Example sentences of "he [modal v] [vb infin] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coleridge , his thoughts still at Racedown , immediately saw the opportunity for bringing all his friends together at Stowey , and on 29 June wrote to Joseph Cottle to suggest — unsuccessfully — that he should take the next coach to Bridgwater : ‘ T. Poole would fetch you in a one horse Chair . ’ |
| 2 | The new discipline of industrial archaeology , which emerged in the 1950s , was largely inspired by Rolt 's writing , and it was entirely appropriate that he should become the first president of the Association for Industrial Archaeology when this was founded in 1973 . |
| 3 | What 's more , he had also learned that he must ignore the first playing of the tune , and wait 15 minutes until it played again at the end of the programme — the dog would look up quizzically at the sound of the familiar music but stay still , apparently too smart to respond to an obvious false alarm . |
| 4 | Maxim felt a moment of total disorientation before he realised that something must have gone badly wrong , that because she had not greeted him he must stay being Winterbotham , that because they were strangers he must make the first move . |
| 5 | He knows that if he fails the first time , he 'll win the second time , if not the third time . |
| 6 | But then he 'll apologize the next day . |
| 7 | He could remember the first time that he 'd stepped outside into country darkness and closed the door behind him ; it was as if he 'd been struck blind with the click of the latch , and he 'd begun to panic at his inability even to tell which way was up . |
| 8 | Flushed with the success of his trolleybus venture in the Kingston area of the London United Tramways , Mr. Spencer obtained permission in July 1932 to apply for powers to run trolleybuses on the Sutton route of the South Metropolitan company , so that he could implement the third item of the proposals put forward in 1931 . |
| 9 | Usually he would choose the next direction without hesitation , but sometimes he would wait , head cocked , as if listening for far-off sounds . |
| 10 | Then he would announce the next passage , ending with one from what he called , in a tone lower than usual , ‘ Murder ’ . |
| 11 | This view was contradicted with such energy that Mr Charles , quite aside from worrying he would become the next focus of the gentlemen 's attention , actually thought himself in danger of physical assault . |
| 12 | He will forget the first question and reply to the salesperson 's later comment . |
| 13 | The Prime Minister has avoided a question by the Labour Leader on the future of the Chancellor , Norman Lamont and whether or not he will present the next Budget in November . |
| 14 | Then he was due to travel to Sri Lanka where he will watch the second Test against Australia . |
| 15 | The 28-year-old from Omaha , Nebraska , is confident he can put the first blemish on Wharton 's unbeaten pro record when the two meet over ten rounds at the city 's Barbican Leisure Centre . |
| 16 | There is no doubt that , given patience and pertinacity , he can follow the first course at relatively small cost . |