Example sentences of "[coord] he [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Gotrek swore an oath that he would have his money or its weregeld price in Elf blood or he would shave his head . |
| 32 | This child had to be born , and soon , or he would lose the pair of them . |
| 33 | The bailie apparently also read the correspondence which passed through his hands , perhaps as part of his own political activities , or he would not have learned of the contents of the letter in question , but in any event his adherence to the Duke of Argyll 's friend , Sir Peter Halkett , did him no harm and he was still postmaster of Stirling in 1755 , when his ill-health and reported nearness to death induced Lord John Murray to seek the post , in the event of Maiben 's death , for a Stirling surgeon who was a son of James Graham of Bowhaple , a Perthshire freeholder . |
| 34 | I tried to persuade him that things could n't be so bad as the French paper made out or he would have been wired for . |
| 35 | Philip had climbed up into the attic — she must go up and help him , stand by him , or he would start feeling ill again . |
| 36 | In November 1958 he told the Western powers that they must leave Berlin within six months and make it a ‘ free city ’ , or he would sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany . |
| 37 | Or he would perhaps modify it . |
| 38 | Tyler 's love was only a passing thing , or he would be here now , loving her , helping to raise their son , and making her lonely life complete . |
| 39 | With the world 's transport systems not prepared to align themselves with Athletico training sessions or match kick-offs , Homstat was sometimes absent for weeks on end , giving team talks with the aid of an interpreter over the telephone , or he would be a lone , pathetic figure , sat in the dug-out on a wet Monday morning urging on thin air . |
| 40 | Presumably Mr Newman 's mind was on his upcoming Bologna trip , maybe even on Risotto alla Vitale , or he would have swatted this vulgar solecism right out of the ground . |
| 41 | She or he would have to spend a year in general practice to have the opportunity to acquire similar skills . |
| 42 | But it hit me one day , he did n't care or he would have made that effort to come and see me and he did n't . |
| 43 | He fell sideways , but I knew he was n't knocked out , he still kept hold of me , I suddenly felt I had to kill him or he would kill me . |
| 44 | He had his time-proven tests for this : one was simply to walk over the land and to ‘ feel it through his boots ’ , ; then again he would take up a handful of soil , carefully crumbling it to test it ; or he would bend down and draw his fist backwards through the soil . |
| 45 | No , or he would have said so . |
| 46 | Burun wanted something , or he would not be here . |
| 47 | It was only when Hurley called Coleman direct at the end of March 1988 , telling him to get his ass over there in a week or he would find somebody else , that Donleavy agreed to release him . |
| 48 | Hindley warned Heathcliff that he must never speak to Catherine again , or he would be sent away from Wuthering Heights , and it was decided that Catherine would be taught to behave like a young lady . |
| 49 | I kept telling myself that it was n't likely , that the man who shot at me could n't have known anything about my boat or he would n't have asked about my car , that I 'd met no one else on the entire expedition , and that if ever a place could be described as lonely and unvisited , it was Winter Marsh in mid-October . |
| 50 | She must have done , Nenna thought , or he would n't call Laura " my wife " . |
| 51 | He was told to say just who he was working for , or he would have ammonia poured onto the blindfold . |
| 52 | But he would not press too vehemently or he would lose the support of the Prince . |
| 53 | Now she had to sit in his boat or he would be insulted and she was glad to rest . |
| 54 | It would hurt to do it , to be without him , but she would have to if this went on too long , or he would destroy her emotionally , because she would have nothing left when he did finally tire of her . |
| 55 | When the archbishop heard this he pretended that the king would not allow it to be done ; the pope , fired with the zeal of justice , ordered the archbishop in virtue of the obedience owed to him , not to delay longer in carrying this out or he would find himself suspended from his priestly office and his suffragans released from obedience to him . |
| 56 | ‘ I knew that Frank had to grow up , after five years , ’ said the star , ‘ or he would seem a complete idiot . |
| 57 | From the sound of it my father could n't have spoken to him for very long , or he would have recognised his son 's voice . |
| 58 | Or he would have said that to her mother . |
| 59 | He said that the car must be ready by 25th July 1948 or he would refuse to take delivery after that date . |
| 60 | But it bothered her , because Naylor You'll-do-as-I-say Massingham had as good as just told her that either she shut up and went along with everything he said , even to the extent of pretending to be engaged to him , or he would dismiss her ! |