Example sentences of "[that] he [modal v] [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Curtis , fully aware that this was the last night of the Prophet 's current crusade , had anticipated that he might choose it for a last hunting expedition , before retreating to his lair upstate . |
| 2 | A moment 's fear smote her then that he might leave it at just one kiss , and with more daring than she had known she possessed she leaned her lightly clad body against him . |
| 3 | There was always the danger that he might mention it to his father — and that was bound to lead to more trouble . |
| 4 | A bankrupt leader of a nation which feared that he would bankrupt it , too . |
| 5 | If the lender under such an instrument had the right to require early redemption , but on exercise of that right he would receive only the original issue price , it would be unrealistic to assume that he would exercise it unless the issuer 's creditworthiness deteriorated to a significant extent . |
| 6 | If the inventor of a novel mousetrap then decided that he would offer it for sale only when installed in a purpose-built house for which extra would be charged , most patents courts would probably be prepared to grant compulsory licences to those willing to sell the mousetrap without the house . |
| 7 | King Edward bent to pick it up amid suggestive laughter , declaring ‘ shame on him who thinks evil of it ’ , and prophesying that he would make it the most sought-after badge of honour in Britain . |
| 8 | Candy refused and the Italian had wandered off muttering that he would do it alone . |
| 9 | Actually he simply likes to live a normal life and keeps himself to himself , but in the end he decided that he would do it . |
| 10 | Lynn told me not to worry , that he would sort it out with Frank . |
| 11 | The president promised Mr Markovic , whom he had backed on previous occasions , that he would give it . |
| 12 | But the day when I first beheld this city I was well pleased therewith , and coveted it that I might be its Lord ; and I besought the Lord our God that he would give it me . |
| 13 | erm called Bocodonism and it turns out , find out later in the book that the reason they outlawed this is because of the guy Bocodon who was , who originated the religion had made a deal with the head of the state of the country that he would outlaw it , so that 's how the religion thrived , because it was outlawed |
| 14 | Somehow she could not help but suspect that he would think it immoral to squeeze extra wages out of his stepfather , only to hoard them beneath the floorboards . |
| 15 | ‘ That he would think it over . ’ |
| 16 | Peter had set aside this one bottle when I won the Catalan Open in 1989 and said that he would open it when I won my next Tour event . |
| 17 | When he left Odd-Knut told us he was Lappish , and that when asked if the trail to our campsite was piled high with snow he had said yes it was , but that he would break it for us if we were willing to pay . |
| 18 | Section 11(3) exonerates the accused " if he believes that he has lawful authority for the removal of the thing in question or that he would have it if the person entitled to it knew of the removal and the circumstances of it " . |
| 19 | Baldwin agreed that the request for a special bill was reasonable and said that he would commend it to his colleagues . |
| 20 | Her hope that he would say it was for Berenice 's sake died as soon as it was born . |
| 21 | Tom Foley , the speaker of the House of Representatives , has said that if the president were to ask for the authority to use force , there is a presumption that he would get it . |
| 22 | Mr Buchan is also a conoisseur of socialist folk-singing : he made it clear that he would find it hard to set the policy review to traditional music : ‘ I am a primeval socialist . ’ |
| 23 | Secretly Sam vowed that he would find it again if it was the last thing he did . |
| 24 | At another time , He told her that she had conceived again , and when she , fearful that this would interrupt her ‘ contemplation ’ , asked how she should look after the child , Christ replied casually that he would find it a keeper . |
| 25 | The routine at this stage never varied It was unlikely that he would find it necessary to leave his office until the time came to visit the missing girl 's parents and in the meantime he was capable of giving the usual orders while half asleep — which he very nearly was , having been called from his bed not much after five in the morning . |
| 26 | Folly felt a fresh wave of desire sweep through her , and was terribly afraid that he would see it too . |
| 27 | There was little likelihood that he would believe it , and , anyway Huy himself was not about to trust the Medjay completely . |
| 28 | He decided , however , that he would take it himself so he flew to Heathrow and with great ceremony , in the presence of AIB staff , the recording was finally read-out . |
| 29 | I wanted as far as possible to forearm the boy at the beginning of adolescence — not ramming a weapon into his hand willy-nilly , but showing him the size and shape of it and where it lies in such a way that he would take it up without realizing he was doing so and find himself using it when he needed to . |
| 30 | I imagine that he would take it when he had a vehicle later on he would |