Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] he [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to see them he would have had to climb a couple of hundred feet more . |
| 2 | If I had ever not gone to Abraham when summoned , he promised me he would tell Sarah everything , or at least his version of everything . |
| 3 | Anthony returned soon after five o'clock with the news that there was no penicillin in the city at all , but that he had telephoned everyone he could think of who might supply it and had sent a telegram to UNRRA headquarters . |
| 4 | And then he looked around to find someone he could send to the omda . |
| 5 | ‘ If he had wanted to find you he would have come himself , ’ she said with a wry look . |
| 6 | Not only that , ’ he continued , his eyes steady on hers , ‘ but when he sees that another man wants you he 'll begin to wonder what he missed . |
| 7 | There was still over an hour to go before his rendezvous with Rose and he decided to walk around the jewellers ' shops to find something he could afford . |
| 8 | when we decided we want something he 'll come down and |
| 9 | He tried everything he could think of to tempt the Bookman into showing himself . |
| 10 | Mitchell and White ran themselves into the ground and Nicky Summerbee tried everything he could to get a goal . |
| 11 | She had reminded him he would have to speak to a certain young man in the Blue Boar this evening . |
| 12 | If he really loves her he would have kept away from her . |
| 13 | A game of squash or a hard workout was what he really needed , but the gym would n't be open for another three hours , nor did he know anyone he could call at such short notice to partner him … |
| 14 | To a hushed court Dr Howe described what he would do if the court granted the application . |
| 15 | I ca n't even claim to know what he would want done , because I know almost nothing about him . |
| 16 | Whilst Bunyan might have rejoiced at being used to belabour the inanities and vanities of the Church of England , it is difficult to know what he would have thought of being commemorated by memorial windows in Elstow parish church and Westminster Abbey . |
| 17 | As an anxious new father , Belinda 's partner , Jem , read everything he could find about Down 's syndrome because he wanted to know what he could expect from the future . |
| 18 | She tried to guess what he might have found out about Sabine Jourdain that did not hinge on her death . |
| 19 | We 'd never talked about that day , and we never again came near this old air shaft ; I do n't know what he might have done since but I 'd always assumed he was like me and just tried to forget about it , pretend it never happened . |
| 20 | Otherwise Roman must leave within ten days and Stephen will never know what he might have achieved . |
| 21 | ‘ Well — I do n't know what he 'll do with them , do I ? |
| 22 | I do n't know what he 'll think of this ! |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't know what he 'll say this time . |
| 24 | After that , he did n't know what he would do , for Nails would have to decide . |
| 25 | They gave him a bit of consultancy work for the first year , but after that he did n't know what he would do . |
| 26 | If she did , he did n't know what he would do ; he had not a shred of evidence . |
| 27 | But if it came to the point where he thought he had nothing to lose , I do n't know what he would do . ’ |
| 28 | She was good as gold ; I do n't know what he would 've done without her ! ’ |
| 29 | No one can know what he would have written because he was a direct witness and he had an exceptional personality — a deep artistic sensibility and great erudition . |
| 30 | She had n't told John about the colour scheme because she did n't quite know what he would say . |