Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A trial close is where a salesperson attempts to conclude the sale without prejudicing the chances of continuing the selling process with the buyer should he refuse to commit himself . |
| 2 | How much change should he get ? |
| 3 | Only the playwright 's doctor warning them of their responsibility should he die on the way , prevented them carrying out so insensitive a duty . |
| 4 | Everyone is an expert on trade unions , advertising , company communications and management , and what the experts should he doing — except the Profitboss . |
| 5 | With a regretful look at her glass , and a warning glance at Lord Beddington should he tamper with its contents while she was gone — she had observed his hand stealing towards it already — she rose to make her way upstairs to the ladies ' retiring room . |
| 6 | Transports , were , the Admiralty declared , frequently held up by drunken and indisciplined seamen , to the detriment of the war effort , and seriously proposed that all men in the mercantile marine should he conscripted into the Royal Naval Reserve under naval discipline . |
| 7 | It would have been wrong to propose that subsidized admission to such schools should he offered to very bright pupils , at the same time that comprehension was being commended ( sometimes forcefully so ) to grammar schools . |
| 8 | During these periods Patterson exercised executive power , raising speculation that he might succeed Manley should he retire on health grounds . |
| 9 | He said ’ We 've got a life sentence , whe should he get anything off his ? ’ |
| 10 | This means that the rider can help his horse should he peck on landing or hesitate into a fence . |
| 11 | There were the inevitable assertions that they must raise a great army to defeat the insufferable Edward should he dare set foot on Scottish soil , this earl promising his thousands and the next outdoing him . |
| 12 | We were at great pains to explain that we were novices and aware that diving in Barbados was unlike diving in the UK and were told that ‘ courses taken on holiday mean nothing at all ’ and that we should be prepared to snorkel around a pool for six months should he deem it necessary , and that even if we did dive to any standard we would be taken on a dive ( presumably in a pool ) , and ‘ ripped down ’ until we eventually failed a test . |
| 13 | According to Sakhat Muradov , Chair of the Turkmen Supreme Soviet , the new council 's supervisory role would not weaken presidential authority or the Supreme Soviet 's legislative function ; it was empowered to rule on " the most important questions " of economic and political life in Turkmenistan , and could also call for changes to the constitution and express no confidence in the President should he break the law . |
| 14 | It may seem that a holder of a bill can avoid making a loss should he retain the bill , rather than sell it , if interest rates should rise . |
| 15 | What course of action should he take ? |
| 16 | Florence further says that witnesses of the agreement later declared that Edmund left no portion of the kingdom to his brothers should he die , and agreed that Cnut should be the protector of his sons until they came of age . |
| 17 | He was there dealing not with summary remedies available to the state to which a citizen had no opportunity to state a defence but rather to additional consequences which might adversely affect a citizen should he fail in his defence to the claim to the principal sum . |
| 18 | What gossip might he learn in the old Nell Gwyn pub down the end of the King 's Road ? |
| 19 | What words could he say ? |
| 20 | What words could he find ? |
| 21 | In those days the licensing laws were very strict , especially for off-licence sales , except that all kinds of liquer could he ordered and delivered . |
| 22 | ‘ How do I make people speak naturally ? ’ 'What would they say here ? ’ 'What would he keep to himself there ? ’ |
| 23 | What sort of monster would he prove to be ? |
| 24 | Therefore , only so long as a woman is in labour shall he give up Israel ; and then those that survive of his race shall rejoin their brethren . |
| 25 | The Royalty was fixed at one-tenth part payable " … when as soon as 20 Tunns of Oare shall he gott … |
| 26 | In relation to the second requirement , if a particular date has been stipulated for payment then an action can he maintained after that date irrespective of whether property has passed to the buyer . |
| 27 | ‘ How much harm can he do ? |
| 28 | Parties can he set indoors or outdoors — or be split between the two . |
| 29 | Outline the data required to apply it , and the way that data can he obtained . |
| 30 | ( What kind of accent might he have ? ) 5 Practice reading Part One until you are happy with it . |