Example sentences of "[Wh det] he [modal v] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the hearing and site visit , the inspector will prepare a report for the minister , who will then decide whether to affirm the compulsory purchase order which he may do with or without variations , or whether to decline to make the order . |
| 2 | He asked his players for their loyalty to him , in return for which he would do his best to improve their conditions . |
| 3 | Section 9(4) , which operates at the time of the application for an order under the Act , looks back towards the time in relation to which the witness would give evidence if an order was made and not forward to the time at which he would do so . |
| 4 | He added his own comments that Ashby 's tributes to voluntaryism present us with a very serious challenge — to the professional to be patient in service , to aid and abet but not to take over from the voluntary worker any of the tasks or decisions which he should do and make : to the voluntary worker to recognise that the only sure safeguard against injury to the mainstream of voluntaryism is that that mainstream , which is himself , shall never slacken . |
| 5 | ‘ The boy has viral meningitis and will be out for at least two months , during which he will do nothing else but rest . |
| 6 | Otherwise he is restricted to those jobs which he can do one-handed . |
| 7 | McCoist , whose next goal will be his fiftieth of the season for Rangers and Scotland , is in the midst of the kind of run in which he can do no wrong . |
| 8 | These included being prepared to listen and acknowledge Tony 's difficulties , helping his father and girlfriend view them in a more understanding way , after allowing them to ventilate their feelings , clarifying the nature of Tony 's problems and helping him focus on those which he could do something about . |
| 9 | Now , all this time I held my temper , even when he turned on the tears which he could do , playing skilfully on his little-boy manner which elicited great sympathy from the women . |
| 10 | ‘ Tomorrow 's always another day , ’ she said , trotting out one of her many sayings , and he neither smiled nor mocked at her , but went downstairs to eat the supper which she had prepared for him , because that was the way she showed him her love and concern , and the least which he could do was respond to it . |
| 11 | There was a huge anger welling in Maxim that choked off anything he might have said , a yearning to reach that mugger and snap his arms , which he could do so easily , then kick the helpless manhood out of him … |
| 12 | Still , Mr Dysart went to see what 'e could do , while I went back to phone for the police . |
| 13 | It was then getting near the time that I could turn him out , again I put it off , frightened of what he might do . |
| 14 | She did not consider what he might do to rescue her . |
| 15 | Her imagination jagged with tumbling violent images of what he might do to her . |
| 16 | I try even harder not to think about what he might do to me if he ever got the chance . |
| 17 | Culley felt the anger , but had little idea what he might do about it . |
| 18 | But now she feared what he might do . |
| 19 | Who knows what he might do if he felt threatened . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ She was afraid of what he might do when she told him she was n't going to keep up the pretence any longer and everything she did in future was to be sold as her own work . ’ |
| 21 | You were right to break with him if you decided that you had made a mistake in accepting him , but oh , my dear , your uncle Orrin tells me that he dare not inform your father of the dreadful things Havvie is hinting about you for fear of what he might do to Havvie . |
| 22 | And I am more worried about what he thinks of me than of what he might do to Havvie . ’ |
| 23 | Until then they had treated him with a mixture of sympathy as a man caught up , by line of duty , in a political imbroglio , and suspicion at what he might do to make things worse . |
| 24 | ‘ Have you thought what he might do , your father ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Well — I do n't know what he 'll do with them , do I ? |
| 26 | ‘ I said , ‘ So you 're going there with no back-up , no weapon , no way of knowing what he 'll do ’ — something like that . ’ |
| 27 | When he 's exhausted the list , he is n't sure what he 'll do ; he 's heard of pirate stations and Citizens ' Band clubs , but he 'll have to find out more . |
| 28 | I ca n't imagine what he 'll do . |
| 29 | Oliver whispered to Rain : ‘ I wonder what he 'll do with it ? |
| 30 | I do n't want Matt to struggle alone with the barbecue — and that 's precisely what he 'll do if I 'm not there . ’ |