Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his poetry , Wordsworth uses the language of faith years before his ‘ prose mind ’ can accept Christian doctrine ; this is why his ‘ conversion ’ is impossible to date , and why there is so much divergence between the poetic and prose statements he may make at any stage in his progress . |
| 2 | We 've had erm , he may see at some stage , he might just see my son Christopher |
| 3 | Well he should finish at nine |
| 4 | he should finish at nine or is it , or is it five to nine , I think it 's officially five to nine , not that he ever does |
| 5 | He asked Molla Gurani about the protocol of the seating arrangements , whereupon Molla Gurani replied : " The most fitting thing for Gurani is that he should serve at this feast and not sit . " |
| 6 | He will also appreciate having his memory jogged as to what he should record at any given time . |
| 7 | He felt better than he had for a while , with hard work aching in his bones and the knowledge that he had decided what he must do at last . |
| 8 | Obviously he must write at greater length . |
| 9 | He 'll finish at six |
| 10 | ‘ He 'll drown at high tide , ’ said Marie . |
| 11 | erm may I suggest Mr if your Lordship would care to sit at ten o'clock and then think he 'll get at eleven fifteen , but really in |
| 12 | If the taxman thinks you 've been cheating , he 'll look at all your affairs with extra care and may check back on tax returns for previous years . |
| 13 | He developed the habit of carrying a book of poetry in his pocket , which he might open at any time for a swig of the sublime . |
| 14 | In the stretched moments when he could think at all , Mouse knew , helplessly , that he was going mad . |
| 15 | Ever since he could think at all he had realised that the class which exploited the worker in every country would fight to the last ditch for the sake of keeping the worker where he was and where he had been all his life . |
| 16 | He insisted that he should visit the Tiller office so that he could observe at first hand how things were run . |
| 17 | It was the best he could do at short notice . |
| 18 | He thought he had probably broken it , but there was little he could do at this time of night . |
| 19 | A game of squash or a hard workout was what he really needed , but the gym would n't be open for another three hours , nor did he know anyone he could call at such short notice to partner him … |
| 20 | On the other hand he could work at all hours of the day and night — much to the dismay of his advisers and household servants who would have preferred a more predictable routine . |
| 21 | To quote Kurt Vonnegut in Bluebeard : ‘ In the movies back then , just about any big-nosed person whose ancestors came from the shores of the Mediterranean or the Near East , if he could act at little , could play a rampaging Sioux or whatever . |
| 22 | The only bed he could claim at this point was in his penitential cell , but he went to it eagerly , glad to have a locked door between himself and the world . |
| 23 | It was n't really a question he could ask at this stage . |
| 24 | Would Sir Alexander Ramsay , of his goodness and in his leal duty to the King 's Grace and his Regent , come to Lochmaben Castle in Annandale at his earliest convenience , bringing with him such armed and horsed supporters as he could raise at short notice ? |
| 25 | And he said that he 'd phoned them and said could they change it and he 'd finish at eleven then he can still start tomorrow night again at quarter to one . |
| 26 | He 'd look at that and say , I think that 's a really outdated adve erm , design . |
| 27 | But I I do you know I 've been back since but I just could n't find it now , but there it 'll be , but on the side of the er at , he used to preach at this mission , there was only him you know used to preach , and I do n't know how many other people were at , it would n't hold above er would n't hold above thirty . |
| 28 | DiCillo , who adapted Johnny Suede from a monologue he used to perform at downtown New York clubs , says casting the lead was the most depressing experience of his life — until Pitt showed up . |
| 29 | you could n't do it , but he had every opportunity the other , the twin did to get through you know and he passed his City and Guilds , but Peter 's got on alright , the other son who 's got the factory , he 's , he 's busy got an electrical panels and all that he does , you know , he 's quite good and my other son he works , he used to work at Burnt Mill , and he now has moved to erm er Stansted , he works at Stansted he works in the big food depot , that used to be years ago and he works there , he 's been there ever since he left school , since except two , two years he had in the army you know for the conscription , but he 's been there erm ever since he was fourteen and he 's now about oh , forty something now he is , I 'm not quite sure of their ages , I get muddled up I 've got , eight , eight sons altogether , so , I 've got quite a family dear . |
| 30 | Mr , the bar local barber , who 's son lives next door , for years , he used to start at nine o'clock in the morning and finish at nine o'clock at night . |