Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [modal v] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Saint , who lives in Wirral , loves going to watch the side he used to call his ‘ Friday night favourites ’ on ITV 's Saint and Greavsie . |
| 2 | Jaq rifled through the pack to find the card he used to signify himself ; the black-robed High Priest , enthroned , gesturing with a hammer . |
| 3 | He knew that the platform was there , but in the nightside blackness he could see nothing at first . |
| 4 | And he sees his feedback he 'll kick himself |
| 5 | Not only , said Nicky , was this proof positive of the Englishness — indeed the Lancashireness — of Griffiths 's voice , but Griffiths had also said that if cornered in future he would shoot his way out rather than submit to arrest — exactly what he did do . |
| 6 | In future he must guard his tongue or risk everything . |
| 7 | Frankie would be set to work at the big sink , and before he washed each plate and roasting-pan he would scrape it clean with his fingers and eat every last scrap of chicken , sage and onion stuffing , corned beef , sliced Spam and cheese . |
| 8 | It gave him , too , if he wanted it , an unthreatened view of passing life : from the terrace he could train his opera glasses on the pleasure-steamers taking Sunday lunchers to La Bouille . |
| 9 | As a freelance journalist he could report them because just enough editors were just sufficiently interested to pay him just enough for doing so . |
| 10 | With Wagner in mind he could say it now . |
| 11 | It did not matter that Ben could not physically see the pages of the journal : in his mind he could turn them anyway and read the tall columns of cyphers . |
| 12 | Some doubting townsfolk had their reservations , so Thomas offered that if it did not have the desired effect he would forego his fee . |
| 13 | My father was so good with his gun that even in the dark he could bring 'em down . |
| 14 | With time and practice he will fold his forearm correctly , with less chance of hitting his jumps . |
| 15 | But she never dared ask him , for fear he would tell her ) — the grocer treated her to infrequent smiles and would give occasional chocolates to Victoria , who would go back to the toyshop with a heavy brown moustache and sideburns . |
| 16 | ‘ I must say the old trousers he wears let him down a little — but at the wedding he 'll wear his best suit . |
| 17 | Expertly his hands began their slow , feverish exploration of her bare skin , tormenting as they sought to inflame her further and further so that she forgot everything but the pleasure he could bring her . |
| 18 | If she wore a skirt he would think she cared what he thought . |
| 19 | They had worked out their monthly budget to the last pound , and if Norman thought she was going to eat this overpriced muck with a perfectly good cold supper waiting in the refrigerator at home and a decent programme on the telly he could forget it . |
| 20 | It was not the harm he might do himself but the slips he might make along the way which alerted Emlyn . |
| 21 | He would pump away until he was exhausted , as though by sheer force he could inject her with fertile seed . |
| 22 | Certainly no one should ever know just how much distress he could cause her . |
| 23 | There are fears that as President he would sting them with stiffer tax bills . |
| 24 | When he found the Key he 'd get them . |
| 25 | Auxilliary nurse at BUPA Murrayfield Hospital Michael Douglas told the jury at Liverpool Crown Court : ‘ If he was talking about his marriage he would say they were breaking up or that she was leaving him . |
| 26 | Through the side window he could see his grey garments and underwear hanging on a small washing line outside . |
| 27 | But that that bloke , that bloke he 'll thump anybody wo n't he Geoff ? |
| 28 | In a second he would kill me . |
| 29 | In a philosophical mood he would describe his loneliness as an occupational hazard . |
| 30 | In tennis he will ask his students to call out their estimate of the height of the ball above the net as it crosses from side to side , or he will ask them to shout ‘ Bounce ’ each time the ball bounces and ‘ Hit ’ each time it is hit , giving Self 2 a chance to show what a fluent player he really is . |