Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] he [modal v] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though Jaq , in his role as a Trader , pretended to patronize a mistress , the reality was that during his thirty-five years of life he had only bedded one woman — almost on an experimental basis so that he should at least be acquainted with the spasm of sex . |
| 2 | He wished they 'd left him the radio mast , so that he could at least listen to some music and pick up the news . |
| 3 | Well because the postman had come to empty the letter box , right , so there was no point in mummy putting her letter in cos he 'd of just taken it out again |
| 4 | And what he used to do in this , he had a string in the and er he could the string put some some er crumbs in the in the er in a and the birds go in and he used to he used to catch them and we used to kill them and pluck them you know . |
| 5 | He had found her — and he used the word much as he might of finding a particularly beautiful sea-washed stone — one late June afternoon the previous year . |
| 6 | He climbed a different shelf each day and hid for as long as he could behind piles of books , hoping to catch sight of what he called ‘ the Bookman' ’ . |
| 7 | So that an angry customer in Donegal will get exactly the same wording to calm him down as he would in Cork or Wexford . |
| 8 | He made as swiftly as he could for the foyer . |
| 9 | McLeish , who had a built-in prejudice , well supported by experience , against statements incorporating an appeal to belief , noted dourly that he might at some later stage need to get closer to Yeo Davis 's accounts . |
| 10 | But for his act in bringing it there no mischief could have accrued , and it seems but just that he should at his peril keep it there so that no mischief may accrue , or answer for the natural and anticipated consequences . |
| 11 | I do n't know but he would n't , he would n't have it cooked aboard there , my mother used to cook it for him and I 'd stagger down in an ordinary shopping basket , in two basins there 'd be vegetables in one and his pudding and gravy in the other and I used to take that down for him and he used to come ashore and he used to then go and have it . |
| 12 | It was probably whilst flying high over an approaching enemy that one Goblin got a bit carried away , and steering himself as best as he could with his crude wings , crashed right down onto the enemy army . |
| 13 | He had groomed himself as best as he could for the interview . |
| 14 | The gaoler was appointed , made his living as best as he could from bribes , favours , anxious relatives and profits from the already meagre food allocation — and was allowed to get on with it . |
| 15 | Raising the trapdoor a little more so he could see out , he cautiously pushed out the barrel of the shotgun and checked for any sign of enemy personnel , as best as he could in his limited field of vision . |
| 16 | By contrast to the moods of Faldo and Ballesteros , Ian Woosnam , who was defending the title in New Orleans just as he will at Augusta , was close to despair after his final round of 74 . |
| 17 | He escaped as soon as he could to the company of her brothers . |
| 18 | Bashed your dad 's side , the wing and we could see a policeman putting , it was pouring with rain and he was putting his er , big mac on and he should of been directing the traffic , he told us that , he come over to us and he was only young like and he said , oh I 'd just left , I was on duty here I 'd just left to go and put my mac on ! |
| 19 | They 'd been out and er I do n't know who they 'd been with like but he must of had a bit to drink . |
| 20 | Charles turned to walk as quickly as he could down the steps and away without actually running , when a young woman appeared beside the butler . |
| 21 | Jack drove the car as near as he could towards the station building and switched off the faltering engine . |
| 22 | This requires him to immerse himself as thoroughly as he can in the life of the community he is trying to understand . |
| 23 | ‘ But the trouble is that we do n't know the pattern of the stars here , ’ said Snodgrass , who had sent himself quite dizzy by standing perfectly still and craning his neck as far back as he could in order to see the night sky . |
| 24 | He is not so light-hearted now as he used to be — too much responsibility . |
| 25 | He would thrust and persuade it as far as he could towards an ending . |
| 26 | He felt he had gone as far as he could in the company and learned as much as he was likely to . |
| 27 | ‘ I think he ran as well as he could in the circumstances and he 'll go again at Longchamp in two weeks . ’ |
| 28 | Corydon , speaking as well as he can in Mira 's defence , observes : |
| 29 | He would complain as loudly as he would in the midst of a ‘ Carry On ’ situation , and he would talk about it endlessly , but he would do it . |
| 30 | A protesting Maltote was roused and ordered to ride as fast as he could to the royal camp outside Bedford . |