Example sentences of "[adv] he [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Furthermore he would instruct all the dealers in his charge to do the same , on the grounds that a joint effort would shift the share price , and that , besides , the company 's prospects were good anyway .
2 It is typical of Lewis 's later self that he should have seen no virtue at all in Tillyard 's approach , and that furthermore he should have labelled it ‘ heresy ’ .
3 It was n't the McAuley of old , probably because of ring rust and a badly bruised right hand , and the sooner he gets another contest the better he 'll like it .
4 The less pressure on him , the better he 'll like it .
5 The less initiative the worker has , the better he can tolerate such a job .
6 Being a half brother to Rubstic and Kildimo , the further he goes the better he will get . ’
7 He did n't want Gina using those arguments next time he told her how much better he could have done for himself .
8 When the Almighty makes an old man a great-grandfather , better he should learn of it quickly . ‘
9 And better he should get the hard lesson now , than later .
10 Suddenly he would come up with things that were very exciting . ’
11 His younger sister remembered that suddenly he might leave the table with a wild mad look on his face and rush round the garden .
12 Muhammad Ali was like that , he 'd look weary and suddenly he 'd produce one big punch and his man would be gone .
13 Suddenly he could go no further .
14 He got to know them well : years later when they appeared suddenly he could remember who they were .
15 Suddenly he could imagine George on the Sunday after that Saturday evening at the cottage exhausted by nightmares pacing the rooms and jumping whenever the phone rang .
16 His eyes opened wide , and suddenly he could see Kirov in a new light .
17 One pal said : ‘ He loved her so much he would have done anything to protect her and he paid for that love with his life . ’
18 The employees were occasionally terrified of Bernard ‘ as if he had one over him , ’ as they described it , but they all knew that however much he might stamp and shout while the anger lasted , he could go for a walk and come back as if nothing had happened .
19 ‘ No , he was already married , you see , a marriage he could never escape from , no matter how much he might have wanted to .
20 However much he might like to duck out , he can not .
21 However much he might desire her , she would have no more than the allotted space in his life .
22 But on day-to-day issues or on detailed matters where the minister would not be authorized to intervene by the relevant act , however much he might discuss these points on an informal basis and influence the actions of the board , Parliament can do nothing .
23 Is it so likely that that man , however much he may have been struck by your beauty and gaiety , Miss Jonathan , would have at once decided to assassinate your future husband ? ’
24 The word ‘ championship ’ , however , no matter how much he may have been thinking about it privately , I did not hear from him until much later in the year , when the scales began to tip in his favour .
25 However much he may have charmed them , they were her friends not his , and they 'd have inevitably sided with her in this fiasco .
26 If he liked the house so much he could go and live in it himself and relive his happy memories .
27 There did n't seem to be much he could say .
28 Naturally he would stress the difference between phalanx and legion in a war between Macedonians and Romans ( 18.28 ) , but he would not present the war as a conflict between Macedonian monarchy and the Roman mixed constitution .
29 Then she quashed the thought ; naturally he would pretend to be surprised , to have no idea of what she was getting at .
30 Naturally he would assume that Richard was staying with her for the weekend .
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