Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [vb infin] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But unemployed Ray , 29 , fears he may miss the next Games in 1996 . |
| 2 | Coleridge , his thoughts still at Racedown , immediately saw the opportunity for bringing all his friends together at Stowey , and on 29 June wrote to Joseph Cottle to suggest — unsuccessfully — that he should take the next coach to Bridgwater : ‘ T. Poole would fetch you in a one horse Chair . ’ |
| 3 | The new discipline of industrial archaeology , which emerged in the 1950s , was largely inspired by Rolt 's writing , and it was entirely appropriate that he should become the first president of the Association for Industrial Archaeology when this was founded in 1973 . |
| 4 | What 's more , he had also learned that he must ignore the first playing of the tune , and wait 15 minutes until it played again at the end of the programme — the dog would look up quizzically at the sound of the familiar music but stay still , apparently too smart to respond to an obvious false alarm . |
| 5 | Maxim felt a moment of total disorientation before he realised that something must have gone badly wrong , that because she had not greeted him he must stay being Winterbotham , that because they were strangers he must make the first move . |
| 6 | He knows that if he fails the first time , he 'll win the second time , if not the third time . |
| 7 | But then he 'll apologize the next day . |
| 8 | If he ca n't get in there , he 'll try the one on the left , and if that 's full , he 'll try the next one , and so on . |
| 9 | He kept two bags always packed , one for hot climes and one for cold , so that immediately he heard of an eruption he could board the next available ship . |
| 10 | Of the verderers he could see nothing , but so strong was his sense of present danger that Allen remained half-hidden watching until the sun came up over the forest and the wet rock slabs of the Waste shone like glass and he could feel the first faint warmth of the sun 's beams striking on his face . |
| 11 | He could remember the first time that he 'd stepped outside into country darkness and closed the door behind him ; it was as if he 'd been struck blind with the click of the latch , and he 'd begun to panic at his inability even to tell which way was up . |
| 12 | Koch had hoped to remove Conner from the final trials , which begin on Saturday , so he could spend the next 25 days honing his chosen boat for the America 's Cup match against one of the two challengers — New Zealand or Il Moro de Venecia — which starts on May 9 . |
| 13 | If Pete kept interrupting him , he could spend the next three years never finishing a sentence . |
| 14 | Flushed with the success of his trolleybus venture in the Kingston area of the London United Tramways , Mr. Spencer obtained permission in July 1932 to apply for powers to run trolleybuses on the Sutton route of the South Metropolitan company , so that he could implement the third item of the proposals put forward in 1931 . |
| 15 | Whittingham , later Sir Harold E. Whittingham KCB , KBE , LLD , MB , ChB , FRCP ( Lon ) , DPH , FRCS ( Ed ) , FRFPS ( G ) etc , etc , had a wager with the Commandant , Sir Norman McEwan , that by medical examination he could forecast the first , second and third places in any track event over 220 yards . |
| 16 | Usually he would choose the next direction without hesitation , but sometimes he would wait , head cocked , as if listening for far-off sounds . |
| 17 | Soon he would smell the first sour tang of winter on the sea breezes . |
| 18 | Then he would announce the next passage , ending with one from what he called , in a tone lower than usual , ‘ Murder ’ . |
| 19 | Ladies and gentlemen , he would say , Ladies and gentlemen , now it gives me very great pleasure to introduce the woman who is responsible for holding this whole show together ; the woman who first understood all those years ago that there was crying need for a place where all you lovely people could gather of an evening , the one that we all know and love , and so … would you please welcome on stage , the very lovely , the very talented … once again … our very own … and sometimes he would fade out , and not even say her name , and he would pause , he would make us wait , he would suspend his elegant hands over the keys ; and then , in that silence , he would play the first notes of the actual song itself . |
| 20 | Although committed to the Independent Orange Order 's rally in Ballycastle , he announced that he would begin the Twelfth by visiting Portadown to add his support to the planned march . |
| 21 | The announcement by Gray , 49 , caused widespread consternation amongst political commentators as his successful 12-year congressional career had led many to predict that he would become the first black Speaker of the House . |
| 22 | This view was contradicted with such energy that Mr Charles , quite aside from worrying he would become the next focus of the gentlemen 's attention , actually thought himself in danger of physical assault . |
| 23 | So he said that he would take the next available flight to Turkey immediately after the EPC meeting . |
| 24 | He will forget the first question and reply to the salesperson 's later comment . |
| 25 | The Prime Minister has avoided a question by the Labour Leader on the future of the Chancellor , Norman Lamont and whether or not he will present the next Budget in November . |
| 26 | Then he was due to travel to Sri Lanka where he will watch the second Test against Australia . |
| 27 | He will challenge and receive no answer , and he will join the first two . |
| 28 | So after ten years of telling us how the future belongs to Thatcher , he will spend the next five telling us how successful Major will be in creating a classless society . |
| 29 | because he can read the first two books , now how they 'll do it with him , he 'll have to just look at the pictures and he 'll go back to square one , and I 've had him actually writing his words , doing letter formation , A , B , C , D |
| 30 | The buyer knows he can afford the first weekly payment , say : but a month later there 's the rent to pay , or a bigger fuel bill than expected , and there simply is n't enough income to cover all demands . |