Example sentences of "[adj] he [modal v] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Should it go wrong he would be expected to mend it : he was a musician , not a mechanic . |
| 2 | Although Mrs Thatcher 's opposition will prevent the declaration having any legal force , the Commission President , Mr Jacques Delors , made it clear he would be coming forward with detailed proposals on a range of minimum social rights for workers in the 1992 single market over the next 12 months — some of which would have binding legal force throughout the Community . |
| 3 | But Will made it clear he 'll be happy to work with me and was keen that we all pull together . ’ |
| 4 | Thereafter she marvelled continually at how animated and funny he could be . |
| 5 | No doubt , having aired these feelings well in public he will be exerting pressure behind the scenes to ensure there is no further need to repeat them in open audience . |
| 6 | In public he could be magisterial . |
| 7 | If he is interested he will be able to view the paragraph to see if the material will be of interest to viewers or readers . |
| 8 | His legs will probably fall off at some stupid rave if he 's not careful he 'll be dancing so much cos he 's on twenty thousand and his bloody legs 'll fall off . |
| 9 | It may be conceded that if he did not occupy it under his contract with the bank rent free he would be obliged to hire a house elsewhere , pay rent for it , and pro tanto diminish his income [ author 's emphasis ] . |
| 10 | To be truly free he must be liberated from these things also . |
| 11 | John Lahr told me of his astonishment at how unpleasant he could be to waiters at the Indian restaurant they visited together . |
| 12 | Old he might be , but he sprang to meet whatever situation he encountered with the alacrity of a boy . |
| 13 | Standing over him , she saw how very old he must be , with the skin of his face and neck pleated in heavy folds of wrinkles and his wild hair quite sparse and white , and only her respect for his years prevented her from shaking him . |
| 14 | Michael Middleton has argued that Minton 's search for stimuli in exotic places and his febrile manner of living reflects a longing to escape self-consciousness and to live in the moment : ‘ He was for ever dashing off , afraid he might be missing something round the corner — another party , an evening at the Jazz Club , a drink on the Soho circuit . ’ |
| 15 | Now , when I read about Long John in Squire Trelawney 's letter , I had been afraid he might be the one-legged seaman that old Bill had talked about . |
| 16 | She stared back at him in wide-eyed horror , still weakened by the desire he had ignited , horribly afraid he might be speaking only the truth . |
| 17 | Well , we 'll take a run over there and see ’ — ‘ You might be there yourself , why that 's great , Michael ’ — ‘ No I 'm afraid he 'll be with me . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ He did n't come to work this morning and we 're afraid he may be ill . ’ |
| 19 | The words kept repeating themselves until she was afraid he must be able to hear them . |
| 20 | When Arthur was sound again , I had Countryman and Lannegan , and somehow I did n't enjoy riding him so much because every time he jumped , I was afraid he 'd be lame . |
| 21 | PAMELA : [ aside ] Sure 't is impossible he can be made an agent in this foul conspiracy . |
| 22 | If the expert is negligent he may be sued by either party ( Arenson v Casson Beckman Rutley & Co [ 1977 ] AC 405 ) . |
| 23 | N. B. The third party action between the solicitors and the barrister did not decide that he was negligent merely that if he was negligent he would be liable to the solicitors . |
| 24 | WOUNDED but still doggedly alive , Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton is lurching remorselessly towards the Democratic presidential nomination — to the delight of White House strategists who are mostly convinced he will be a wonderfully bloodied candidate for President Bush to beat up and kill off in the autumn . |
| 25 | I am convinced he must be replaced . ’ |
| 26 | Fortunately for Mr Clifton-Brown , it was a mild night , but he 's glad he 'll be spending Christmas inside , not out . |
| 27 | And how glad he would be when she told him . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she said simply , and , with a new awareness of how shattering being in love was , she knew something of how very devastated he must be feeling just then . |
| 29 | Wycliffe had no idea how frightening he could be when his whole personality was concentrated on an interrogation . |
| 30 | If Steve 's going to have electric aerial he 'll be doing the same thing . |