and received them right well , and praised them for what they had done like good knights : howbeit he was full sorrowful for Alvar Salvadores that he should be in the hands of the Moors , but he trusted in God that he should deliver him on the morrow . |
| 3 | But suppose we think that everything that is said purports to be a statement of fact , and suppose we think that for someone to be justified in saying what he says he must say it on the basis of something he has observed . |
| 4 | ‘ He 'll think everything on the ground floor is normal . |
| 5 | ‘ I expect he 'll put her on the pill , ’ says Marjorie , making herself a fresh pot of tea . |
| 6 | Never mind , I 'm sure he 'll take it on the chin . |
| 7 | Neville suggested he might write something on the Eye , to take on the ageing young men of Greek Street . |
| 8 | If anything went wrong , he could blame it on the Minister 's interference . |
| 9 | Beckman had indeed contacted Branson to see if he could advise him on the taking of anti-trust action , but the offer had not been taken up . |
| 10 | Snow settled on the blanket and he could feel it on the back of his neck . |
| 11 | Now he was n't held down , he could unleash them on the world . |
| 12 | To save time , he decided to take the bicycle with him across the fields so that he could ride it on the smoother sections . |
| 13 | He could see none on the wall . |
| 14 | So he asked if he could publish it on the morning of press day ; appearing in one paper in London would not undermine the American publicity . |
| 15 | That was the way to come in ; he knew he could get it on the green from there . |
| 16 | If the Conservatives continued in power , because her GP belongs to a fund-holding practice — a superb Tory system , he insisted — there would be no problem ; he could put her on the waiting list and do the operation next autumn . |
| 17 | He could put it on the wall here , explains Tony . |
| 18 | When we were naughty he 'd give Fred the strap but he 'd sit me on the mantelpiece to make me mind my manners . |
| 19 | The smaller bits we 'd look at for a time and then he 'd throw them on the fire . |
| 20 | if you were buried alive , I mean , Uncle Nat when he used , when he was in , in Uncle Nat when he was out in the war , he used to come back home and he 'd only to hear a siren and he 'd throw himself on the floor |
| 21 | And he 'd clip them on the clip them on the rope and take 'em to the pit bottom . |
| 22 | Noel said he 'd hit it on the coffee table ! |
| 23 | He still treated Edward coolly , stating with conviction that he had his orders direct from London and saw no need to go over them in detail , and no possibility that he would modify them on the say-so of a junior officer he did not know . |
| 24 | If she asked or noticed it , he would blame it on the college refusal . |
| 25 | He would do it on the set , between takes , too . |
| 26 | He said that he would telePhone her on the following Thursday . |
| 27 | She looked at Sophie 's stricken face and added , ‘ He told her that if she gave them some garbled story he would sack her on the spot . |
| 28 | The closed doors would hold it for him and he would smoke it on the way back as he had smoked that earlier one on the way down from Finchley Road . |
| 29 | He said he would leave me on the wing as long as me and my girlfriend did n't twos-up with each other [ visit one another 's cells during the association period ] . |
| 30 | Although his conservative clothing and mild manners did n't show it , he was becoming a ‘ Right-On ’ , and he would support anything on the new agenda . |