Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] his [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think the shoemaker should stick to his last . |
| 2 | The cobbler should stick to his last . |
| 3 | ‘ In his last will and testament , the celebrated philosopher , author of Pythagorean Mysticism and the Ninfanian School , left his entire estate , the noble house at Punta del Giorno , the farms and their sheep folds in the hills at Crotone , Metaponto and Matera , the vineyards that fringe the banks of the Sauro gorge , to none other than himself , when he should return in his next incarnation to take up residence on his territories again . |
| 4 | During the Great War Daniels had proposed that the Headmaster should retire on his sixtieth birthday ( and his assistants on their 50th ! ) , and with this in mind he tendered his resignation in July 1928 : he would be sixty in December . |
| 5 | Now he could concentrate on his first television situation comedy series . |
| 6 | Francis initially wants Wegerle on a month 's loan but if he is successful it could lead to his third £1million move . |
| 7 | He was gone before we could reply to his last remark . |
| 8 | Forever talking about an important matter which he would discuss on his next leave . |
| 9 | McMenemy added : ‘ As I understand it Graham said that in an ideal world the longer the lay-off the more games you would hope a player would have before his next England appearance . |
| 10 | And now , in less than five hours , Prince Yuan would arrive for his first annual inspection . |
| 11 | Kevin Dutton was unsure of the reaction he would get to his first unconventional portrait of a British comedian , he certainly did n't expect to find others demanding the same treatment . |
| 12 | If the exiled son were a soldier and died suddenly , as so often happened , a brother officer would write of his last hours to the sorrowing parents ( see chapter seven ) . |
| 13 | How total , he asks in a critique of totalization which Derrida would characterize as his first ‘ classical ’ formulation , can the totalization be ? |
| 14 | Norman has the adrenalin flowing for the Masters , and is confident he will improve on his last two visits , when he missed the cut both times . |
| 15 | Warren Christopher , the secretary of state , will stick to his last . |
| 16 | He claims to have absolutely no inkling of what will happen on his next page , or what will happen at the end of a novel . |
| 17 | AMERICAN Civil War fanatic Ray Loveslife-Brown will hobble into his next ‘ battle ’ on crutches — after blowing off a toe with his musket . |