Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [modal v] [vb infin] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | What kind of child would n't whine until he got a pair of $150 trainers that will let him play basketball — and look — like Michael Jordan ? |
| 2 | The clamour of her heartbeat filled the silence between them , as she struggled to find the words that would send him away forever . |
| 3 | She felt that her heart would burst with the ache of love , and searched in her mind for words that would bind him to her and bring him back . |
| 4 | As he 'd hobbled back through the sleet a tiny part of him had hoped her gratitude would include an embrace , or at least a few words that would let him know she felt something for him . |
| 5 | Sometimes , before he drank the fourth or fifth glass of Côtes-du-Rhone that would incapacitate him , he thought with guilt of the Flanders fields , with impotence of the forests where wolves ranged , — with the sense of temptation , secret delight , and energy welling up from unknown sources of Gauguin 's cold bluster , of Vincent 's two voices . |
| 6 | For his own good she frequently reminded him of the horrors and deprivations that would befall him there . |
| 7 | Prom there he was to work up his cover as a rubber man and make the contacts that would get him into Germany . |
| 8 | Masklin was a blur , dodging and weaving between feet that could flatten him . |
| 9 | He was wearing the unobtrusive shabby clothes with soft shoes that would allow him to plod round the streets without being noticed . |
| 10 | ‘ If only they had n't scrapped the old grammar school , ’ muttered Dr Frome , and Pumfrey saw that he was beginning to erect in his mind a structure of excuses and evasions that would justify him to himself . |
| 11 | Crawford , at 24 , displays a plastic face and an elastic grace — comic credentials that should allow him to travel in faster and funnier company . ’ |
| 12 | DARLINGTON have decided on the man they want to revive their fortunes and will name him this week . |
| 13 | Yet somehow Edward must be appeased , so I sought to make a virtue of my ignorance , asking questions that would allow him to air his greater experience . |
| 14 | And so , resentfully , he learned concepts that could stand him in good stead . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's a good wrestler , a flier , a skier — all the things that might make him an attraction to the Duchess of York . |
| 16 | Clearly the President 's enemies are itching to believe unsubstantiated stories that could hurt him . |
| 17 | It alleged that Dr Mumby had injected Royan with substances that might harm him and failed to given adequate medical attention . |
| 18 | Afraid she might doze off if she gave in to temptation and lay down on the bed , she sat down instead on the room 's only chair , and picked up a book , absorbing not a single word as she waited for the sounds that would mean he was turning in for the night . |
| 19 | He kept listening for sounds that would tell him Blackbeard and his henchman were in the vicinity . |
| 20 | Samy slaps her across the face and storms out , criticizing her for suggesting actions that could cost him his job . |
| 21 | She moved away when he sat near her , went into town to change her library books instead of going home when he invented a string of excuses that would enable him to walk in her direction . |
| 22 | The children 's objective is to make sure that Samson survives , builds up experience and gathers items that will help him in his quest , and eventually enable him to complete his mission . |
| 23 | But he 's even becoming a complete , in the holidays when I 've got the housework to do and meals to cook , and him to look after if there 's another pair of hands that can take him out for an hour |
| 24 | The Anglo-American conglomerate that went public in 1964 romped in with results that should guarantee him another bumper pay packet . |
| 25 | His apprehensions are fuelled by a crop of injuries that may deprive him of Paul McGrath ( hamstring ) , Kevin Moran ( bruised back ) and Steve Staunton ( ankle ) . |
| 26 | There are many things that make a man irritable when he arrives home from work in the evening and a sensible wife will usually notice the storm-signals and will leave him alone until he simmers down . |
| 27 | If there is a flagrant abuse of procedures , the traffic commissioner can stop the operator from running the services and can require him to repay part of his fuel duty rebate . |
| 28 | He dared not move , for fear of starting a slide of loose stones that would carry him down and irresistibly over the edge of the quarry . |