Example sentences of "that he [modal v] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If B is threatened with a tort it is , of course , equally true that he may bring an action for damages if the tort is committed or bring an action for a quia timet injunction first , but , especially where the threat is of violence , it is perhaps less realistic to say that these legal remedies afford him adequate protection against the consequences of resistance . |
| 2 | And finally , brethren , let us ask the Almighty to look down upon us and our endeavours with His special favour , beseeching Him that He may send a blessing upon our daily tasks , and that in His infinite wisdom He may smite our enemies , and destroy those who would destroy us . |
| 3 | He knew that he ought to see a physician , but was unwilling to do so lest he be told that he was not , after all , cured of syphilis . |
| 4 | An obscure feeling that he ought to have a key to this house made him resentful . |
| 5 | Anyway , I 'm only being friendly with Dr Rafaelo so that he 'll arrange a meeting for me with the handsome Miguelito . |
| 6 | He tells Dixie that he 'll take an ounce . |
| 7 | Aggers ' biggest worry was that he might make a fool of himself bowling at Gooch after being out of the game for two years . |
| 8 | Jackie goes upstairs to phone her husband at work , so that he might make a trip to the shops before visiting hour . |
| 9 | Kurchatov visited Harwell and suggested that he might give a lecture on Soviet work into thermonuclear reactions in gas discharges . |
| 10 | MOREOVER , individual examples of bias , such as the one I detected when Paddy Ashdown was allowed to get away with the ridiculous notion that he might do a deal with John Major just as easily as with Neil Kinnock , need to be balanced against the election coverage as a whole . |
| 11 | President Gorbachev 's special envoy Yevgeny Primakov visited Iraq twice in October , but suggestions that he might elicit a change in the Iraqi stance proved unfounded . |
| 12 | He is a natural actor and I thought that he might have a part in the play . |
| 13 | She started , feeling her colour rise at the possibility that he might have an inkling of what was going on in her head at that precise moment ! |
| 14 | Macaulay was attributing rather too much blame to Frederick II of Prussia when he wrote ‘ in order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend , black men fought on the coast of Coromandel , and red men scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America . ’ |
| 15 | As his series of meetings progressed , some at Chartwell , some in London , there was even fear on the part of Jones and Davidson that he might get a settlement in the absence of the Prime Minister and thus damage Baldwin 's position . |
| 16 | Auguste caught a brief glimpse of himself in the small mirror he had unobtrusively arranged in order that he might keep an eye on events taking place behind his back ; the surreptitious addition of Mrs Marshall 's abominable Coralline pepper , for example , to an imperfect sauce . |
| 17 | Emerging in his mind was the thought that he might become a writer . |
| 18 | He had become interested in the culture of the place as he ventured out and made new friends , youngsters in the industry who talked nothing else but films and stars , and was suddenly struck with the notion that he might become an actor . |
| 19 | Julian Clary squashing speculation that he might become an MP |
| 20 | He finds his run unenjoyable and frustrating , not to mention worrying because of the increasing risk that he might receive a knee injury , or worse . |
| 21 | Since Palm Springs , the commission 's chairman , Mr Setsuo Umezawa , has been telling everyone that he would welcome an increase in the penalties for anti-competitive behaviour . |
| 22 | It was possible for a person to be given a legacy on the understanding that he would manumit a slave . |
| 23 | I suppose he had forgotten that when Bill Jordan , president of the engineering workers ' union , asked him during the 1987 election campaign to announce then that he would hold a referendum on unilateralism after the election , he declined and replied that people would come round to it once they understood . |
| 24 | Lightheartedly , the Earl agreed and said that he would hold a Tournament . |
| 25 | Arran announced that he would prefer a Bill of this nature to be introduced in the Commons , but that he would keep his Bill going in the Lords until an MP could be found to sponsor an equivalent measure in the other House . |
| 26 | He also said that he would prefer an audience that could neither read nor write . |
| 27 | NEW YORK ( Reuter ) — El Salvador 's President , Alfredo Cristiani , announced in a speech to the UN that he would make a proposal for a ceasefire in his country 's 10-year-old civil war at a meeting with FMLN rebels in two weeks ' time . |
| 28 | Gentle replied that he would make a Gauguin so fine the artist himself would have wept to see it . |
| 29 | On Feb. 18 JKLF commander-in-chief Javed Ahmed Mir announced that he would lead a column from the Indian side of the border to link up with the marchers from Azad Kashmir . |
| 30 | The Interior Minister , Gen. Victor Malca Villanueva announced on July 12 that he would present a proposal to the Congress on July 15 for the " total restructuring of the national police force " owing to " enormous corruption within its ranks " . |