Example sentences of "[vb past] he [modal v] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles felt he would scream at another repetition of ‘ Not so fast , my proud beauty ! |
| 2 | No longer did his back trouble him , and yes , he felt he could bowl at least 20% faster , as ‘ Inti ’ had suggested . |
| 3 | And then I , well if it 's really income he needs , I thought he could look at an equities portfolio for the eighty thousand , say , forty thousand in er groceries and forty thousand in pharmaceutical . |
| 4 | On the evening of the British Grand Prix he announced he would retire at the end of the season . |
| 5 | My boyfriend said he would stay at home and be the househusband and look after the children and do co co , the cleaning and cooking if I stayed at work . |
| 6 | The defender said he would sell at a price of £70,000 . |
| 7 | Mr Pannick said he would argue at the full hearing that Mr Brooke had no power under EC law to do that . |
| 8 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 9 | He said he must go at once , Duart , for the honour of the clan . ’ |
| 10 | She dearly wished he would look at his toes , or out the window , or anywhere but into her eyes . |
| 11 | He desperately wished he could glance at his watch , but knew he could n't risk it ; it was late … it must be sometime around ten . |