Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] [verb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been suggested that he belonged to the Bozon family of Norfolk , and that he may had studied at Oxford . |
| 2 | He may have worked at King 's in 1476–85 and was certainly at the college by 1486 . |
| 3 | It is hardly surprising that he should have jumped at the chance of establishing his ‘ Samba school ’ in Paris . |
| 4 | There had been rather a mystery as to why he should have died at that particular time . |
| 5 | There was 110 possible reason why he should have wished at that stage to foreclose his options between December and January , or January and the spring . |
| 6 | He should have finished at university long ago , but he kept taking extra courses , changing subjects and things . |
| 7 | the last time he should have finished at quarter to one he got off about half past one mm |
| 8 | Until recently he must have lived at Horton in Ivinghoe , where he had £2 a year in land , for the entry there concerning him was cancelled with the gloss ‘ quia in Edlesboro non computetor ? ’ |
| 9 | He must have stood at least two inches over six feet , and his obvious physical strength caused an unfamiliar quivering to start up deep inside her . |
| 10 | The essay , on ‘ The Dangers of Smoking ’ , had cost Hank a number of Sundays of hard work , and he estimated that he must have smoked at least eight packs of cigarettes while writing it , but to his astonishment it had won him a hundred dollars . |
| 11 | He must have looked at both of them a dozen times in the first two minutes . |
| 12 | He , too , suffered from an occasional enlightening vision which came to him from the dim past and which he must have suppressed at the time … |
| 13 | He must have come at her as she closed the door . ’ |
| 14 | He must have come at least a mile across the fields and climbed over a stock-proof fence . ’ |
| 15 | The barrister reacted to a situation created by the judge ; he felt that he must try to convey at once to the jury that his client was not being obstructive or reticent about disclosing a statement . |
| 16 | But before he 's even fit enough to be flown home , doctors say he 'll have to spend at least a fortnight in hospital . |
| 17 | ‘ It is n't the weather for sightseeing , but he might care to look at the old Adlon hotel . ’ |
| 18 | He might condescend to attend at half-time if there was n't a party or a bird somewhere . |
| 19 | Had Forbes lived longer , he might have founded at Edinburgh a school of naturalists as he hoped , and which was impossible at that date in London ; and he might have written a major work . |
| 20 | In the same way , he might have looked at the conflicts between institutions , genres and styles during the 1890–1930 period ( for instance , between old-fashioned vaudeville and new syncopated styles ; or between the requirements of public dance and private listening ) , rather than just the more homogeneous synthesis established by the time it ended . |
| 21 | With a stout and newly repaired fence between them , Seb felt he could afford to smile at her . |
| 22 | However , everyone else advised him to do it and it was probably the most catalystic thing he could have done at that period , although I had the feeling even if he did get a hit , it was something he could n't follow up because I knew the style of his writing . |
| 23 | He could have stayed at home since , in the year of his journey , Famous Players-Lasky set up its own studio in Islington , to make films the American way . |
| 24 | He could have run at her , forced her to the ground and banged her stupid , glossy head until her brains spilled out on to the stupid , glossy floor . |
| 25 | He could have bitten at his tongue . |
| 26 | ‘ Room service , ’ said the waiter , glancing down at the tip of the silencer he could see pointed at him from through the white cloth covering the lower part of the trolley . |
| 27 | Blake was not averse to entering such places , but could think of a number of things he 'd prefer to do at this time . |
| 28 | Erm if he 'd have stayed at Southwold Hospital he would have died ! |
| 29 | But he 'd have to wait at least another 2 and a half hours — that 's how long Mae Luz 's flight from Manila was delayed . |
| 30 | A : hello Mr Parkin this is Guy Cook here B : yes A : er do you remember um sending us a er an estimate for electrical repairs * for a hundred and fifty pounds * well I 've er just had a word with the Electricity Board with an engineer called Mr Golding and he tells me that the er the list of jobs you gave us unless there 's any special circumstances should not be more than around one hundred pounds B : oh * A : well he said he 'd have to look at it of course but er is there some special reason why you thought it would cost more A : well would you be prepared to do it for the price he quoted B : no A : well why not B : I ca n't afford it not with my wages and overheads £ I have A : well £ why should I pay an extra fifty pounds if I can get it done cheaper * B : well if you can do that * do |