Example sentences of "and [vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | The legendary quarterback seems unlikely to oust Steve Young from the San Francisco 49ers starting job and may look to end his career elsewhere . |
| 2 | This can often be harsh to an employee who may well have contributed fully to enhancing the value of the company and may wish to retain his shares ; sometimes exceptions to a provision of this kind can be specified . |
| 3 | John himself would hardly have deigned to enter the parish church with a child of his , and may have sent his wife instead : ‘ If you want her baptised , dear , you go and do it … |
| 4 | Striker Tony Cascarino , Townsend 's former clubmate at Stamford Bridge , also has a hamstring problem and may have to forego his usual place on the substitutes ' bench . |
| 5 | Mr Major is by no means out of the woods , and must fight to defend his leadership at a crisis Cabinet meeting to be called early today . |
| 6 | I would n't rule him out , although he is n't getting any younger and might have missed his chance two years ago . |
| 7 | He had disobeyed the old man , his ally , and might have forfeited his friendship . |
| 8 | Whether it was when he 'd scored 10 or at some other delicate fulcrum in his innings that the Smallholder decided that he 'd sufficiently built his innings and could start unleashing his shots I know not , but the incontrovertible fact was that by tea he had 34 to his name , including five boundaries . |
| 9 | Every one of them , he said , lost him money every year ; he kept them because he liked them , and because he had no children and could afford to indulge his old age . |
| 10 | The psychologist had suggested among other things that Mrs Singh could help to improve Jeetinder 's spoken and written language by reading to him at bedtime and could help to improve his numeracy by encouraging him to spend and account for his pocket money . |
| 11 | When he heard of a Kaiser talking in an after-dinner speech about ‘ my friend the Sultan ’ he was astonished , and could have rent his garments . |
| 12 | Lying in bed at night , she would remind herself that in only a few months ' time she would be his , and would have assumed his name and taken on the position of head of his household . |
| 13 | He feared he had chicken pox and would have to cancel his debut appearance on Top Of The Pops and other shows . |
| 14 | And the King went out from Burgos and came nigh unto Bivar ; and the Cid came up to him and would have kissed his hand , but the King withheld it , and said angrily unto him , Ruydiez , quit my land . |
| 15 | Suddenly , the hideous possibility occurred to Harry that he had slept past his stop and would have to retrace his route from some remote reach of the Bakerloo line . |
| 16 | Green sometimes accompanied by his wife , was often in Keswick on business ( he would set off walking from Ambleside , and be picked up by the carrier at Wyburn ) and would call to visit his children , and take them out for walks down to Derwentwater . |
| 17 | I would , by the way , like to thank the members of , of the Investment Panel , for the help and support they 've given me , and also , in fact , to point out that erm , although s er , your your Chairman has spoken of Sir Ray severing his formal links with the Council , I have to say that we still do have one or two claws still attached to him , in that he remains on , as a very valued member of the Investment Panel , and will continue to provide his wisdom and advice , for which we are all very grateful . |
| 18 | He knows he would probably lose now and can afford to bide his time . |