Example sentences of "he [conj] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His partner on the fairways , caddie Pete Bender , was determined it would not be lack of inspiration or experience from him that would cost the big Australian this major . |
| 2 | After what that evil bastard did to me , you could n't possibly tell me anything about him that would make me more frightened of him than I already am . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I really just wanted to see somebody who had done some heinous crimes and find out if there was anything different about him that would throw light on demon possession , that type of thing , ’ he says . |
| 4 | She thought telling him that would prove she was determined . |
| 5 | From the bold opening words , in which Christian appears with his Bible in his hand and his great burden on his back , crying , ‘ What shall I do ’ , readers of all denominations and cultures have been entranced by the story right through to the end , when Mr Valiant-for-Truth gives his sword ‘ to him that shall succeed me … and as he went , he said , ‘ Death where is thy sting ? ’ and as he went down deeper , he said , ‘ Grave where is thy victory ? ’ |
| 6 | It is that memory of him that will stay with many English and Scottish writers , and for which my wife and I will always be grateful . |
| 7 | First he sent him to the Jews to be tried as they said , then he sent him Herod then Pilate thought , if I scourge him that will satisfy them , let me just give him a beating and the folk will be happy and it 'll be alright . |
| 8 | And only Him that can hold us |
| 9 | The better they get , the better they could have been ; and no one likes to leave a past behind him that could have been better . |
| 10 | What demon was inside him that could take her soul from her with one look ? |
| 11 | Knowing that he was unquestionably going to die , and not knowing how or when , had been a strain , and the fact that it had been so much easier for him than might have been the case was a great relief . |
| 12 | Crozier sought to delay the making of the statement on the ground that it defamed him and might prejudice the jury in Barnet 's action against him , which would come on for trial some six months later . |
| 13 | Police say the only light is that a psychologist , appointed by social services , is due to interview him and may find out why he steals and be able to recommend a workable deterrent . |
| 14 | Whenever we asked for reassurance , Mr Smith assured us that his tribal chiefs were loyal to him and would vote for whatever agreement he advised them to . |
| 15 | In those years he was working hard on his Bovary ( though not , perhaps , as hard as he liked to maintain ) and at the end of the day , since a physical release was too complicated for him and would contain too many things he could n't entirely command , he sought an intellectual release . |
| 16 | They all fancied him and would think his wife must be a monster . |
| 17 | I do love him and would value some helpful instruction . ’ |
| 18 | And the King went out from Burgos and came nigh unto Bivar ; and the Cid came up to him and would have kissed his hand , but the King withheld it , and said angrily unto him , Ruydiez , quit my land . |
| 19 | Nenna admired him and would have liked to throw her arms round him . |
| 20 | Well I like my mum and dad here ( adoptive parents ) 'cause I 've been with them for some years , but there again , I like my own father as well ... we still think of him and would like to go and visit him . |
| 21 | He would be forced to eat what was placed before him because pigs ' trotters were good for him and would help him to grow . |
| 22 | The other children were very kind to him and would help to cope with him when necessary . |
| 23 | They just wanted to break him and would use any means available . |
| 24 | If he did , the police would know where to look for him and would catch him . |
| 25 | Well — what if there were , they had had a lot of him and would find through loss , perhaps , all sorts of qualities in themselves and others they would otherwise have missed . |
| 26 | The O'Hooligan character , with his outsized nose , was so popular that iron casts used be made of him and would turn up occasionally as Belfast doorstops . |
| 27 | The fans absolutely loved him and would throng the terraces to witness his extrovert pre-match warm-up sessions , in which he entertained and even amused the supporters before returning to the dressing-room as mud-stained and soiled as if he had been playing in a game . |
| 28 | The spirit that believed in him and would dare anything in its innocence . |
| 29 | Since he did not have the physical strength of most of the others , this was important for him and must have contributed a lot to his effectiveness . |
| 30 | He only liked large men around him and must have looked askance at small Welshmen like T. E. Thomas and G. D. Morgan . |