Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A person is guilty of contributory negligence if he ought reasonably to have foreseen that , if he did not act as a reasonable , prudent man , he might be hurt himself ; and in his reckonings he must take into account the possibility of others being careless ( Denning LJ in Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd [ 1952 ] 2 QB 608 ) . |
| 2 | His own pleasure had been of shorter duration for he was very well aware that he ought somehow to have protected this trusting girl from himself . |
| 3 | So , if the buyer does , he can not complain of defects which he ought thereby to have discerned . |
| 4 | In February 1870 , while the new French government of Emile Ollivier tried to hammer out a revised constitution for the reformed Empire , Bismarck opened up his campaign to persuade Leopold that he ought seriously to consider becoming King of Spain . |
| 5 | Because of his working hours he is not giving as much time as he ought perhaps to his family , although he 's always tried to ensure that weekends are devoted to his children . |
| 6 | He felt he ought now to be thinking of writing a book — but on what ? |
| 7 | He ought therefore to disappear at the first opportunity , especially since the purpose of his stay , that of meeting Katja Müller , appeared to have lost its point … |
| 8 | He ought never to have listened to Chambers ' advice on that . |
| 9 | He may presumably take into account his previous experience of the particular applicants , if they have organised marches in the past . |
| 10 | If the shaman is exposed to the insidious effects of the fungus for too long he may eventually turn into a giant shaman mushroom . |
| 11 | Once he has settled into his new post he may again become actively involved in the sport . |
| 12 | He may again head to South Africa in pursuit of his cricketing career . |
| 13 | He may however wish to go down to a detailed level , in which a sub-component of the domain is specified as having a fixed or moving relationship to a component or primitive of another domain , such as one " slotted into " the other . |
| 14 | He may legitimately expect from his field officer detailed knowledge of and familiarity with any discharger or any ‘ problems ’ . |
| 15 | Howell has taken up a job in Aberdeen and feels he may no longer be able to spare the time to travel back to Edinburgh each weekend . |
| 16 | On the other hand , he may no longer be capable of doing what he did before , although he could still cope with other kinds of work . |
| 17 | Preservation of the status symbol for the instructor ( who may feel that he may no longer be of service if the ultimate user becomes fully proficient in the handling of the system ) . |
| 18 | Circumstances may change , and he may no longer want the goods and services that he has ordered , or the seller may appear to be doing a poor job , and the buyer may have lost confidence in him . |
| 19 | Or he may secretly be under guard in Dracula 's castle . |
| 20 | If a boy is born ‘ breech ’ , or bottom first , for instance , he may later believe that he does things the wrong way round ; or because such births are painful for the mothers , he may decide that he hurts women . |
| 21 | He may later fight his way to the very top of the hierarchy in a series of tactically staged combats . |
| 22 | He recommended Richard Coppin [ q.v. ] as his successor and emigrated to Barbados in about 1655 , where he may later have been investigated for organizing conventicles . |
| 23 | It was held that when time for delivery is of the essence of a contract for the sale of goods ( that is , a condition ) and after the stipulated time has elapsed the buyer waives his right to cancel by pressing for delivery , converting the term into a warranty , he may later give notice setting a reasonable deadline , once again making the time for delivery a condition of the contract . |
| 24 | He may also have to fight off a takeover bid — Fininvest , the Milan-based media company controlled by Silvio Berlusconi revealed a 1 per cent holding last week . |
| 25 | THE JOKER : He may also decide to give sexy underwear that does n't actually fit , or , if he is feeling malicious , spicy chewing gum for the loud mouthed — gum that cements the lips together . |
| 26 | He may also face the prospect of long-term hardship , if he can not return to work at all . |
| 27 | He may also do complex movements for his arm , such as holding a long pole ( like a broom handle ) and moving it around and away from his body . |
| 28 | A horse may often indulge in mutual grooming with a companion horse , and he may also do this to a human he likes and trusts . |
| 29 | Confining ourselves to Vienna and the last few weeks alone , it seems he may also have been responsible for a couple of recent murders of prostitutes in the Altstadt . |
| 30 | For the purpose of seeing whether his suspicions are well-founded , he may … stop any person carrying goods which he suspects to have been stolen , he may also examine the person and detain him . |