Example sentences of "[verb] he [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whatever scrapes he 'd get you into , ’ one of them had once said , ‘ you always knew he 'd get you out . ’ |
| 2 | If permission to develop land is refused or granted subject to conditions , whether by the local planning authority or by the Secretary of State for the Environment , and the owner of the land claims that the land has become incapable of reasonably beneficial use in its existing state and can not be rendered capable of reasonably beneficial use by the carrying out of any development which has been or would be permitted he may serve on the Council , a purchase notice requiring the Council to purchase his interest in the land in accordance with the provisions of Part IX of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 . |
| 3 | He told me he was just visiting to let me know he would come for me soon , but not just yet . |
| 4 | Did he know he would die a few years later ? |
| 5 | Everyone would know he 'd become Rosa 's suitor , now that he 'd been to the house and paid a call after meeting her secretly at night . |
| 6 | ‘ And I did n't know he 'd come to the hotel to find you ! |
| 7 | With your dad yeah , yeah cos it 's now we 've got to order red paint , he did n't get any red because he did n't honestly think , well it did n't , he did n't know he 'd need it |
| 8 | ‘ But could n't he even raise a finger so we 'd know he can understand us ? ’ |
| 9 | We know , then , that he can play a little — after all , nobody has won as many tour events in a year since Bob Tway in 1986 — but we did n't know he could make an audience laugh , or that he had such an offbeat approach to the game . |
| 10 | I did n't know he could sing . ’ |
| 11 | 2 years ago Teddy Sutton did n't know he could carve ; now his work is on display at up to £300 a time . |
| 12 | He let Sarazen know he could straighten out his game for him ‘ before the bell rings ’ , caddies ' parlance for before the tournament-proper starts . |
| 13 | There was n't much Walter did n't know about machines , and what he did n't know he could learn in five minutes . |
| 14 | He knows , or if he does not know he should find out , the features or conditions of the environment he has chosen to occupy , and he should act accordingly . |
| 15 | I 'd doubt he 'd like this as outpacing fast full back would not be his strongest point . |
| 16 | Athelstan promised he would do something to help her and left quietly , the cope still round his shoulders , Crim jumping up and down in front of him all the way back to the church . |
| 17 | Athelstan promised he would do what he could and hoped to see her and her family as soon as possible . |
| 18 | And Phil promised he would make as many trips as he could to see the lads in the red and white . |
| 19 | Some bishops , notably those who owed their promotions to James ( such as Thomas Cartwright of Chester and Samuel Parker of Oxford ) , supported the Indulgence , and encouraged their clergy to deliver addresses of thanks for that part of Declaration in which James promised he would continue to protect the Church of England . |
| 20 | How alarmed you must have been to discover she was receiving secret messages from some mysterious adviser , who also promised he would arrange her escape from Godstowe ! |
| 21 | And next year 's student , or even next term 's , perhaps , depending on how quick you do it , your conversations , what you 're doing now , once they 're transcribed and put onto disk would be very interesting , because we 'll have a disk from our St Mary 's students , transcribed , because Steve promised he would get them all transcribed . |
| 22 | She told Community Care : ‘ He promised he would look after me . |
| 23 | Brian Rose was brought in for his first home Test and promised he would attack the bowling ; he was as good as his word and made 70 , but 33 from Gatting was the only other contribution as the last seven wickets went for 24 in fifty-two minutes . |
| 24 | John Selwyn Gummer , Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food When Mr Gummer took over the Ministry of Agriculture , he promised he would put the consumer first . |
| 25 | During the inquiry , Lord Romsey promised he would spend £9m on urgent restoration work on his estate , but that the income from visitors to Broadlands was insufficient to carry out the renovations . |
| 26 | ‘ Anyway , this Satanist promised he could make things fly . |
| 27 | Tony promised he 'd give it to me on my wedding day , and I wo n't let you send it back ! ’ |
| 28 | I threatened to leave , so he promised he 'd change . |
| 29 | Gerry promised he 'd take care , promised to come back to me , but … ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Ernest did n't say , but he promised he 'd look in some time soon , so you can ask him yourself . ’ |