Example sentences of "[subord] he [modal v] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If papal provisions worked in some instances under John XXII to the disadvantage of the king , the pope endeavoured where he could to satisfy the king 's wishes , so that at the end of the reign far more bishoprics were occupied by civil servants than in 1307 . |
| 2 | Rot on the vine ’ ) , its heedlessness ( ‘ with careless hand ’ ) , and its enervation ( its land is ‘ tired ’ , its conquest of that terrain ‘ unmanned ’ ) — that he would like if he could to unravel the threads of history , and become again a citizen of that Old World which his ancestors should never have left . |
| 3 | He come up the hospital , I was up in intensive care unit and me dad came round about half past ten at night and in he walked , he came straight down from Filey to see him , cos he used to think a lot of dad you see and dad did him years ago , he used to say he was more of a son than me own but then he brought her to the funeral , they would n't speak to me , would n't entertain me at all , I nearly fainted when I saw little one , she 's tall and thin |
| 4 | So that meant that he was he could n't sort of do a heavy heavy work so he just used to do odd job things you know , he 'd sell horse and carts and er he 'd go down to the pier when he used to do the fishing boats , he used to come in and he 'd buy a box of fish from them and go round the streets selling them you know . |
| 5 | He explained that when he used to play the Ravel Trio with his family , they would often remark on the fullness of texture ( particularly in the piano part ) which almost cried out for orchestral treatment . |
| 6 | And Phil promised he would make as many trips as he could to see the lads in the red and white . |
| 7 | So Noah ran through the streets as quickly as he could to fetch the beadle . |