Example sentences of "that he [modal v] put " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does not the right hon. Gentleman believe that that is too high a price to ask the people of Britain to pay in order that he may put the divisions of the Conservative party before this country 's long-term prosperity ? |
| 2 | He began to note down suitable thoughts and epigrams on pieces of office copy-paper , not really with the intention of learning them off by heart , but with the idea that he might put them in his jacket pocket and touch them from time to time during the programme to give himself reassurance , knowing that if the worst really came to the worst he could take them out and refresh his memory . |
| 3 | She 'd intended to tell him she wanted to open the safety-deposit box , but it occurred to her that he might put obstacles in her way . |
| 4 | ‘ I bet Behra that he would put the car on pole at Monaco in 1958 , ’ says Rudd , ‘ and he did . |
| 5 | Although in his heart he knew that the war was unwinnable , he determined that he would put off the end for as long as possible . |
| 6 | He said , last year , that he would put together an administration that would include both Republicans and supporters of Ross Perot , the billionaire populist from Texas . |
| 7 | Needing to borrow £50,000 million this year , Mr Lamont had to promise his creditors that he would put his accounts in order as soon as possible . |
| 8 | At the end of the Second World War , James Clavell says , he swore that he would put a brick through the window of the first Japanese Embassy to be opened in London . |
| 9 | A father explained to me that he would put one of his three sons through primary and secondary education . |
| 10 | In the early stages of ’ Options for Change ’ the Secretary of State said that he would put more resources and emphasis on the development and re-equipping of the reserve forces . |
| 11 | Lewis felt that he must put all his talents to the service of God . |
| 12 | McHale has been told that he must put together a side capable of reaching at least the play-offs next season . |
| 13 | He landed eventually at Stabiae ( near the present Castellammare ) , where things were still fairly tolerable , and there he encountered a friend of his , one Pomponianus , who was making frantic preparations to escape , loading his possessions on to ships and fretting for a favourable wind so that he could put to sea . |
| 14 | He used to sleep in the church during air raids so that he could put out the fire bombs . |
| 15 | Gould found that he could put those skills to work via the Labour Party — ‘ If the metal shop at school was hell on earth , distributing leaflets and canvassing was heaven , ’ he says . |
| 16 | Just after teatime the owner came to the rails and called out to Maurice to send a dinghy so that he could put a party ashore . |
| 17 | We met with the head ski instructor first and he made us all ski down the slope individually so that he could put us into different groups . |
| 18 | He had , apparently , seen the Texan making an unwanted play for her and he 'd come to her rescue so that he could put her in his debt for a future evening . |
| 19 | Miguel was sitting at his desk , and he reached over and pulled Shelley towards him , so that he could put his arm round her waist . |
| 20 | He 'd forgotten about the booklet that he put forward on building regulations , the forward that he 'd put forward , so what he was asking to do was already Council policy that he initiated but forgot about . |
| 21 | That he 'd put on weight . |
| 22 | I hope that he will put forward this essential consideration in his various roles . |
| 23 | I have said that I think that he might and they have all said that of course he will not ; he dare not , they say , there is no way that he will put up interest rates this side of the general election . |
| 24 | He only came to the Sahara to get a sun-tan and lose weight , so that he can put on his dark glasses and show himself off in the bars back home . ’ |