Example sentences of "[that] he [modal v] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	Hakim said he never knew what it was going to be used for next ; on an organisation chart he left a column for Africa , since North had hinted that he might one day do something there too .
2	The appointment of court organist there was finally offered to Mozart , with the indication that he might one day become Kapellmeister .
3	He had seemed certain to become the first black Tory MP , representing Cheltenham — Norman Tebbit had tipped him as the first black cabinet minister and there 'd even been the odd hint that he might one day inhabit No 10 .
4	John , like Clement , worked hard to secure the king at home and abroad so that he might one day embark on the crusade : the barons , the Scots , and the French were all pressured by John on Edward 's behalf .
5	But underneath this camp humour lay the constant dread that he might one day incur conviction and imprisonment .
6	Furthermore , he proclaimed that he would one day rule again over the Roman Empire , that he would vex dishonest priests , and that he would not cease from battle until the Holy Land was delivered into Christian hands .
7	He confessed that he had ‘ missed playing Test cricket over the past couple of years ’ but had never lost the belief that he would one day play for his country again .
8	Ask the thousands of FOBs — friends of Bill — why they have long thought that he would one day be a great president and their replies will sooner or later share the same point .
9	At the age of twenty-one , after some years as a clerk in a dry goods store , Marshall went to Chicago , telling his sceptical boss that he would one day own a store so big that the doors alone would be worth more than the boss 's entire business .
10	Perhaps the knowledge that he would one day die actually gave the poet comfort .
11	It may be predicted with confidence that he will one day be one of the greatest masters of his art .

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