Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may also do complex movements for his arm , such as holding a long pole ( like a broom handle ) and moving it around and away from his body . |
| 2 | A horse may often indulge in mutual grooming with a companion horse , and he may also do this to a human he likes and trusts . |
| 3 | He may also learn other negative cognitive schemas . |
| 4 | In the latter case his learning will be less available for transfer to other situations ; he may also learn faulty language habits . |
| 5 | That person is a menace to everyone but he may well think that , in a few hours ' time , he 'll be back to normal and no harm will be done . |
| 6 | As he leads them about , he may well meet another male who also has an attendant troop of young . |
| 7 | If he includes other people 's slivers , he may well perpetuate damaging myths about that person . |
| 8 | If an agent is interested in you he may well have useful comments on the photo you send of yourself , on your style and how you present yourself . |
| 9 | However , he will always know that his performance on a simulator is being assessed and , except for the business of risks , he may well take more care than he would in a real plant . |
| 10 | A horse can lose as much as three gallons ( 15 litres ) of sweat in one hour of hard work in hot conditions and he may well become dehydrated . |
| 11 | He may even meet some Poles who demonstrate against him . |
| 12 | Who knows , he may even feel well enough to get up and enjoy some lunch with you . ’ |
| 13 | No young farm worker enjoys having his leg pulled by taunts of ‘ yokel ’ and ‘ country bumpkin' in pubs and discothèques and eventually he may even become ashamed of admitting to his occupation . |
| 14 | He may even add some more to the site . |
| 15 | A similar result may be achieved if the practitioner is able to use the cash accounting scheme , although he may thereby defer any input recovery if he does not pay his suppliers promptly . |
| 16 | ‘ A witness may be cross-examined as to previous statements made by him in writing or reduced into writing relative to the subject matter of the indictment or proceeding , without such writing being shown to him ; but if it is intended to contradict such witness by the writing , his attention must , before such contradictory proof can be given , be called to those parts of the writing which are to be used for the purpose of so contradicting him : provided always , that it shall be competent for the judge at any time during the trial , to require the production of the writing for his inspection , and he may thereupon make such use of it for the purpose of the trial as he may think fit . |
| 17 | ‘ He may yet take these thieves before they can escape his writ . |
| 18 | Gould received an official apology from West Midlands police yesterday over their part in the decision to force him to stay away from the Cup replay , but he may still take legal action . |
| 19 | Chris disapproves strongly of artificial methods of rearing , even if it means that he may only get one or two fry from a brood . |
| 20 | He may then express lower preferences — faute de mieux by definition — for candidates of Party B. But that will by no means necessarily imply any wish for a Party A/Party B coalition . |
| 21 | bases on which he arrives at a decision that he may sometimes find considerable difficulty in making a good case on paper for some action he may have taken , even though he feels , and subsequent events may prove , that action to have been perfectly correct . |
| 22 | So , at the point when the meditator ends in prayer that he may always keep this passion in mind , he presents to himself an image which might easily coincide with that on a rood-screen , or painted panel . |
| 23 | He should also eat smaller meals , with savoury snacks in between if necessary , and avoid bending , stooping or lying flat after meals . |
| 24 | He should also remain aware of the fact that conversation is a process and that each contribution should be treated as part of the negotiation of ‘ what is being talked about ’ . |
| 25 | He should also understand that Gothic developed with special characteristics to serve the needs of England , and it was not a foreign import . |
| 26 | I think he should also have some of my sister 's pictures ’ . |
| 27 | She glared back at him , nettled that he should even ask such a thing . |
| 28 | If father is the speechreader , he should regularly spend that little extra time with the children . |
| 29 | He should likewise shun all colloquialisms and colloquial abbreviations ( ‘ it 's , ’ ‘ is n't , ’ etc . ) . |
| 30 | He should never forget that and I hope it haunts him forever . |