Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus he may admit that words like ‘ right ’ and ‘ wrong ’ can be , and often are , understood in a non-utilitarian fashion , perhaps simply to express ill considered emotions in statements incapable of rational testing or of being true or false . |
| 2 | Next he may discover that containers full of water will stand on the bottom of a trough of shallow water . |
| 3 | A may not terminate the contract on the ground that B has committed a breach by not opening a confirmed credit — but he may insist that B opens a confirmed credit within a reasonable time and , if B does not do so , he will then be in breach of contract . |
| 4 | But the decision will be Major 's and he may judge that MacGregor 's previous experience at the Treasury combined with his education and training as a economist makes MacGregor the prime candidate . |
| 5 | Naughton , who paid 15,000gns for the gelding last month , plans a campaign over fences for him next winter and he may find that Dai Burchell 's four-year-old Maamur will prove too good for him . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , they were leisured days , ’ said Mark a little uncomfortably , feeling that he should say that things were ‘ better ’ now when great coachloads of people could whirl round the Italian lakes in an eight-day tour . |
| 7 | As an historian he should know that peasants , when pushed too far , have been known to revolt . |
| 8 | He should remember that export volumes of manufactured goods grew faster than in the United States throughout the 1980s , that manufacturing grew faster than in France or Italy during the 1980s , and that Britain exports a larger proportion of its national product than Japan , a point recognised by even the Scottish National party . |
| 9 | Similarly , he must hold that theories are eliminated due to the clash of experience ( for example ) , but not using criteria that are understood in terms of , or justified with reference to , the aims of inquiry . |
| 10 | He could pay off Newton from a fraction of Amaryllis 's dowry — he must see that Newton had no idea as to the real size of it — then he could be rid of him . |
| 11 | He must see that policy is put into practice . |
| 12 | If you 're jealous of Bernard then you should get engaged and he 'll know that Claudine is spoken for . ’ |
| 13 | He he has said if I do go for maintenance he 'll deny that Ricky 's his . |
| 14 | If Mr Kinnock found himself head of a minority government and decided to ‘ soldier on ’ he might find that Sir Richard Attenborough , that grand old trouper in ‘ Luvvies for Labour ’ , could turn out to be an embarrassment . |
| 15 | When he got home that evening he could smell that Val was in a mood . |
| 16 | The divisional commander for the Wakefield area informed me in a letter dated 6 September that he could confirm that Mr. Docherty sought the advice of a PC Lingard during March 1991 . |
| 17 | He might have had thoughts of destiny but it is unlikely that even he could conceive that troupes of girls bearing his name would still be dancing nearly a hundred years later . |
| 18 | Indeed , even a trader who withheld credit from women simply because they are women could be within the law if he could show that women were unreliable payers . |
| 19 | Swinging himself into the saddle , Guy turned Chalon 's head towards Winchester and began to consider the various means whereby he could ensure that Isabel belonged to him while he was giving her the time she needed . |
| 20 | When James Cannavino said last week that IBM Corp was not going to sell personal computer clones , what he meant was that the things would not carry an IBM logo — and so he could say that IBM was not selling them . |
| 21 | He could see that Elizabeth was pleased by his attempts to describe it all and continued , ‘ You should see t'stables , coach-houses and t'yard . |
| 22 | He could see that Lee was attracted to Meryl , and this amused him , because he knew instinctively that he only had to turn on his own powerful charm and the result would be a foregone conclusion . |
| 23 | In the darkness he could see that Firelight was lying down , but there was nothing unusual in that . |
| 24 | He could see that Karen was pondering whether to let one of her tears fall . |
| 25 | But now that he had had a good sleep , he could see that Strawberry was really a harmless , decent sort of fellow . |
| 26 | And when Gilbert looked up at him again through blurred vision , he could see that Rohmer was talking , although he could hear no words . |
| 27 | Ho must have run right into them , for he could see that Steve had him in a headlock and was dragging his kicking , struggling figure along the deserted street while Ray Shepherd followed , laughing . |
| 28 | He could see that refrigeration would bring about a complete change in people 's lifestyles and in 1880 he took over the patents of the Bell–Coleman cold-air machine and developed what was known as the dry air refrigerator . |
| 29 | He could see that Midge had turned her head and was looking at him . |
| 30 | He could see that Gabriel was no longer angry . |