Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] to his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , on the other hand , we insist on treating internally compromised statutes as the acts of a single distinct moral agent , then we can condemn them as unprincipled , and we then have a reason for arguing that no official should contribute to his state 's unprincipled acts . |
| 2 | She would tell her twin about Berenice 's baby , and if she knew her sister , she would make Garry see he must return to his wife . |
| 3 | So little wonder that Mains should return to his country home just south of Dunedin and take with him a rather jaundiced view of the workings of New Zealand rugby , and the partiality of some of the media who followed the Stewart party line in South Africa . |
| 4 | So perhaps pride of place should go to his recording of the Violin Sonata with Jacques Thibaud , that rarefied distillation of Debussy 's genius , and a work where every phantom from his past seems to rise before him . |
| 5 | If , for example , there is any question of repossession , the individual should go to his building society , because those societies have said that they want to avoid repossessions wherever possible . |
| 6 | That was what was so endearing about him , but she hardly thought it was something she should mention to his brother ! |
| 7 | Marjory , his daughter by his first wife , was persuaded to agree that if the king died without a son the crown should pass to his brother Edward ; but to be on the safe side a marriage was arranged between Marjory and Walter , the hereditary High Steward , who in spite of his youth had distinguished himself at Bannockburn and become one of Bruce 's most trusted lieutenants . |
| 8 | So on first consideration it seems odd that in the early days of planning The Possessed Dostoevsky should write to his friend Maikov and describe his new venture as ‘ like Crime and Punishment but even nearer to reality , even more urgent , and directly concerned with the most important contemporary question ’ . |
| 9 | Last but not least , Keith is an historian who has frequently visited Mexico and it does n't faze him that I , as a Mexican , should come to his country to write about its artists . |
| 10 | Modigliani declined as politely but suggested to Lunia that she should come to his studio and pose for him the following day . |
| 11 | After rising and saying his prayers , the poet should retire to his study and … engage in the study of the ancillary sciences : lexicography , metrics and so forth The second quarter of the day should be devoted to poetic composition … |
| 12 | To understand what David says , we must listen to his spirit . |
| 13 | He hoped that the postmark might testify to his mobility and grit . |
| 14 | What a perplexing puzzler like Puzznic 'll do to his brain , then , is a mystery . |
| 15 | You know him , you know he 'll hold to his bond . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But tomorrow and every birthday after I 'll go to his grave and tell him : ‘ Happy birthday Donald No Surrender ’ . ’ |
| 17 | Alix wished to ask , of one particularly baby-faced , prematurely anxious candidate , who was contemplating the allowance that he might leave to his wife should he predecease her : but did not dare . |
| 18 | He looked as if he hoped Connors might come to his aid again , but there was nothing from that quarter . |
| 19 | The medieval warrior was what some today would call a drone : however necessary his protection might be or might seem to his peasant tenants and neighbours , and however much the enterprise of individual warriors may have fertilized the economy , he was not personally engaged in making a livelihood for himself and his family . |
| 20 | Let's see to his leg first and then we can hear about Dandy and the cart . ’ |
| 21 | There were no jealousies under his command ; subordinates could contribute to his planning , yet every decision was , in the end , his alone . |
| 22 | He was not the most welcoming of hosts , alarmed at the thought of what one thousand men and horses could do to his winter 's supplies and forage ; but at least he could tell them that a large mounted party had indeed passed this way two days previously and had turned off out of this main Yarrow valley southwards , to climb by Altrieve to the high pass of Tushielaw , which would take them to the Ettrick valley . |
| 23 | His mind busied itself with images of what this news could do to his investigation if it ever became public ; the newspaper headlines ; the half-amused speculation of the cynics ; the crowds of sightseers , the superstitious , the credulous , the genuine believers , thronging the church in search of … what ? |
| 24 | Cedric could run to his heart 's content out there and Con would be able to bring him along when he does the garden . |
| 25 | Indeed , should Marty Reissen , the US captain , get his way , Evert could return to his line-up for next year 's Federation Cup , which will played in Atlanta , in July . |
| 26 | Then we could go to his place and learn to sledge . |
| 27 | With the defeat at Brignais avenged , Charles V , who had just succeeded his father as king , could go to his coronation a satisfied man . |
| 28 | Half the proceeds from the Island of Eigg could go to his ex-wife Margaret Williams following their divorce . |
| 29 | A TORY county councillor will not be standing for re-election next month because he fears his business affairs could lead to his disqualification from office . |
| 30 | Lambert has been widely criticised and there has been speculation that the controversy could lead to his departure from the FT . |