Example sentences of "[coord] he [vb mod] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now she had to sit in his boat or he would be insulted and she was glad to rest . |
| 2 | Hindley warned Heathcliff that he must never speak to Catherine again , or he would be sent away from Wuthering Heights , and it was decided that Catherine would be taught to behave like a young lady . |
| 3 | John himself was warned by the local Police Inspector not to speak at the square again or he would be arrested for speaking against the national interest . |
| 4 | The other meaning uses plastered in the type of structure which we have introduced in the present section ; notice that it allows addition of to be ( and that it is parallel in its overall structure to ( 42 ) where there is a non-finite clause complete with subject , verb and object ) : ( 41 ) Clara wants the façade to be plastered ( 42 ) she wants the builders to plaster the façade Let us also take note of a subtle and rather interesting ambiguity , found in : ( 43 ) Oliver imagined her red-haired This may mean that Oliver is allowing himself to speculate on the effect of , let us say , adding a wig to a blonde lady of his acquaintance ( and this may therefore be called the " cosmetic " version ) ; or he may be trying to build a mental picture of someone he has never met ( the " unacquainted " version ) , in which case imagined could be replaced by supposed with very little alteration in the meaning of the whole . |
| 5 | Yes , she or he may be prosecuted . |
| 6 | Or he may be looking for a particular foodplant , or flower for nectar , searching for a special smell or a particular electromagnetic emission . |
| 7 | Mr Smith may be very depressed or he may be having a nap . |
| 8 | No alarm as yet ; it 's quite possible that he 's gone for one of his walks or he may be shopping or just visiting someone , but I 'm concerned . ’ |
| 9 | Perhaps his former master will allow him to continue to read his papers ; or he may be permitted to read the papers of another in his own chambers with whom he is on friendly terms . |
| 10 | It may be that the consul for the state of origin can serve documents only on nationals of his state , or he may be allowed to effect service on anyone in the area of his responsibility . |
| 11 | Or he may be planning to sell , in which case he can risk a dinner party without being trapped into intimacy . |
| 12 | Graham Taylor is hoping that Santa wo n't give away any goals to England 's World Cup opponents — or he might be given the sack . |
| 13 | I had decided that I had to face up to the fact that John might not come back or he might be gone for a long time and that when he did come back we might not love one another . |
| 14 | Or he might be handed a file and a tiny silver tool with which to clean her toenails while she dozed in a chair . |
| 15 | I would hope he wo n't be to late or he 'll be exhausted . |
| 16 | You wan na watch out or he 'll be having you down at the . |
| 17 | He has a bullet lodged behind his eye and needs treatment quickly or he will be blinded . |
| 18 | ‘ A player like Denis Betts , who played 46 matches last season , needs a rest or he will be burned out . |
| 19 | Mr Davies ' remarks can be interpreted in two ways : the public expression of a maverick opinion , in the manner of Bill Cash or Ivan Lawrence ; or he could be acting with covert government backing as a kind of stalking horse to gauge the reaction from MPs , and the public , to his suggestion . |
| 20 | Or he could be following a highway of pheromonal signals laid down by fellow members of his species — a trail leading to food , maybe . |
| 21 | I do n't recommend this as a tactic unless the rest of your cavalry is already engaged , or he could be surrounded and overwhelmed by a mass of lesser troops . |
| 22 | Or he could be lying in hospital , his life hanging in the balance , an electronic bleep pulsing in the hushed room . |
| 23 | If you see a picture of a golfing great with his hands well in front of the clubhead at impact , you can be sure that he is either playing the type of shot I have just mentioned or he could be squeezing the ball out of a tight lie . |
| 24 | He could be genuinely offering her his guidance around the exposition or he could be offering her guidance in the art of something else ! |
| 25 | He says that there have been occasions when he 's had a gun held to his head and been told to operate on someone 's brother first , or he 'd be shot . |
| 26 | ‘ When the first bell went and I saw the way Lennox was going after him I told the guys watching with me that Ruddock had better watch for that left of Lewis 's or he 'd be counter-punched with the right and get himself knocked out — and that 's exactly what happened . ’ |
| 27 | He said , well , he said there was two of us he said working together and er , I 'd be look out for my mate or he 'd be look out for me , he says erm ooh , between five and six hundred a year , he said they pinch ! |
| 28 | But she must ask ; beg even , or he 'd be knocking on the kitchen door at Jarman House , asking the Lord knew what favours . |
| 29 | But even as preparations were being made to fly them home , talks were going on with independent schools all over England in the hope of finding them free places.Andrew Auster is one of the organizers of the scheme … and he 'll be taking some of the orphans at the Downs School in Colwall : |
| 30 | Here in the studio with me is one of the organisers , Dominic D'Angelo , and he 'll be helping take your calls . |