Example sentences of "he [modal v] [vb infin] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may throw me among strangers . |
| 2 | He may shadow them for two weeks , gradually getting closer and closer . |
| 3 | If he can not lift the leg unaided , he may move it by clasping his hands together just below the knee , holding the shin bone firmly , and using his hands to lift the leg up , shifting his weight sideways towards his unaffected side as he does so . |
| 4 | He may marry you at home , or in a hotel , and is unlikely to refuse second time around weddings . |
| 5 | If he thinks it advisable that the complainant should ask for an investigation by either of those other Commissioners he may inform him of the steps necessary to do so . |
| 6 | He may recall that in Germany more than 3 million people are unemployed and he may bear it in mind that a higher proportion of people are in work in this country than in Germany or in any other European country except Denmark . |
| 7 | See your doctor if spots are severe and he may send you to a dermatologist . |
| 8 | He may give me till tea-time . |
| 9 | Its good reception encouraged Boyle to set pen to paper , publishing his results in June 1663 , at which time he observed , ‘ Nor is it only by dissection of various animals that the naturalist may promote the anatomist 's knowledge , but perhaps he may do it by devising ways to make the dead bodies of man and other animals keep longer than naturally they would do . ’ |
| 10 | He may do it by actually ‘ clobbering ’ somebody , but this would imply a rather drastic escalation of the conflict situation and happens too rarely for everyone in the aggro-leader role to prove themselves . |
| 11 | He may regard me as an amateur but the fact is that , due to physical difficulties , I can not pull and twist in a horizontal mode and so I invoked gravity to assist . |
| 12 | A young wife may assume that her husband will come shopping with her and he may take it for granted that she will stay at home while he goes to the local football match , or plays golf with the boys . |
| 13 | You know , he may take you for a meal after he 's stayed a , a fortnight , and it 'll , he might lose his wallet , or , take you to the sausage and chips place round the corner , so he , he 's a nightmare . |
| 14 | It is only in the pursuit of important goals that he may see himself in a negative light , and only during the recurrence of situations similar to the childhood loss that brought the negative schema into existence . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh well , ’ he said with a sigh , ‘ in the face of such force majeure , he may forgive me for capitulating . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You never know , he may have something for you . ’ |
| 17 | Vietnam 's withdrawal is the best opportunity he will have to lead his country once more , but he may botch it by taking one political twist too many . |
| 18 | He may consider himself to be a latter-day President Kennedy , or be tempted to follow the pro-IRA line taken by Senator Edward Kennedy . |
| 19 | He may defend himself against attack , for example , cos he has a right to life and he may also defend his neighbours against attack . |
| 20 | Of course , young Kenyon 's got one so he may help you over that . |
| 21 | but he may get it over and above after six months depending what |
| 22 | I compared myself to a dog who has got hold of a large piece of meat , and runs away with it to a corner , where he may devour it in peace , without any fear of others taking it from him . ’ |
| 23 | Once a vendor has consulted he may find himself under moral pressure from his employees to complete as soon as possible and hopefully re-establish certainty for them over their future . |
| 24 | As a consequence , he may find himself with as many as forty eggs in his charge . |
| 25 | We suspect that he may know something about the downing of this plane that we do n't know he knows , if you follow me . |
| 26 | He is shaking his head and pleading not guilty , but he may know something about its origins . |
| 27 | Hast thee consulted Miller — the last being new , he may know nothing of . |
| 28 | Such behaviour did not recommended itself to another , more discreet , influence on Leonard during those undergraduate years : Professor F.R. Scott , later Dean of the Faculty of Law , presently , while Leonard swithered and swayed as to whether he should commit himself to the arts or commerce , his lecturer in law . |
| 29 | This being impossible , the next thing to be wished for is that , at every instant , seeing reason to believe as much , and not being able to satisfy himself to the contrary , he should conceive himself to be so " ( emphasis in original ) . |
| 30 | Hu Kun is a good violinist , and he should attach himself to better things than this . |