Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb mod] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted a promise that as soon as the baby appeared he should be sent for , ‘ even in the dead of night ’ so that he might be the first to kiss it . |
| 2 | They all turned out to watch him go , Pen clamouring to accompany him so that he might be the first to embrace and welcome Lily 's baby . |
| 3 | Kallibunker 's coat was short , sparse and curly , and it was quickly realized that he might be the forerunner of an entirely new breed of pedigree cat . |
| 4 | But it helps even more if we understand what his purpose is , which is in the next verse : ‘ Those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son , that he might be the firstborn among many brothers . ’ |
| 5 | The bow suggests that he might be the Master of Animals or Enualios , the god of war . |
| 6 | The sounds he made fell into the embrace of a dead echo , and he felt that he might be the last man on earth . |
| 7 | I felt that he might be the person to bring out the spiritual element in Joyce 's life , as well as the comedy . |
| 8 | ‘ Have you thought , ’ he said , ‘ that he might be the one who 's not there to be picked out ? ’ |
| 9 | Until she proved otherwise she had to constantly bear in mind that he might be the enemy . |
| 10 | Once again Sunderland had to thank goalkeeper Tony Norman for some inspired saves but at first it seemed that he might be the villain of the piece after gifting bottom-of-the-table Brighton an 11th minute lead . |
| 11 | Nigel knew that he would be the choice of any thinking woman , in spite of Jo 's remarks . |
| 12 | He turned on his considerable persuasive powers to convince the player not merely that the full-back position was right for him but that he would be the best full-back in the country . |
| 13 | He may not fancy it , but it 's a safe bet that he would be the first man to do it . |
| 14 | He had to shore up support among traditional Democrats , and he did ; hence the expectation that he would be the harbinger of a hundred new social policies on everything from vaccination to AIDS . |
| 15 | Moreover , if Richard discussed peace on the assumption that he would be the heir to all his father 's dominions then he may well have re-activated very real differences of opinion which had lain dormant since the spring of 1185 . |
| 16 | " Lloyd George would secure a greater hold on the rank and file of our party and he would also be so dependent on that party after the election that he would permanently be driven into the same attitude towards our Party which Chamberlain was placed in before , with this difference — that he would be the leader of it . |
| 17 | Terence Blacker had made a small bet with himself that he would be the first speaker to mention children 's books : he won . |
| 18 | While the Prime Minister himself denied that he would be the first executive President , in the absence of any obvious independent candidates , there was an assumption that whoever did take up the office would closely reflect Lee 's views . |
| 19 | Gelbard was reported to have warned US officials in September that he would be the target of an assassination attempt , which Bolivian officials believed was due to take place on Dec. 10 to coincide with the anniversary of the extradition of former Interior Minister Luis Arce Gómez to the US on drug trafficking charges [ see pp. 37487-8 ] . |
| 20 | For that reason Doug decided that he would be the only person to watch the videos he made although he discussed the issues arising from them with Mary . |
| 21 | And he revealed that he had been promised that he would be the subject of a Mental Health Review Tribunal to consider his permanent release within three weeks of returning to Britain . |
| 22 | He managed furthermore discreetly to put into circulation the audacious proposal that he should be the first Governor-General of the two independent states . |
| 23 | Gaitskell became excited at the prospect and instructed me with great firmness that as soon as I had received the ‘ discovered ’ documents I was to show them to no one but to come straight to him , so that he should be the first person to know who the culprit was or what information was available that would lead to the culprit 's identity . |
| 24 | It is appropriate that he should be the one with the empty belly addressing his friend . |
| 25 | Alfred exudes a hilarious bumptiousness and bonhomie , and it seems that he must be the more successful of the two siblings . |
| 26 | For a silly moment it crossed her mind that he must be the Nazi spy . |
| 27 | Mr Cubbage , however , was very circumspect in his choice of lady friends and he realised that he could be the target for any gold-digging female . |
| 28 | And suspicions are growing that he could be the victim of a dirty-tricks campaign . |
| 29 | The threat of another war only made it more urgent for him to preserve his symbolic status , so that he could be the French people 's supreme recourse should catastrophe strike once again . |
| 30 | The court heard that Baillie had asked another man to hide the gun and warned him that he could be the next to be 'blown away' |