Example sentences of "he [modal v] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may with good reason be regarded as the first of that long line of professional civil servants who did more than any others to make and destroy the medieval Church : they were professional administrators , equipped to forward the interests of government not by main force but by negotiation amidst the intricate issues of law and theology ; men of international standing , retaining the respect of their opponents , and not too hatefully or too personally involved in the cause which they were required to maintain . |
| 2 | McNab was frowning now , poor man , and looking worried as well he might with Dr Dunstaple , transformed into Sir Isaac Newton , mounting such an impressive attack . |
| 3 | Would he not read it that he might with impunity pursue her to her ruin ? |
| 4 | Lucas knew Lord Halifax from his university days and now wrote to tell him that Ramsey was the man whom the diocese wanted as its bishop , and hoped that Halifax would do what he could with Winston Churchill . |
| 5 | The old man had gone to stay with relatives for a few days , and Dorothy wondered if I would water her houseplants , because he ( Leo ) wanted to spend all the time he could with her at the hospital . |
| 6 | Winter discovered that he could apply a limited amount of control by squeezing Mandarin with his knees , by swinging his body to one side or the other , and by applying such pressure as he could with the reins on the horse 's neck . |
| 7 | By contrast , if the forged words were not in the documents , he could with pardonable exaggeration use the words ultimum quasi robur . |
| 8 | It was probably whilst flying high over an approaching enemy that one Goblin got a bit carried away , and steering himself as best as he could with his crude wings , crashed right down onto the enemy army . |
| 9 | But to do the miller justice he could with almost equal truth reply : ‘ Yes , maybe . |
| 10 | Madra helped Ratagan with the fire , and when Riven had done the best he could with his ripped clothing he wandered about the campsite looking for firewood . |
| 11 | His intercourse was with certain holy men addicted to sorcery , who instructed him how to bring over to his side as many friends as he could with witchcraft and soft speeches . |
| 12 | Aiming the shotgun as steadily as he could with his right hand despite the throbbing pain of his wounded bicep , Grant reached down and across his body with his left . |
| 13 | Spending as much time as he could with Midge , Patrick found her extraordinarily rational . |
| 14 | He was simply aware that Gabriel 's allegiance had changed , that he spent all the spare time he could with Lucie and the girl , and that he no longer believed he was an angel . |
| 15 | He was a good-looking man with his jet-black hair and intimidating jawline , but she had encountered any number far more handsome , yet none had stirred her the way he could with a single glance from those incredible eyes . |
| 16 | ‘ Hang on , ’ he growled , and zipped the two sleeping bags together as fast as he could with shaking hands . |
| 17 | He looked at her now , sitting there like a bird with a broken wing , and was torn between wanting to give her a hug and a kiss , as he would with Anna when she 'd fallen and hurt her knee , and a rather more powerful instinct for self-preservation that urged him to climb into the airing cupboard and pull the door shut after him . |
| 18 | He bore her down to the carpet , his face hard against hers , one hand pulling up her skirts , and when she still struggled struck her a blow which left her half stunned on the floor , for him to do as he would with her . |
| 19 | And I feel that erm coming to a good pastorate , I think he would with his history of having had trouble , trouble I think possibly he , he he would be ill |
| 20 | There 's something in his soul o'er which his melancholy sits on brood , and I do doubt the hatch and the disclose will be some danger ; which for to prevent I have in quick determination thus set it down : he shall with speed to England … |
| 21 | Whereas in the classic Italian historical novel , Manzoni 's The Betrothed ( 1827 ) , much admired by Eco , the omniscience of the author consists in his ability to probe at will into the psychology of his characters and , at the same time , to link this to broad historical movements and even some sense of a providential ‘ plot ’ in history , in Eco it is closer to the power of the master craftsman who can make what he will with the materials to hand , and unmake it too . |
| 22 | He in turn comforts them as best he can with modern medicine . |
| 23 | The lithographer can draw on a regular piece of paper with the same facility that he can with a pencil or brush . |
| 24 | And then , I mean , but every one of us had a letter off him and said he was , he was doing what he can with the council |