Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun pl] he [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I ask you to believe that in normal circumstances he would not behave like that , but he is still not quite himself … the death of his friend , you know … ’ |
| 2 | On 23 February / 7 March , five days after his accession , Alexander told the ambassadors of Austria and Prussia that in foreign affairs he would adhere to the late tsar 's principles . |
| 3 | In some cases he may be able to obtain an injunction to restrain the breach and in any case he will be adequately compensated by his remedy in damages for breach of contract as his damage can scarcely be other than financial . |
| 4 | In some cases he may provide an after-sales service . |
| 5 | In Surere 's province , there had been many transgressions , despite the loss of privilege which was the only punishment he had dared impose , though there were rumours that in some cases he would have preferred to apply the death penalty . |
| 6 | In some cases he will be the driver of the vehicle . |
| 7 | In some areas he could plant his land with windmills . |
| 8 | In some places he will say : ‘ Well , we wo n't bother fishing here , we will walk on to the next loch ’ , where you invariably catch a fish or two . |
| 9 | Derek Senior accepted the analysis of the problems facing local government , indeed in some ways he could count it as his own , but he did not accept the possibility of effective unitary authorities . |
| 10 | But Mr Heath was savagely criticised by the press and the public , and friends of Mr Major believe that in similar circumstances he would be unlikely to hang on . |
| 11 | If , however , Rueschemeyer were making not a positive statement about substantive differences between law and medicine in this respect but a statement about general beliefs in such differences he would be on surer ground . |
| 12 | In these dreams he would never use a basket for the shopping , but would cradle the roots and bulbs in his bare arms . |
| 13 | When he thought of India in later years he would always see these two men and two bullocks and the leather bag flooding out its water as it settled on the ground . |
| 14 | In later years he would be at the centre oftwo scandalous court cases … |
| 15 | But at the sight of all those senior conspirators standing uncomfortably around in rented tailcoats he ca n't help laughing . |
| 16 | In 18 months he 'll be even better . |
| 17 | In many cases he will try to over-compensate by rushing around doing things for others as if to prove to himself that he is needed . |
| 18 | He is likely to be very bright and to find learning easy but in many cases he will be coached and encouraged by a parent ( usually the father ) in that one direction so that he becomes a prodigy or a ‘ genius ’ at mathematics . |
| 19 | In other words , what is really being " talked about " in existential propositions he might say , are not — not primarily , anyhow — any ontological objects and attributes of such objects , but knowledge , and the possibility of knowledge , of certain propositions . |
| 20 | In those circumstances he would be wise to insist that provision be made for a late exercise of the break-clause following an unsuccessful appeal . |
| 21 | There was certainly a large element of irony in his demeanour and conversation , although it was a quality not immediately apparent when he was in the company of more sober or " respectable " people ; in those circumstances he could , as it were , give as good as he got . |
| 22 | In those gardens he would , no doubt , have noted new plants from America and how best to grow them in this country . |
| 23 | He that boy has got a heart as big as a mountain I 'll tell ya , in those situations he will sling himself at anything . |
| 24 | Yet in those eyes he could see fear . |
| 25 | Had the man who wrote the foreword been at No. 10 in those days he would doubtless have seen to it that this cricketer who displayed such honourable patriotism and high personal standards was given some decoration or other . |
| 26 | Ezra was a cobbler who also acted as a local estate agent , although in those days he would n't have recognised the term . |
| 27 | To many in those days he would have reminded them of Jesus . |
| 28 | He dedicated this formidable intellect to eradicating nonsense from the world , especially nonsense in divinity , which was a world where in those days he could find plenty of targets for his scorn . |
| 29 | In former times he might have been a nobleman 's factotum , now I dare say he is a film director 's personal assistant , and he leans forward obsequiously to catch his companion 's every word . |
| 30 | In spare half-hours he would wander in the market-place and streets and shops of Bishop Auckland and talk with the people . |