Example sentences of "[adj] he [modal v] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believed the key to motivation is making employees feel part of a team , and to improve this he would encourage informal social interaction between management and employees . |
| 2 | After this he can carry any other vector parallel to itself by travelling along a geodesic and keeping the local vector at a constant angle to the geodesic . |
| 3 | By doing this he will become able to maintain control for gradually increasing amounts of time . |
| 4 | ( p153 ) It follows that even though s14(3) of SGA 1979 provides for extraordinary use ( s10(3) of SOGIT 1973 as substituted by CCA 1974 and ss4(5) , 9(5) of SGSA 1982 ) , in order for the buyer to obtain the benefit of this he must specify that use . |
| 5 | She 'd been afraid he might guess that ‘ Raff ’ was short for Raphael . |
| 6 | ‘ The saddest reason of all for agreeing to his proposal , ’ she said , ‘ is that if I do n't , I 'm afraid he 'll go mad . |
| 7 | When he was made redundant and no longer had this outlet for the expression of his masculinity , he became less confident in the caring aspects of his personality , almost as if afraid he would become all woman . |
| 8 | They were afraid he 'd turn violent and do one of them some actual physical harm . |
| 9 | I do n't know how many kids he has ( Faldo has two , with a third expected the week of the Masters ) but I find it amazing he can combine both ways of life . |
| 10 | At six he could solve complicated mathematical equations and play chess at an advanced level . |
| 11 | It 's difficult to know who 's the bigger dreamer , Franco Sbarro or Willy Koenig , who is convinced he 'll find 30 buyers for his 236mph , £700,000 C62 Porsche-engined , Porsche 926 race-car clone . |
| 12 | He wrote an exposition of Jesus ' saying to the rich young ruler that to be perfect he must sell all . |
| 13 | Is it likely he 'll do that , Miss Levington ? ’ he enquired reasonably . |
| 14 | Were he alive today , and in any position to dictate on such matters , I 'm quite sure he would ban all detectorists from the environs of Harrogate , his favourite English watering place . |
| 15 | I 'm sure he would find that highly amusing . ’ |
| 16 | He is , himself , a passionate woodworker , and I am sure he will want fellow woodworkers to feel happy to approach him with problems , hints or just bits of chat . |
| 17 | I am sure he will take all the beating , and the 4–1 available with most firms is worth taking . |
| 18 | Sir Bruce was n't sure he 'd read that issue of The Economist . |
| 19 | He did all he could to stop this . ’ |
| 20 | And above all he could feel all his senses heightened by the danger they were in . |
| 21 | And pointed out that he was doing all he could to find alternative engagements for the musicians . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm afraid coaching is all he can do these days . |
| 23 | He must do all he can to make sure he is not deserted again . |
| 24 | First of all he will have one newspaper running one line and another newspaper running another This is something that 's quite fascinating they came over |
| 25 | He 's confident he can put that behind him . |
| 26 | Miraculously cured of back pains just before he had joined the NSC , he had joined a charismatic Episcopal congregation , in which he kept the church manners of a Catholic ; and where appeals for the contras were concerned he could take either voice , as necessary . |
| 27 | After less than a half-hour of sitting alone he would grow restless , scatter his books untidily about the table and disappear outside . |
| 28 | First he would give each of us a whole penny ( for ice-cream at the terminus ) . |
| 29 | ‘ At first he would get angry and only push me around . |
| 30 | At first he may look funny chatting away silently but it soon becomes a bore . |