Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he [modal v] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | how he would spend a wish , if he could have only one |
| 2 | Eliot observed how he would take a word ‘ and squeeze and squeeze it until it yielded a full juice of meaning which we would never suppose any word to possess ’ . |
| 3 | So Yule and January passed , and the lord of Dalwolsey quite frequently caught himself wondering how he might contrive an excuse to pay another visit to the Doune of Menteith . |
| 4 | He wondered how he could get a word , alone , to warn her . |
| 5 | ‘ We 've had this security feller tell us how he could disable a punter by cutting the tendons at the back of his leg with this fancy Stanley blade . |
| 6 | He spent three years in New York State as resident secretary of the Sleepy Hollow Country Club , a rich men 's recreation park on the Hudson River , whence he could keep an eye on wealthy Irish-Americans . |
| 7 | Elizabeth Stewart , post-graduate chemistry student , recalls that Sir Robert Robinson under whom she was to work was away working for a government department and his students rarely saw him : ‘ We never knew when he would do a lab round , and often it would be at the lunch hour , when I was out ’ . |
| 8 | The Prime Minister would be most welcome to visit the Wallsend part of North Tyneside where he would have an opportunity to visit Swan Hunter and see a dedicated work force , a dedicated management and , above all , the pride of the people in Wallsend in building and refitting ships for the Royal Navy . |
| 9 | Paul asked where he might find a bookshop , and was told . |
| 10 | Given the significance of patronage in securing a promotion , or in placing an officer in a situation where he might have an opportunity to distinguish himself , and thus strengthen his claims to advancement , there was a good incentive to arrange for a transfer to another ship where favour might be expected . |
| 11 | I know not where he will bestow a kirk to more advantage … ’ |
| 12 | They used to call him ‘ Stan the Man ’ at Hartsbourne where he used to do a bit of spare-time caddying . |
| 13 | A door led into a scullery where he could see a sink and a gas cooker on which a saucepan puffed little jets of steam . |
| 14 | He wondered where he could find a chance of quieter work . |
| 15 | When he , but then he said , like he said is there anywhere else where he could get a stage from and I explained to him that people come and hire the stage off us like Saint Michael-le-Belfry church , who are paying in cash . |
| 16 | Fifteen minutes later McKillop was in the street waiting for a bus that would take him to Westminster where he could get a connection down to Kennington . |
| 17 | This is how almost all of his days have been spent , casting bait , checking behind him , moving on ; apart from odd nights in hostels where he can get a bath and about thirteen hours of near-coma to catch up , he 's been continuously on the road since the dawn that he stole the car and the cash that has become his fighting fund . |
| 18 | He might have had to explain why he 'd put a Fax machine out here for the sheep to use on a quiet day . |
| 19 | Labour voters to Scotland and the north ; blacks to the inner cities ; wives to the country cottage ; Essex man to Essex thank you very much ; and Mr Doing-all-right to wherever he can secure a fortress . |