Example sentences of "and [verb] he [modal v] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as the wheel hurtled down and round he could see Tony , safe in his little illuminated booth . |
| 2 | I think this is clearly Miller 's main use for the character of Alfieri and he tries to make this more realistic by making Alfieri a lawyer though I do not think that this is done very well as Alfieri does not say anything which would justify him being a lawyer as all Eddie asks him are things he would have asked anyone though perhaps he asked him because he was a ‘ lawyer ’ and he respected this and knew he would get confidentiality . |
| 3 | We did our homework on the player and knew he could score goals . |
| 4 | He could hear Wolf in the blackness , coming closer , and knew he must distract Fox from hearing his approach , or Fox would drag them both back into the redness . |
| 5 | He felt he had said them before , and thought he could sense death sniffing at his shoulder , as he had that day on the Red Mountain . |
| 6 | Hearing the Vice-President was downstairs and wished to see him , President Cormack walked through into the Yellow Oval Room and said he would greet Odell there . |
| 7 | Allen already holds a 24.9% stake in the company , and said he might seek representation on the board and also might buy additional shares , adding that America Online 's adoption of a shareholder rights plan to fend off hostile takeovers , has caused him to reconsider his position as a passive investor in the firm . |
| 8 | In his acceptance speech , he called on industrialised countries to take steps to reduce worldwide demand for cocaine , he also ruled out pardons for drug traffickers , and said he 'd maintain extradition agreements . |
| 9 | Comment was dominated by the critic Mark Steyn who kicked opera in the teeth and said he 'd take Frank Loesser in preference to Puccini any time . |
| 10 | We understood his need to feel that he was special , that someone was looking after him , and wished he could draw strength from us , rather than locking himself in his fantasies . |
| 11 | Mentally remove five stones of body weight from Lawson and discover he could become Mr Darcy . |