Example sentences of "[coord] he [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He likes Elland Road , he 's built up a squad that looks like it could develop into a REAL force over the next few years & he 'd be mad to leave for a job where he has a competition every 2 years/a draw 's a bad result/and nobody likes him ! |
| 2 | Tell him it is my command , or he wo n't come . ’ |
| 3 | Or he wo n't be . ’ |
| 4 | However , utterances of ( 38 ) -(40) and the like can in fact convey a great deal : ( 38 ) War is war ( 39 ) Either John will come or he wo n't ( 40 ) If he does it , he does it Note that these , by virtue of their logical forms ( respectively : x ( W(x) — W(x) ) ; p V p ; p — p ) are necessarily true ; ergo they share the same truth conditions , and the differences we feel to lie between them , as well as their communicative import , must be almost entirely due to their pragmatic implications . |
| 5 | Mind Bob 's tail do n't stand on him or he wo n't be pleased . |
| 6 | Stop whingeing or he wo n't go to sleep and then I ca n't look after you |
| 7 | A woman she passed was telling her husband to put on his shirt or he would bum . |
| 8 | He astounded his American masters by demanding that they give him a more worthwhile job or he would be on his way home . |
| 9 | Marc is apparently in Madrid or he would be up my drainpipe like a shot . |
| 10 | We came here to Siena , where I have been before , though to a different house , to visit my husband who accompanied the Brownings last month , the doctor having ordered Mrs Browning to be taken out of this city or he would not answer for the consequences . |
| 11 | He told us not to turn around and to give him our money and jewellery or he would kill us . ’ |
| 12 | For Tormey one of the ‘ purest ’ instances of representational behaviour is that of an actor who rages on stage as Lear but who could not possibly be expressing his own rage or he would never complete the performance . |
| 13 | The landlord had not noticed him come in , or he would have refused to serve him . |
| 14 | Nor has Mr Roberts , or he would have told me . ’ |
| 15 | Oh , before that she gave him strict injunctions to be sure to kill Horrible or he would destroy them all , which was duly done . |
| 16 | His company must appreciate him , or he would n't rate a yearly raise . |
| 17 | John himself was warned by the local Police Inspector not to speak at the square again or he would be arrested for speaking against the national interest . |
| 18 | The driver must be someone who did n't know the district well , or he would n't have gone along the Applewick lane ; and that meant it was very likely he would n't realise that his van would hit the arch of the bridge instead of going under it , just as her daddy 's had done once . |
| 19 | Either she told him or he would force it from Una . |
| 20 | He said I must do his bidding , or he would reveal the falsehood and have me imprisoned for fraud . |
| 21 | One thing she was quite certain of — she was in love with Edward and that meant she would have to continue to let him — or he would find someone else who would . |
| 22 | ‘ Or he would n't have agreed to a truce over Christmas . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Or he would n't have offered his truce . |
| 24 | Either Jamila obeyed or he would die painfully , his organs failing one by one . |
| 25 | Each team has a leader , with the birthday child being previously asked which team she or he would like to lead . |
| 26 | Either he walked out of here with a deal for Simon Cormack , or he would need a police escort anyway . |
| 27 | Suddenly , they let him down and one said , ‘ This guy does n't know what we are talking about or he would not ask , ‘ Who is he ? ’ ' |
| 28 | I know he 's had a long time out with injury but he must be all right now or he would n't be playing . ’ |
| 29 | Philip was relentless and the boy had no alternative : he obeyed or he would fail . |
| 30 | Either he could not — which , given his wit and his intelligence and , above all , perhaps , his shrewdness — is unlikely ; or he would not — which , given the obstinacy and tenacity with which he stuck to his own version of himself , is much more likely . |