Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stuart 's the one for a cook marvellous , Stuart is should have been a chef , he should smashing cook . |
| 2 | so that when he sees you the next time , he 'll double check that . |
| 3 | Hakim said he never knew what it was going to be used for next ; on an organisation chart he left a column for Africa , since North had hinted that he might one day do something there too . |
| 4 | The appointment of court organist there was finally offered to Mozart , with the indication that he might one day become Kapellmeister . |
| 5 | He had seemed certain to become the first black Tory MP , representing Cheltenham — Norman Tebbit had tipped him as the first black cabinet minister and there 'd even been the odd hint that he might one day inhabit No 10 . |
| 6 | John , like Clement , worked hard to secure the king at home and abroad so that he might one day embark on the crusade : the barons , the Scots , and the French were all pressured by John on Edward 's behalf . |
| 7 | But underneath this camp humour lay the constant dread that he might one day incur conviction and imprisonment . |
| 8 | He might one day get it into his head to dismiss Tom . |
| 9 | and wild beyond er , that one boy who was and had n't been used to that sort of thing , for his father had kept a small cook stock his companion that unless he has another basin of gruel he was afraid he might , he might some night happen to eat , eat the boy he slept next to , who happened to be a weakly youth of tender eight and they , and they impeccably believed him . |
| 10 | He might next time . ’ |
| 11 | a mate of mine actually worked out in Russia and he said you know , piece of discussions about when , where the Russian 's sort of appear first and this sort of he said he said erm , this , he said that , that kids running around on the streets of Moscow is actually given a working permit and so he could actual work there and sort of like er |
| 12 | He could baked potato . |
| 13 | Furthermore , he proclaimed that he would one day rule again over the Roman Empire , that he would vex dishonest priests , and that he would not cease from battle until the Holy Land was delivered into Christian hands . |
| 14 | After his arrest he threatened officers by drawing his finger across his neck to suggest he would one day kill them . |
| 15 | He confessed that he had ‘ missed playing Test cricket over the past couple of years ’ but had never lost the belief that he would one day play for his country again . |
| 16 | Ifor the idol he would one day have to dislodge . |
| 17 | Ask the thousands of FOBs — friends of Bill — why they have long thought that he would one day be a great president and their replies will sooner or later share the same point . |
| 18 | At the age of twenty-one , after some years as a clerk in a dry goods store , Marshall went to Chicago , telling his sceptical boss that he would one day own a store so big that the doors alone would be worth more than the boss 's entire business . |
| 19 | Perhaps the knowledge that he would one day die actually gave the poet comfort . |
| 20 | I suppose he 'd feel entitled to use a woman 's body for this purpose as he would any other . |
| 21 | He kept thinking of Jelka , and of the grandchildren he would some day have . |
| 22 | He shrugged them off as he would soft core porno . |
| 23 | It depends on an understanding by the man of the horse 's natural reactions , knowing that if he recognises the horse 's signals and makes the right moves , the horse will treat him — and trust him — as he would another horse . |
| 24 | He was almost certain that it belonged to Maidstone but he would newer leave half a glass of wine behind , surely . |
| 25 | It may be predicted with confidence that he will one day be one of the greatest masters of his art . |