Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And there 's nowhere he 'd rather be than back in his native Enniskillen — where he can unashamedly lead life at a crawling pace . |
| 2 | Some younger son from among Leicester 's tenants , placed by a dutiful father where he could readily get advancement . |
| 3 | He could fly around , measuring the pheromonal concentrations , and then orient in the direction where the concentration increased ; or he could simply turn upwind . |
| 4 | If you are eventing rather than hunter trialling and the horse is standing in the horsebox between phases , he is likely to ‘ go off the boil ’ and although he should not require work as such , he will probably need a sharp canter and four or five practice jumps before he is ready to go . |
| 5 | He 's always said himself that he wo n't experience defeat ! ’ |
| 6 | " Now that he wo n't have Ma to talk to , and there 's no Mr Blake to get up a subscription if he goes down , I 'd say he might lose heart altogether . |
| 7 | The acknowledgement of service enables the defendant 's solicitor to correct any misnomer in the writ unless , of course , it is so fundamental that he might not accept service at all . |
| 8 | And in a conversation with William Turner Levy , a young American who was about to become an Episcopalian minister , Eliot raised the possibility that he might eventually enter retirement in an abbey — such a life suited him , he said . |
| 9 | One of my own patients grew up in a loving family where it was assumed that he would eventually study law — just like his grandfather , his father and his uncle . |
| 10 | I think that I heard the Minister of State say that he would not give way . |
| 11 | Like a ringmaster cracking his whip to bring squabbling lions to order , his intervention was rapid and decisive , demonstrating at once that he would not tolerate insubordination and that this applied to everyone . |
| 12 | The published policy of the Secretary of State was that he would not grant consent for the total or substantial demolition of a listed building unless he was satisfied that every effort had been made to continue the present use or find an alternative use . |
| 13 | Mr Major has repeatedly said that he would not contemplate reform . |
| 14 | Hadley acknowledges there is a possibility that opportunities may arise to represent Japan at international level but stresses that he would not consider selection if it in any way jeopardized his standing with the Canadian Rugby Union . |
| 15 | But one well-placed Cabinet source did say privately that he would not put money on it ; there was no such thing as an easy answer to current problems ; and that ERM entry would be tantamount to jumping from ‘ the puddle and into the pond ’ . |
| 16 | But he was just in passing sentence so that he would not accept money nor shrink from the right way ; and these sentences he gave after careful deliberation with much maturity of judgment . |
| 17 | This concession was ignored by the other resistance parties , and Hun Sen said in a speech at the end of the month that he would not accept Sihanouk as SNC chair and did not want to be an SNC vice-chair . |
| 18 | Despite an earlier commitment to abide by the result , Savimbi indicated on Sept. 30 that he would not accept defeat as the outcome of the elections . |
| 19 | In Zanzibar , where Idris Abdul-Wakil ( the President of Zanzibar and thus Second Vice-President of Tanzania ) had announced earlier in the month that he would not seek re-election , Salamin Amour was chosen by the CCM as sole candidate to succeed him . |
| 20 | The inclusion of this clause , Rodríguez stated , had besmirched the honour of his family as well that of the armed forces , since it implied a lack of confidence in his " word of a soldier " , given on previous occasions , that he would not seek re-election in the August 1993 elections . |
| 21 | Anand , who claimed that he would not seek re-election , announced that his objectives in his allotted time in government were to increase the participation of the public and business sector in politics , to begin the demilitarization of the political process , and to disengage from commercial practices the armed forces , many of whose leaders headed major companies . |
| 22 | But he also smoked and drank and boasted that he would sometimes have sex before a race because he enjoyed the physical release . |
| 23 | Peter replied that he would never lose faith . |
| 24 | Saibol 's brother , Tepilit , was ready to die because he realized that he would never get justice . |
| 25 | Stories abounded that he would not live , then that he would not walk and finally that he would never play golf again . |
| 26 | He was really loved , even for his eccentricity , which was that he would never allow alcohol in any form to come into our walls . |
| 27 | He said , just at the right time he decided that he ca n't get bath any more . |
| 28 | He was young by any measure , and Alexei knew that he should not feel concern . |
| 29 | And he entrusted to the curator that he should not allow sale of certain land but [ the foster-child ] should enjoy its income together with his nurses , Sempronia and Maevia . |
| 30 | I told him that he should n't use make-up , but he said , ‘ You do , Mummy ’ . |