Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ought therefore to disappear at the first opportunity , especially since the purpose of his stay , that of meeting Katja Müller , appeared to have lost its point … |
| 2 | If the shaman is exposed to the insidious effects of the fungus for too long he may eventually turn into a giant shaman mushroom . |
| 3 | He may also appear in the guise of a small grey water-horse or a lamb , always with an unusually long tail . |
| 4 | He may also act on the principle that ‘ things have always been done this way ’ and justify his actions accordingly . |
| 5 | The Advocate Depute may or may not accept this ; he may well consult with the senior police officer in the case , the injured party if there as a witness , or in very serious cases , with the Crown office in Edinburgh . |
| 6 | If the speaker is observing the maxims in a fairly direct way , he may nevertheless rely on the addressee to amplify what he says by some straightforward inferences based on the assumption that the speaker is following the maxims . |
| 7 | He may longer sting like a bee but Ali 's still as light on his feet as a butterfly … and the memories are going strong . |
| 8 | While on his own home ground he knows how to do things , or how to get them done , beyond the boundaries of his home ground he knows , at best , only that he should comply with the rules without necessarily understanding why or precisely what all of the relevant rules are : he may simply go through the motions . |
| 9 | If a creditor is owed a debt not payable at the date of the bankruptcy order , he may nonetheless prove for the same ( r 6.114 ) but subject to an adjustment of his dividend where payment of dividend is made before the time when the debt would have become payable . |
| 10 | Any actuarial calculation must therefore be discounted to allow for the chance that he may only live for a shorter period . |
| 11 | This is particularly clear in the handwritten attempts of very young children where the adult is obliged to assign each large painstakingly formed letter token to a particular type of letter , which he may then re-interpret in the light of the larger message . |
| 12 | After all , in the war Barry would have been told that he was fighting to uphold the rights of small nations , so what could be more logical than that he should now fight for the rights of his own country , Ireland , a small nation if ever there was one ! |
| 13 | That he should now figure as an addition to the Modern Masters series is yet another irony of Derrida 's ascent to intellectual stardom . |
| 14 | Some automatic reactions may be taking place which might help or hinder , and he must also stay within the mandatory operating instructions . |
| 15 | He must also comply with the terms and conditions of the issuing authority . |
| 16 | He must also come to an agreement with the customer with regard to performance characteristics , key schedule dates , costs , and funding . |
| 17 | You will lose your own payments , but he must still pay towards the children . |
| 18 | MODERATE : Treasury spokesman Alan Beith has had a high profile , though he must occasionally feel like a comma in the economy debate between Mr Lamont and Mr Smith . |
| 19 | In doing this the anthropologist ‘ at home ’ quickly comes to understand why he must always stand on the margins of structure . |
| 20 | So you 'll think he 'll just flow into the next day 's |
| 21 | So I will budget and go around the markets and that , and find the best buys and he 'll just go to the best shops because it is convenient . |
| 22 | ‘ Sometimes he 'll just lie on the settee and refuse to get off . |
| 23 | He 'll soon get over the damage you 've done to his ego ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 've had to keep it quiet for good reasons , and if I say much to Marc he 'll really go up the wall . |
| 25 | If dad starts looking through there he 'll never get down the street . |
| 26 | He 'll never get in the way of this , never complaining that " things are too difficult " , never creating barriers in the way of helping them . |
| 27 | When he leaves prison he 'll still be banned from tending the livestock … but he 'll still live at the farm . |
| 28 | Almost two centuries later it was being proposed that in much the same way every Spanish ambassador should have assigned to him a son or younger brother " to assist him as a comrade in his work " , be instructed in the conduct of embassy business and handle matters the ambassador himself could not spare time for , with the implication that he might well succeed to the post if it fell vacant . |
| 29 | That is the kind of exploit he might well claim after a drink or two , expecting his audience first to gasp , then to roar with laughter . |
| 30 | If she made no response , he might well climb over the wall all the same , as he had on the previous night ; on the other hand if she went to him and they were caught his offence would be deemed the worse , for being found on Roscarrock property was one thing , but being caught dallying with a servant girl was another . |