Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he [verb] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( How he wished he could have said Oxford . |
| 2 | I asked how he thought I should do it and he said buy a tenoner . |
| 3 | How he thought he could love Mama so much and dislike her friends and relations on the grounds that they were Italian , I do n't know . |
| 4 | And he got out of there fast , before she could see it , some masculine fear in him that if she knew how he felt she would use his vulnerability against him . |
| 5 | Patrick Robertson is talking about how he thinks we should deal with those duplicitous European politicians when they attempt to bounce us into their scheme for economic and monetary union at the Maastricht summit in December . |
| 6 | Uncle knew what he was doing when he said you 'd have to show you were serious about settling down and getting married in order to inherit . |
| 7 | erm , so you , that 's when he said he would send one to me , but he 's obviously sent them to , and Cath 's , Cath 's had one |
| 8 | The latest talks with Koresh were described as the most positive since 2 March , when he said he would walk out of the compound if an hour-long tape was broadcast . |
| 9 | That 's what you said to Daddy last week when he said he 'd do it to you . |
| 10 | Manager Kevin Keegan underlined Newcastle 's ambition last night when he revealed they would bid for Gazza if he decided to leave Lazio . |
| 11 | The house was sold off and I ended up inheriting 12,000 dollars , so I went straight out and bought an AG 440 Ampex professional four track machine and took it up to my father 's coffee plant , and every night when he left I would drive up and work on Stevie 's and my songs . |
| 12 | Sometimes , when he thought he might die , as Eileen had died , some deep and insatiable curiosity about life and living in him , some craving to take with him a deeper knowledge of women and their essence made him long to lie in love with her , to taste the sweetness of her mystery , to see the world just once from a vantage point where the lost and lonely flesh that is man and woman comes together in a healing synthesis . |
| 13 | Well the first time when he found it could comb is hair straight back with his right hand ; he could dry himself under his arms properly instead of just sort of wiping at it with a towel ; wash his teeth better , instead of using his left hand with difficulty because he 's never been really left handed . |
| 14 | ‘ We 'd been seeing each other for a year when he suggested we should move in together . |
| 15 | We retraced our steps to the car , and Gerry next drove me to a field near Dundalk where he said he could show me an altar used in the Penal Days . |
| 16 | Earlier in the story Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw ahead of him the place where he thought he would kill his son . |
| 17 | Sinatra seemed to reach a point where he thought he could do as he liked . |
| 18 | AN ANGLER landed a fine for fishing in a river where he thought he could catch big fish . |
| 19 | In order to persuade them , Richard Baxter felt he had to tell them of his concerns about the army and the reasons why he felt he must go . |
| 20 | When I asked him why he said it would spoil the looks of his bicycle to have them fitted now . |
| 21 | And that 's why he said you can go and pick as many plums as you like cos we just have n't |
| 22 | HOWARD WILKINSON savoured the prospect yesterday of a history-making European night for Leeds and revealed why he believes they can conquer the odds . |