Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a firm enters into speculative trades for a customer it would be well advised to document any evidence that the customer has the financial ability to absorb any losses which he may incur without undue detriment to his standard of living . |
| 2 | It would appear that he can do so , since section 14(1) provides that he may impose without apparent qualification limits on ‘ the maximum number of persons who may constitute it . ’ |
| 3 | If he ca n't afford a Solicitor and he feels he ought to be represented by a Solicitor , he may apply for Legal Aid , and of course it 's public money concerned so I suppose in an ideal society everybody would be legally assisted who wanted to be , but obviously we ca n't afford that as a country , so that erm generally erm his application would be judged according to certain criteria erm which would suggest perhaps he needed to be represented . |
| 4 | In addition , he insists that he should listen to clerical advice , even though the new ruler was as yet a pagan , as his father had been . |
| 5 | His voice was quiet , matter-of-fact and kind , and his eyes smiled at her with interest and curiosity , she thought , beyond the mere charm he must use by native grace upon all who came near him and were weaker than he . |
| 6 | In addition , one citizen can not benefit from the successful formal objection of another citizen ; he must object in due time himself . |
| 7 | ‘ He 'll drown at high tide , ’ said Marie . |
| 8 | Fry , dismissed by the 20-stone ticket-broker for the third time yesterday , wo n't be kissing and making up this time … he 'll sue for wrongful dismissal . |
| 9 | On May 5 Mujjaddedi , who had already indicated that he might remain as interim president for longer than the specified two months , appointed a Cabinet ( most members in an acting capacity ) in a move regarded by some commentators as a violation of the Peshawar Accord . |
| 10 | Lloyd George perhaps entertained similar doubts , for his first reactions were to suggest that he should resign too , and to ask if he might speak to Bonar Law 's doctor . |
| 11 | In addition , despite a disarmingly pleasant manner , Reagan was widely considered to harbour views that placed him outside the mainstream of American politics ; there was a possibility that he might tamper with social security or lead his country into war . |
| 12 | For a big man , he could move with surprising speed when he wanted to . |
| 13 | All his friends noticed that no matter how drunk he was , his hand remained steady and he could draw with astonishing skill and sensitivity . |
| 14 | It was the best he could do at short notice . |
| 15 | The other way in which he could compensate for unfavourable power relations was through effective public relations . |
| 16 | For an officer in Northern Nigeria to complain that his emir refused to take his advice was to put his career at the gravest possible risk ; he could expect in due course to be moved to ‘ easier work ’ — in other words , to administrative oblivion . |
| 17 | … a boy or youth who is induced by means of gifts whether in money or in kind to participate in homosexual behaviour as a source of easy money or as a means of enjoying material comforts or other pleasures beyond those which he could expect by decent behaviour , and we have encountered cases where this has happened . |
| 18 | The artist who painted in the eyes gave power to the image but was in turn filled with dangerous emanations which had to be washed off before he could return to ordinary life . |
| 19 | He was proud of the fact that he could switch from serious drama to the comedy of radio and the ‘ Carry On ’ film . |
| 20 | He could vanish into thin air . |
| 21 | Leo would be coming back to New York now to work in a hospital where he could specialize in tropical medicine . |
| 22 | The ground floor windows were low enough to look in and he could see into the-little office , which was empty . |
| 23 | Would Sir Alexander Ramsay , of his goodness and in his leal duty to the King 's Grace and his Regent , come to Lochmaben Castle in Annandale at his earliest convenience , bringing with him such armed and horsed supporters as he could raise at short notice ? |
| 24 | He knew he could survive without ill effect for a week or more without food but he sensed he was weakening . |
| 25 | The guy was talking to Pete , he thought he could , he develop , he could develop for coarse fishing |
| 26 | Some early critics of Wordsworth 's ‘ simple ’ style thought that he was stupid and incompetent ; but we have already seen that he could write with due regard to eighteenth-century decorum . |
| 27 | Even the loss of Conway castle in his absence , a ridiculous incident enough , and costly , he could turn to appreciative laughter , and never grudge that the laughter , at second-hand if not directly , was against himself . |
| 28 | And , he used to lean over bloody fence while she were digging garden and she were pregnant . |
| 29 | It was a huge risk , each time he unscrewed the base of the walking stick , took out the rifle microphone , plugged it to the small receiver that by day nestled in the back of his music centre , put on the headphones which on most days he used to listen to classical music . |
| 30 | He used to listen to American Football on the American Forces Network and was so enthused with it that he wrote to the American Embassy , who invited him to visit them for the day . |