Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he [modal v] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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1 | It would be many more months till the carapace matured into full symbiotic harmony with his body — and of course his spirit must be tested and tempered in combat before sockets would be cut into the carapace , whereby he could plug himself into power armour in a full fusion of man and equipment . |
2 | If it is true that no man knows what may befall him , nor how he may make himself safe against all future evils , is it not therefore the wisest course to make no provision , but to live in the present experience only ? |
3 | That is how he may see himself operating as Home Secretary and Lord Chancellor , but it is not how this Government 's Home Secretary and Lord Chancellor operate . |
4 | Accounts also tell how he used to lock himself in the church all night . |
5 | If the patient was not admitted to hospital , or was discharged without having learned to wash himself properly , the community nurse attends to help him to wash , and to teach him and his carers how he can help himself . |
6 | His Prince Hal is never a roaring boy : he sits hunched or sprawled , with dark unwinking eyes : he hopes to be amused by his bully companions , but the eyes constantly muse beyond them into the time when he must steady himself for the crown . |