Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [conj] he [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In early December Lancaster attempted to negotiate with the court by sending Ralph Basset and William de Clinton with proposals for a settlement , but they were met with a firm refusal by Edward , who told Lancaster that he should not attempt to bargain with his king . |
| 2 | The Colonial Secretary , now Lennox-Boyd , invited Nkrumah to visit London but he would not leave at this critical time . |
| 3 | He must be more patient and brace himself up to realise that he was the only person who could tackle the present chaotic state of affairs , ' This was the fourth time the King had told MacDonald that he would not accept his resignation . |
| 4 | And he had promised Frances that he would always be truthful . |
| 5 | When she glanced at him again he looked very grim and she wondered if she should have told Mitch that he might well have a lot of opportunity to photograph Spain — on foot as he walked back to Málaga . |
| 6 | As acting Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces under Marcos , Ramos had led a military mutiny in support of Aquino , and it was this which had finally convinced Marcos that he could no longer continue to cling to office . |
| 7 | Eliot had already told Browne that he could not promise to deliver the play until June at the earliest . |
| 8 | Reza Khan had promised Ironside that he would not depose Ahmad Shah and for a time he did not . |
| 9 | In February 1870 , while the new French government of Emile Ollivier tried to hammer out a revised constitution for the reformed Empire , Bismarck opened up his campaign to persuade Leopold that he ought seriously to consider becoming King of Spain . |
| 10 | On a whim , Duffy bet Bailey that he could not marry her . |
| 11 | but I knew Sheila that he would n't get done |
| 12 | There was something in his attitude which worried Wycliffe but he could not put a finger on it . |
| 13 | He started well by making it clear to a shocked and protesting Curzon that he could not again be Foreign Secretary . |
| 14 | Carrie squeezed Seb until he could hardly breathe . |
| 15 | With the exception of Michael Colborne , everyone within the palace was telling Charles that he should not be getting involved . |
| 16 | Dryden bounced back 24 hours later to lift the Cleveland Salver , just to remind McLure that he wo n't have the Masters all his own way . |
| 17 | What with all this baring of fangs and of ultimate weapons , these snarlings and ‘ long-term psychic damage ’ , how is one to protest mildly that Prothero is — with an engagingly archaic elegance ( ‘ stamps a man too disadvantageously ’ ) — telling Pound that he need n't waste his time submitting manuscripts to the Quarterly Review for the time being ? |
| 18 | He may have been christened Henry but he 'll certainly be known as ‘ Hairy ’ . |
| 19 | The thing is , I was lucky this time , but I 've had to tell Travis that he must never ring me here again . ’ |
| 20 | Jennifer could you ask Mr if he could just pop in and see me a minute . |