Example sentences of "[conj] he [modal v] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , a move to Besiktas , where he would earn big money , would prolong his Liverpool connection , for they are coached by ex-Reds midfielder Gordon Milne , who has been highly successful since joining the club . |
| 2 | ‘ I think we should reinforce the fence with fine mesh , and we should give him somewhere to hide — a place inside his enclosure where he can feel safe . ’ |
| 3 | Everything goes as planned and I soon bully him into the landing net , and from there the hook is removed and he is slid into my big , knotless keepnet , where he can lie safe and recover while I try to catch him some company . |
| 4 | He was happiest at the field meetings of natural history societies and the subsequent festivities , where he could give free rein to his talents as a ballad singer and after-dinner speaker . |
| 5 | Before he makes wild aspersions about other people , he should visit the school in his constituency , where he will find excellent education going on . |
| 6 | Or he can remain silent except for nodding , smiling and liking his glass , allowing the bride to speak on their behalf , making due reference to him — my husband has asked me , etc . |
| 7 | There were two options : he could either take unilateral measures to challenge US hegemony or he could seek alternative partners with a common interest in breaking down hegemonic control . |
| 8 | There is nothing a five-year-old likes better than being read to , although he may spend considerable time looking at books himself and may even pretend to read . |
| 9 | After the red-hot protests of the retired classes , Clinton will not touch the expensive cost of living adjustments to their social security pensions , although he will make taxable 85 per cent of the benefits paid to the rich instead of the present 50 per cent . |
| 10 | Although he will take urgent steps to impose a new contract , which they have rejected , he has told the doctors ' and dentists ' pay review body that he is prepared to tackle any problems arising in the first year . |
| 11 | He added that he may appoint independent assessors to review the viability of the 10 pits that have already been closed . |
| 12 | If people are nearby , draw their attention to what is going on , so that it 's no longer a case of one to one ; or ridicule the offending performer , pointing out that he may catch cold if he does n't take care ( provided that you feel instinctively confident that such a tactic will not enrage him ) . |
| 13 | Pension schemes are vital to many of our constituents , and I should have thought that they would be of equal importance to Conservative Members in Scotland , who may soon have to look to their own pension schemes although the Minister has reassured me that he may have other arrangements . |
| 14 | If a horse is very spooky and really does not ever settle down , there is a possibility that he may have defective eye-sight . |
| 15 | The pollutions which escape the field officer 's shroud of privacy are those which are so noticeable that they attract widespread public attention , or those where a complainant is of such status that he may enjoy direct contact with senior staff . |
| 16 | In response to Henry Malt 's letter concerning health hazards relating to art , ( AIM/July 92 ) , there is a book called ‘ The Artist 's Complete Health and Safety Guide ’ by Monona Rossol that he may find useful . |
| 17 | Thiercelin realized that he ought to feel annoyed , and up to a point he did . |
| 18 | Tell him Ellen that he might grow accustomed to it . |
| 19 | He said that he might acquire new obligations . |
| 20 | In the sudden hope that he might fall asleep without calling her , she poured a large extra measure of cognac into the glass before adding the soda . |
| 21 | She thought that he might get killed . |
| 22 | Was he ever worried that he might get stuck with teenage roles ? |
| 23 | I 'm glad you realise that the root of the problem lies with your husband not with you , and I 'm sure you 're right in thinking that he might need outside help . |
| 24 | Luther knew that he might search long and hard , from one end of the earth to the other , but he would never find such an incredibly forthright and loyal employee . |
| 25 | And if it did n't live up to the investor 's rigorous standards , no one had any doubt that he would make good his threat of withdrawing his backing . |
| 26 | Patten also announced that he would make extensive use of enhanced capping powers in 1991 . |
| 27 | Osterlind extracted a promise from Modi that he would stay sober . |
| 28 | JOHANNESBURG ( Reuter ) — President FW de Klerk said yesterday that he would meet anti-apartheid churchmen — including Archbishop Desmond Tutu — next Wednesday , the first sign that he will live up to election promises of entering into talks with recognised black leaders . |
| 29 | A visiting seyh , seeing his sad plight , comforted him by saying that he would achieve high rank and that his brothers would stand in his presence among the servants and slaves . |
| 30 | With the vicar 's views on hellfire she was sure she would not go unpunished , that he would feel obliged to deputise for God . |