Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb mod] [verb] [pron] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I compared myself to a dog who has got hold of a large piece of meat , and runs away with it to a corner , where he may devour it in peace , without any fear of others taking it from him . ’ |
| 2 | It is only in the pursuit of important goals that he may see himself in a negative light , and only during the recurrence of situations similar to the childhood loss that brought the negative schema into existence . |
| 3 | Sir John said placidly : ‘ If that is the case — that he knows something we do n't — I have little doubt that he 'll tell us in the fullness of time . ’ |
| 4 | He began to note down suitable thoughts and epigrams on pieces of office copy-paper , not really with the intention of learning them off by heart , but with the idea that he might put them in his jacket pocket and touch them from time to time during the programme to give himself reassurance , knowing that if the worst really came to the worst he could take them out and refresh his memory . |
| 5 | She might feel compelled to attack him physically at any moment and he was alarming enough to convince her that he would lift her in the air , shake her like a rag doll and toss her over a crag . |
| 6 | Dr Courtney , she told me , had said that he would help her in any way he could . |
| 7 | She checked with her uncle that he would keep them in horse-feed , and he agreed , amused at her presumption . |
| 8 | I had intended to emerge while Mr Cardinal was still a reasonable distance away , so that he would see me in good time and suppose I was on my way to the summerhouse , or perhaps to the gardener 's lodge . |
| 9 | But cold reality was but a split second away , and Leith went swiftly from dream world to fury that he should involve her in this sham . |
| 10 | Her eyes filled with a hot prickling that he should humiliate her in public , with half of Venice floating by . |
| 11 | ‘ Sounds like it , ’ she mumbled , realising that he could hold her in his arms , yet be unaware of her presence because his mind was full of the stream and the bridge . |
| 12 | The society of Raasay was so self-contained that he could hold it in his palm and turn it this way and that . |
| 13 | They brought him out so that he could denounce her in person . |
| 14 | He had , apparently , seen the Texan making an unwanted play for her and he 'd come to her rescue so that he could put her in his debt for a future evening . |
| 15 | He 'd made her love him purely so that he could reject her in public . |
| 16 | And what 's even more sure is that he will do it in some style . |
| 17 | I know that he will join me in welcoming the announcement yesterday by my hon. Friend the Minister of State , Treasury at the start of the project to construct a new building for Customs and Excise at Queen 's dock . |
| 18 | He may recall that in Germany more than 3 million people are unemployed and he may bear it in mind that a higher proportion of people are in work in this country than in Germany or in any other European country except Denmark . |
| 19 | He had been appointed to manage the Laboratory and he would manage it in his own style . |
| 20 | Once she had written , another decision would have been taken , and he would tell them in the office that they were having a stab at Italy this year , he 'd managed to track down a villa in Tuscany . |
| 21 | Let R.M. consult him if there was any difficulty and he would support him in any steps necessary for the national interest . ' |
| 22 | She should look after herself , as well , and he would see her in five years ' time . |
| 23 | And she she used to say used to say , Oh he had a watch a gold watch and he 'd dangle it in front of her . |
| 24 | Once , just because I was n't wearing any knickers — and he used to love it in Nice . ’ |
| 25 | and er he used to , he had a contract with some big potato firm and he used to buy all the , the fertilizer bags in the locality and he used to bring them there to the end of the road and he used to wash them in the burn . |
| 26 | If you are a keen , active cricketer of school age but are not yet involved with the ESCA network of regional or national activities , you can write to Ken Lake , enclosing a stamped addressed envelope , at and he will put you in touch with your regional secretary — no area is left uncovered and no talent must go undiscovered ! |
| 27 | And he will say it in front of them . |
| 28 | He was wasting his morning and he could do it in silence . |
| 29 | And he could do it in less time . |
| 30 | From Birkenhead to take these two three lots and he could put them in his but anyway , they were all gon na be done |