Example sentences of "he [modal v] [vb infin] [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh ! ’ she gasped , and unable to believe that he should think such a thing , let alone say it , she was not sure she did not lose some of her colour . |
| 2 | He found himself hovering for a dangerous moment between pity and fear and he fought down the pity at once , for it was not to be thought of that he should feel such an emotion for this evil being . |
| 3 | He should have all the time in the world . |
| 4 | He should have half the Sum to serve his need ; |
| 5 | It is curious that he should select such a subject for his essay , drawn from a newspaper announcement of a man 's death . |
| 6 | ‘ Nevertheless , it is strange that he should keep such a sum on current account , when he could have been earning two per cent interest . ’ |
| 7 | A full 40 per cent believed he should introduce such a measure in his Budget speech , with 44 per cent disagreeing . |
| 8 | ‘ But he must expect that every week now . |
| 9 | Truth is he 'll bring all the booze the other time did n't he ? |
| 10 | ‘ But he 'll make such a mess , ’ wailed Denise . |
| 11 | If you 're hoovering he 'll go all the way round to try |
| 12 | and , and neck of lamb he 'll eat all the rubbish , but he wo n't eat the meat |
| 13 | So now he 'll get all the drink tomorrow . |
| 14 | But the wide expanses of Aintree should suit his type of jumping and if he produces the form he showed at Leopardstown then he 'll take all the beating . |
| 15 | It filled his his truck up so he said when he comes back on the next delivery he 'll take all the turf away for fifteen quid . |
| 16 | Surely Dysart had never suggested he might do such a thing ? |
| 17 | It was unbelievable that he could suggest such a thing — and she wondered if it was a test of some sort . |
| 18 | ‘ Afraid of you ! ’ she gasped , and , truly horrified that he could think such a thing , ‘ No , of course not ! ’ she faced him squarely to state . |
| 19 | He could exhibit such a stolidity in this regard that the Captain more than once suggested that he might drop down the order , ‘ to add ballast to the middle ’ . |
| 20 | Nobody who knew Uncle Maurice could possibly believe that he could do such a thing . |
| 21 | And how he could make all the village wealthy . ’ |
| 22 | The realization bit into Harry 's confidence that he could outwit such a man : who was he really fooling ? |
| 23 | Really , he could use half an hour to digest the gobbets of this person . |
| 24 | There was a man here once , he could take half an hour to drink a bowl of soup , big as an ox . |
| 25 | When he saw the saxaphone he told his father about it and his father said that if he could save half the money , he would make up the other half . ’ |
| 26 | He was sure , not only because he could have written out a set of instructions there and then , if he had had any paper , but because he could imagine all the minute details of doing those things . |
| 27 | He 'd do all the slaughtering , do all that sort of business , but he would n't er he did , he used to come and help us Fridays and Saturdays but he 'd rather be up the farm on his tractor . |
| 28 | Then he 'd get all the money when my father dies . |
| 29 | ‘ He 'd read all the sex manuals ever printed . |
| 30 | Passing Scalpay , Johnson suggested to Boswell that they buy the island , ‘ found a good school ’ on it , and an episcopal church , ‘ and have a printing-press where he would print all the Erse that could be found ’ . |