Example sentences of "he [verb] he [modal v] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's run out of plaster and he 's got an urgent call somewhere where he thinks he 'll need it . |
| 2 | One reason he thinks he can do it is the help he 's had over the past six weeks of intensive Lilleshall training from England 's newly-installed bowling coach , the former Surrey and Sussex star Geoff Arnold . |
| 3 | Trouble is , he thinks he can do it with me as well . |
| 4 | Now he thinks he can work it in , which I 'm pleased about because if this is the way the Indians react to me and Matt then maybe that 's a pointer to how the fans will go . |
| 5 | By half emptying one of the sacks onto the floor of the van he found he could drag it with his right hand and hold onto the box with his left . |
| 6 | He says he 'll consider it . |
| 7 | He a big man and if I say I 'm not well he says he 'll have it up the back then and … ’ and I said ‘ Well , you 'll just have to put a stopper in it then , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 8 | He says he 'll have it mum . |
| 9 | He says he 'll hang it in the toilet . |
| 10 | Discussing Of Grammatology , he says he will treat it as a book with a theme , even though Derrida wants to discourage such an approach to it . |
| 11 | He says he will do it himself . |
| 12 | He says he can do it . |
| 13 | Len Daniels was attacked by pirates and virtually ran out of rations — but he says he 'd do it all again . |
| 14 | But suppose we think that everything that is said purports to be a statement of fact , and suppose we think that for someone to be justified in saying what he says he must say it on the basis of something he has observed . |
| 15 | He was very tempted to hurry developments along in that area , but with things as they were he decided he ought to play it very carefully . |
| 16 | Not only did he see no advantage in change , he believed he could prevent it indefinitely . |
| 17 | That 's because I did n't have time to sit and colour with him so he decided he 'd do it all blue himself did n't you ? |
| 18 | At first he gave the somewhat fatuous explanation that he thought he would find it easier to ride his bicycle without his testicle ( the other testicle was small due to atrophy ) . |
| 19 | ‘ Mrs. Mounce , ’ he thought he might put it , in a calm , almost pleasant voice , ‘ if you ring this bell once more I will call the police and have you charged with causing a nuisance … |
| 20 | He says he thought he 'd give it a try , but he got stuck . |
| 21 | Carpenter Harper , admitted lighting hay to see but insisted he thought he 'd put it out . |
| 22 | He thought he could do it . |
| 23 | But he feels he ought to dislike it even more than he does , thought Dalziel . |
| 24 | He knew he would do it all again , because as he looked across the manicured lawns , the buildings shrouded now in darkness but soon to be brilliant in the blazing sunlight , the scene embodied all his dreams . |
| 25 | It would n't be too easy , but he knew he could manage it . |
| 26 | It was astonishing that he knew he could do it . |
| 27 | That was the way to come in ; he knew he could get it on the green from there . |
| 28 | It landed in the sand , hopping on to the upslope and , when Lyle got there , he knew he could hit it the required 140 yards to the pin . |
| 29 | ‘ If I felt there was a part that he could play and he felt he could play it — and if it was reasonable to ask him — I would bear that in mind . |
| 30 | The voice seemed familiar and he felt he should recognise it , but at first he felt it only as a persuasive force tugging at him , trying to draw him back from the comfort and welcome of the light . |