Example sentences of "he [modal v] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He then made two transfer requests and Wilkinson seized the first opportunity he could to unload the controversial star . |
| 2 | Thwarted in his attempts to cause a shortage of coal in London by attacking Newcastle , as the Dutch had done in 1667 when they controlled the Thames estuary , Jones did what he could to disrupt the coastal trade . |
| 3 | In resisting Bruno 's vision , Kepler did all he could to protect the cosmic identity of his own solar system and ( in accordance with his religious beliefs ) of humanity 's special place within it . |
| 4 | Paul received information from other hackers which he used to invade the confidential files of international institutions . |
| 5 | Oh er of course they erm , they did n't believe in married women working and er they thought a married woman should be at home you see , well I had n't got any family then you see , until er after oh we 'd been married a number of years when we had , when I had my first baby and er and then I had the other one pretty quickly and er then I was glad to go out to work again when they were school age , they were n't left unattended at all er one , the elder one looked after the one , we did n't live , we lived in then but erm there was n't any pressure for me to stay at home , it was with my husband 's consent , because he knew it was helping out because rent man 's wages were n't very good then , and erm he er he finished , he finished at the pits you see and he got a job rent collecting , and he er he used to do miles he 'd cycle part of the way and then er he 'd perhaps leave his cycle somewhere and call back for it , but he used to do all the and all round there , there 's a place called and then er a lot of places er he used to do the old , is this , is this on , erm he used to do round , round the top there there were some slums there . |
| 6 | And when the Orcadian came to Stronsay , the paper , the a man used to read he used to get the Orcadian and read the news on the pier . |
| 7 | I could tell he was pleased with himself but a bit scared , just like when he used to keep the half-crown Father gave him on Sundays , rather than put it on the collection plate . |
| 8 | And er then there was a , a fella named he used to keep the sweet shop and it was a , a sort of a high-class sweets like , you know . |
| 9 | Dad had often spoken about the Railway Hotel just across the road from what remained of the station , and how he used to play the battered old piano and have a sing-song with his pals . |
| 10 | He used to make the black and whites and the black coats with a silk stripe ; and I quite thought they were costermongers until I went to help a friend of mine — she kept a public house — and I met quite a lot of them there . |