Example sentences of "he [modal v] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 3 October ‘ the King told the Prime Minister that he must at all costs find the solution himself , and His Majesty would refuse to accept his resignation . |
| 2 | As a simple , untutored Galilean fisherman and bully , he must at first have taken Jesus 's statements quite literally . |
| 3 | Again , when the Irishman Scotus Eriugena , one of the two finest minds of the ninth century ( the other was Gottschalk , close student of Augustine 's works and initiator of the controversy on predestination ) , translated from Greek into Latin the Heavenly Hierarchy of Pseudo-Denis ( c .860 ) , he might at first sight have been engaged in something purely academic . |
| 4 | McLeish , who had a built-in prejudice , well supported by experience , against statements incorporating an appeal to belief , noted dourly that he might at some later stage need to get closer to Yeo Davis 's accounts . |
| 5 | I 've never seen anybody who could play like he could at that age . |
| 6 | He has got tremendous vision and in midfield he can express himself that bit more than he could at right back . |
| 7 | The agreement provided that the piano would become the property of the customer on payment of all the instalments of rent but that he could at any time before then terminate the hiring by returning the piano to the dealer . |
| 8 | He could at any time have obtained for himself the beneficial enjoyment of the whole income . |
| 9 | It was n't , however , until summer had faded that he could at last feel he was his own man again and was able to address himself to the present . |
| 10 | Eyes bulging from a purple , blue-lipped face , he would at last draw in a tortuous gasp of air and the whole process would begin again . |
| 11 | Listen to him talk , as he will at any opportunity , and he 'll speak of ‘ independence and freedom ’ , not just ‘ independence ’ . |
| 12 | Every new Northern Ireland Secretary takes office bearing the slender hopes of the British people that he will at last prove the man who can draw forth the sword from the stone , and translate into reality the ritual expressions of faith about restoring peace to the province . |