Example sentences of "[vb infin] he [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How do we know he wo n't discharge himself again after a week ? |
| 2 | I do n't know he might be . |
| 3 | He will be erm erm yes he was born the year before I had my hysterectomy he was bor yes , but do you know he 'll |
| 4 | I do n't know he 'll be |
| 5 | Did he know he would die a few years later ? |
| 6 | He told me he was just visiting to let me know he would come for me soon , but not just yet . |
| 7 | ‘ It was right and proper to let Paul know he would be playing . ’ |
| 8 | Alice said , " But he would know he would n't have to pay them , would n't he . " |
| 9 | And it worried her too ( He might have had an accident — should I phone the police ? ) , almost as much as it angered her ( He might have had the decency to let me know he would n't be in to supper ) . |
| 10 | Did n't you know he used to be feather weight champion of Scotland |
| 11 | Christ , he did n't know he 'd never get another chance . ’ |
| 12 | Everyone would know he 'd become Rosa 's suitor , now that he 'd been to the house and paid a call after meeting her secretly at night . |
| 13 | ‘ And I did n't know he 'd come to the hotel to find you ! |
| 14 | With your dad yeah , yeah cos it 's now we 've got to order red paint , he did n't get any red because he did n't honestly think , well it did n't , he did n't know he 'd need it |
| 15 | ‘ But could n't he even raise a finger so we 'd know he can understand us ? ’ |
| 16 | He let Sarazen know he could straighten out his game for him ‘ before the bell rings ’ , caddies ' parlance for before the tournament-proper starts . |
| 17 | I did n't know he could sing . ’ |
| 18 | We know , then , that he can play a little — after all , nobody has won as many tour events in a year since Bob Tway in 1986 — but we did n't know he could make an audience laugh , or that he had such an offbeat approach to the game . |
| 19 | There was n't much Walter did n't know about machines , and what he did n't know he could learn in five minutes . |
| 20 | 2 years ago Teddy Sutton did n't know he could carve ; now his work is on display at up to £300 a time . |
| 21 | He knows , or if he does not know he should find out , the features or conditions of the environment he has chosen to occupy , and he should act accordingly . |
| 22 | She did n't doubt he could be very persuasive — given time . |
| 23 | I 'd doubt he 'd like this as outpacing fast full back would not be his strongest point . |
| 24 | ‘ Now , if this young scoundrel has the moral fibre to wear this apparatus for one month , I can guarantee he 'll be dancing the polka with the best of them . ’ |
| 25 | No , I would n't be on the committee , no , cos I could never guarantee he 'll be home . |
| 26 | He could not guarantee he would be able to deliver it on the day and she billed it as a surprise film so she could show a reserve if it failed to arrive . |
| 27 | We may spread the bread of life with caviar , and smoke the sides of salmon to toast the fisherman of Galilee , and turn the water into the best claret , but we can not guarantee He will sit at our table unless we have laid a place for the poor , the outcast , the hungry and the friendless . |
| 28 | ‘ Of course you must appreciate I can not guarantee he will see you . ’ |
| 29 | ( Gregory 's slogan was : ‘ That which he could not assume he could not heal . ’ ) |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd assume he could n't forget it if he wanted to . |