Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] he [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Creggan was more afraid than he could ever remember , and did not know where to go and what to do . |
| 2 | But to a geologist it is about a thousand times shorter than he can ordinarily measure ! |
| 3 | It was not clear whether he would fully regain the use of his legs . |
| 4 | Restrained as he may now appear to be , his precariously balanced control might well snap as his passion mounted . |
| 5 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 6 | In its 1969 report , the Committee on the Enforcement of Judgement Debts chaired by Mr Justice Payne recommended the setting up of a Court Enforcement Office , the functions of which would include assisting the creditor to obtain from the debtor ‘ as much as he can properly afford ’ , to liquidate the debts as soon as possible and to protect the debtor against undue hardship or harassment . |
| 7 | Doyle had known Jack Stone before the bank job that had sent Stone to earth , and it was Ray Doyle , not Bodie , who Stone ‘ trusted ’ , as much as he could ever trust anyone . |
| 8 | The passing of time had eroded the picture from his mind as much as he could possibly allow it , so that now the two images were one and the same . |
| 9 | Cranmer could not become an archbishop again , but a return to scholarly life was possible if he would only sign one or two documents as a formality . |
| 10 | ‘ Sometimes when I take him to the local toddler group and watch him playing with the other children , I think it would be great if he could just feel the sand in the sandpit between his toes and know what it 's like to get his hands all messed up with play dough or paint — the things other children take for granted . ’ |
| 11 | Triangle 145 indicates the welfare losses that are experienced by individual B because he is consuming more than he would otherwise choose . |
| 12 | Before that , Rachel had simply been my younger sister ; prettier , brighter and sweeter than me , but that had never really bothered me until that moment , when I realised that Jacob obviously loved her far more than he would ever love me . |
| 13 | He was doing well , anyway , getting more patients each month , would soon have more than he could comfortably cope with . |
| 14 | More than he could possibly know , she thought wildly , staring at the alarm clock in disbelief . |
| 15 | However , he also feels that total sales are important so he would also like to maximise |
| 16 | The Captain was freer than he could ever remember being in his whole career . |
| 17 | It served to make the Finnish detective rather sharper than he might otherwise have been . |
| 18 | She would feel ridiculous because he would simply show that ironic , arrogant surprise if she panicked . |
| 19 | But if Lucy had talked about him and given out some kind of general warning , this could be as far as he 'd ever get . |
| 20 | In the north west the Parrs came into Gloucester 's circle through royal service as well as former Neville links , and gave him an influence in Westmorland greater than he might otherwise have enjoyed . |
| 21 | In the north west the Parrs came into Gloucester 's circle through royal service as well as former Neville links , and gave him an influence in Westmorland greater than he might otherwise have enjoyed . |
| 22 | The unity witnessed over the two days had been greater than he could ever have hoped for , and the remaining morning 's session of ‘ rounding up ’ would , he trusted , be rich in commitments on the part of participants concerning action each would be taking before the important international conference in Switzerland . |
| 23 | His painstakingly slow approach is necessary because he might otherwise frighten off the smaller females . |
| 24 | Later , ashamed , Two-Dogs would picket screenings of the films he had appeared in , although he admitted in private that many times as a young man he had eaten well at a movie commissary when he would otherwise have starved . |
| 25 | The disabled person would then hire-purchase or lease his motor car on terms far more advantageous than he could possibly contrive for himself , since the organisation would have the buying power to obtain cheaper cars and insurance , lower interest rates and a number of other concessions . |