Example sentences of "[Wh det] [modal v] [verb] he [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You want to learn somethin' wot 'll make him happy ? ’ |
| 2 | Before he can even accept the lease , he is required to put the place into good repair , which may cost him another £30,000 . |
| 3 | This means that not only must I refrain from doing a person bodily harm , but I must also refrain from bearing him any ill-will which might cause him mental suffering . |
| 4 | It did in fact run out , and still Anselm had not received the pallium which would give him full authority as archbishop . |
| 5 | Which would give him seven thousand a year , rather than five . |
| 6 | Thomson said later of The Times , which would cost him millions , ‘ It is an honour to underwrite a national institution . ’ |
| 7 | Then Mozart would supply the publisher Hoffmeister with a series of compositions which would bring him enough revenue to repay the debt over two years . |
| 8 | Of course , she might have another twenty years , which would make him seventy-four and what would there be left to speak of then ? |
| 9 | It seemed a forlorn hope that any taxi-driver , especially with the limitation of petrol-rationing , should consider a fare which would take him seven miles out of the town on New Year 's Eve , but incredible luck was with us ! |
| 10 | The new mortgage would pay most of what I am in arrears with him you see so , which would keep him happy . |
| 11 | On the contrary , he was very much concerned with material things , sharing the contemporary view of his art as a craft , which would afford him material success as well as artistic fulfilment . |
| 12 | The solicitor said of the award : ‘ It 's a reasonable figure which will give him satisfactory compensation for a very serious road accident . ’ |
| 13 | A sixth-year pupil at Glasgow 's Kelvinside Academy , he takes to the air this summer after winning a Royal Air Force flying scholarship , which will give him 30 hours at the controls of a light aircraft and see him going solo during his course . |
| 14 | Which will love him more ? |
| 15 | The gourmet , presented with a difficult choice between two dishes , ponders which will please him more as in other circumstances he might weigh conflicting moral demands , decides which one tempts his palate , chooses to order it without even being conscious of making a second decision , let alone one which requires a logically different kind of support , and afterwards perhaps is disappointed by the dish and regrets having chosen wrongly . |
| 16 | Ray is now working towards a BSc Honours degree in applied computing which will keep him busy for another three years . |
| 17 | I mean , what would make him vulnerable ? |