Example sentences of "that he [vb mod] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And finally , brethren , let us ask the Almighty to look down upon us and our endeavours with His special favour , beseeching Him that He may send a blessing upon our daily tasks , and that in His infinite wisdom He may smite our enemies , and destroy those who would destroy us . |
| 2 | Anyway , I 'm only being friendly with Dr Rafaelo so that he 'll arrange a meeting for me with the handsome Miguelito . |
| 3 | Aggers ' biggest worry was that he might make a fool of himself bowling at Gooch after being out of the game for two years . |
| 4 | Jackie goes upstairs to phone her husband at work , so that he might make a trip to the shops before visiting hour . |
| 5 | Kurchatov visited Harwell and suggested that he might give a lecture on Soviet work into thermonuclear reactions in gas discharges . |
| 6 | MOREOVER , individual examples of bias , such as the one I detected when Paddy Ashdown was allowed to get away with the ridiculous notion that he might do a deal with John Major just as easily as with Neil Kinnock , need to be balanced against the election coverage as a whole . |
| 7 | President Gorbachev 's special envoy Yevgeny Primakov visited Iraq twice in October , but suggestions that he might elicit a change in the Iraqi stance proved unfounded . |
| 8 | He is a natural actor and I thought that he might have a part in the play . |
| 9 | Macaulay was attributing rather too much blame to Frederick II of Prussia when he wrote ‘ in order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend , black men fought on the coast of Coromandel , and red men scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America . ’ |
| 10 | As his series of meetings progressed , some at Chartwell , some in London , there was even fear on the part of Jones and Davidson that he might get a settlement in the absence of the Prime Minister and thus damage Baldwin 's position . |
| 11 | Emerging in his mind was the thought that he might become a writer . |
| 12 | He finds his run unenjoyable and frustrating , not to mention worrying because of the increasing risk that he might receive a knee injury , or worse . |
| 13 | It was possible for a person to be given a legacy on the understanding that he would manumit a slave . |
| 14 | I suppose he had forgotten that when Bill Jordan , president of the engineering workers ' union , asked him during the 1987 election campaign to announce then that he would hold a referendum on unilateralism after the election , he declined and replied that people would come round to it once they understood . |
| 15 | Lightheartedly , the Earl agreed and said that he would hold a Tournament . |
| 16 | Arran announced that he would prefer a Bill of this nature to be introduced in the Commons , but that he would keep his Bill going in the Lords until an MP could be found to sponsor an equivalent measure in the other House . |
| 17 | NEW YORK ( Reuter ) — El Salvador 's President , Alfredo Cristiani , announced in a speech to the UN that he would make a proposal for a ceasefire in his country 's 10-year-old civil war at a meeting with FMLN rebels in two weeks ' time . |
| 18 | Gentle replied that he would make a Gauguin so fine the artist himself would have wept to see it . |
| 19 | On Feb. 18 JKLF commander-in-chief Javed Ahmed Mir announced that he would lead a column from the Indian side of the border to link up with the marchers from Azad Kashmir . |
| 20 | The Interior Minister , Gen. Victor Malca Villanueva announced on July 12 that he would present a proposal to the Congress on July 15 for the " total restructuring of the national police force " owing to " enormous corruption within its ranks " . |
| 21 | Later , Koffigoh appeared on national television , saying that he had surrendered to avoid further bloodshed and announcing that he would form a government of national unity . |
| 22 | He said that there would be no time for a statement on the valleys initiative during Question Time and that he would place a copy of his speech in the Commons Library . |
| 23 | Is the right hon. Gentleman saying that he would give a commitment on any terms less than those that we are prepared to give ? |
| 24 | Harold Wilson , the prime minister , had stated earlier in the day that he would give a television broadcast to the nation at 10.15 p.m. in the evening . |
| 25 | The Tanguts were northern enemies of the Han , and T'sao , the Han Chief of Staff , had pardoned a condemned man on the understanding that he would swallow a ball of wax , dress up as a monk and enter the kingdom of the Tanguts . |
| 26 | He flattered himself that he would discover a twin soul in the famous Rifleman . |
| 27 | The member of parliament saw in this ambition an opportunity to strengthen his own interest in the burgh by detaching the schoolmaster 's brother-in-law , the bailie , from the opposition party in the council , for the bailie was at that moment firmly attached to that faction by a promise from Dempster 's rival that he would procure a kirk for the bailie 's son . |
| 28 | Luckily he had some friends at the University and it was arranged that he would open a shop there and become ‘ Mathematical Instrument Maker to the University ’ . |
| 29 | Ebullient , and with a broad grin , Williams early sensed his own powers — at sixteen he told a friend that he would have a fellowship of the University of Wales , an 1851 exhibition , a D.Sc. , and an FRS by his middle thirties . |
| 30 | Nails had hoped Biddy would have foregone her offer to meet him out of school the next day , or at least be late so that he would have a chance of escaping her clutches , but when he came out she was there outside the gate on her motor-bike , and there was no escaping . |