Example sentences of "what he [modal v] [verb] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where goodwill still has to be valued in relation to payments to outgoing partners , one of two bases is likely to be used : ( 1 ) excess profits , that is to say the amount by which an outgoing partner 's profit share exceeded ( a ) what he might have been expected to earn as an employed solicitor , and ( b ) the income he might have been expected to receive from investing his capital contributions in safe securities ; or , and much more frequently , ( 2 ) the average net profits of the partner concerned . |
| 2 | In the days when she had first known him she had wondered idly whether she might see Rupert round here , ‘ going in ’ or ‘ coming out ’ , though she was not clear when this might be expected or even what he might have been doing . |
| 3 | ‘ He said that he could n't pay me because he had to maintain his cash flow for the London opening , but what he would do was to let me regard what he owed me as a stake in the show . ’ |
| 4 | What he would do was lend Haynes 500 , on a very short-term basis . |
| 5 | However , if , by the date of trial , it can be shown that the deceased 's income would have risen since his death , then the dependency will be calculated by reference to what he would have been earning at the date of trial , rather than what he in fact was earning at the date of his death . |
| 6 | What he must do is to formulate an assertion which contradicts our own , and give us his instruction for testing it . |
| 7 | What he should do is chill out , get a job and pay off his debts , but he does n't . |
| 8 | ‘ I ca n't imagine what he could have been doing to get cut about like that , but it was n't falling out of a canoe , that I am sure of , ’ she finished , leaning against the low white-painted bookcase in his study . |
| 9 | What he can do is to say that the legal owner can not in conscience , in equity , make use of his Common Law right for his own benefit ; he must use it for the benefit of the man for whom he holds it in trust . |
| 10 | what he can do is have something when he gets up , rather than the old |
| 11 | What he can do is instill a sense of purpose and energy that 's been missing for years . |
| 12 | What he will do is lend you one gram on account . |