Example sentences of "[that] he [modal v] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Antony 's only request is that he may speak at his funeral . |
| 2 | The Divisional Court ordered that the applicant 's motion be allowed for a declaration that before asking questions relating to an offence with which a person under investigation had been charged the Director of the Serious Fraud Office had to inform that person that he was not obliged to answer such questions but that , if they were answered , what was said might only be used in evidence against that person where he was charged with knowingly or recklessly making a false or misleading statement or where the answer was inconsistent with any evidence that he might give at a later criminal trial . |
| 3 | Afraid that he might guess at her deceit , she began talking , laughing , making plans , distracting his attention from what she had wickedly led him to believe . |
| 4 | Sir John died seven years ago , but in all that time Lavinia has not increased Benedict 's allowance , as she might well have done , nor made any provision for his accommodation , other than saying that he might live at Merchiston Lodge if he chose . ’ |
| 5 | We 've both become victims of Private Eye and I know that he would laugh at some of the things they 've said about me , and I 'd do the same to him . |
| 6 | " Mr. James Christie intimated to the Meeting that he would move at next meeting that the Members get up a Flower and Vegetable Show sometime during this season . " |
| 7 | But it was soon settled that he would stay at home only till Ruari was better . |
| 8 | Benjamin pulled me into the shadows as Mandeville came out to issue curt instructions for the dead sheriff 's body to be removed and informed the soldiers that he would stay at Templecombe for a while . |
| 9 | During the session Sir John May , the inquiry chairman , announced that he would sit at the inquiry with three lay assessors , and that the government had agreed to the granting of immunity from prosecution to witnesses . |
| 10 | He promised himself that he would devote at least as much attention to the father as to the son . |
| 11 | The three men watched the animal snuffling among the elder and then , satisfied that he would nibble at the leaves , they left the stable and turned towards the house . |
| 12 | After giving Lamb directions to the farm and explaining that he would lodge at Bert Weald 's cottage , Jonadab and George turned away . |
| 13 | After fifteen months Edward left St. Paul 's on the tacit understanding that he would read at home for the competitive administration examinations of the Civil Service . |
| 14 | On Oct. 28 Gerrit van N. Viljoen announced that he would retire at the end of the November as Minister for State Affairs " in light of the increasing demands posed by the negotiations process " . |
| 15 | However , his performance vindicated the Wearsider 's pre-fight prediction that he would need at least two or three fights before moving up in class in search of a European or world title . |
| 16 | The point of mentioning John is that he used to work at the massive Hoover plant in West London . |
| 17 | Anne Blencowe suggested that the man be allowed to keep his wage of eight pence per day , but that he should remain at home . |
| 18 | He asked Molla Gurani about the protocol of the seating arrangements , whereupon Molla Gurani replied : " The most fitting thing for Gurani is that he should serve at this feast and not sit . " |
| 19 | Special considerations : the appellant was originally put on probation with a requirement that he should reside at a probation hostel which specialised in providing treatment for young men guilty of indecent assault . |
| 20 | Radical , impetuous , and hot-tongued , Headlam was nevertheless a profoundly devout man , and no broad churchman , either ; he was a high ritualist , and refused , with great sorrow , the wish of the divorced Charles Stewart Parnell [ q.v. ] that he should officiate at his marriage to Kitty O'Shea . |
| 21 | The Marquess of Lincolnshire , a former Liberal Minister ( as Earl Carrington ) and confidant of Asquith , wrote in his diary on 8 December with emphasis , ‘ The general opinion is that Baldwin has made such a mess of it that he must go at once ’ , and on 18 December , ‘ There is a Chamberlain-Birkenhead intrigue going on backed by the ‘ Daily Mail ’ . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Give him a message from me , that he must return at once . ’ |
| 23 | Erm on the basis that er we were , when we were setting the , the targets , the time was set by the work study personnel erm and then the operator was able to obtain a trial run on the time given er and if at the end of the work , he was satisfied that he had made the target bonus , or near enough , or if he was satisfied that , given a little extra opportunity to go back onto that job should it come back again in the near future , then he would , he would see clearly that he could make at least fifty percent er which was the target bonus , and probably more . |
| 24 | He insisted that he should visit the Tiller office so that he could observe at first hand how things were run . |
| 25 | He twisted in his chair so that he could look at her , and she leaned down and kissed his forehead . |
| 26 | Her grip began to slacken and he kicked a little harder , perhaps sensing a reprieve , and he managed to turn his head around so that he could look at her . |
| 27 | Rory held his collar out so that he could look at it . |
| 28 | The question of whether the existence of a mistake has to be apparent from a speaking decision was raised in Dean v Prince [ 1953 ] Ch 590 , where , at first instance , the judge held that he could look at documents other than the auditors ' certificate and the balance sheet and that cross-examination of the auditors would be allowed . |
| 29 | The rest was just food that he could look at and not want . |
| 30 | I was scared that he 'd laugh at me ! ’ |