Example sentences of "[conj] he [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martin Woodcock 's paintings of all known cotingas are generously proportioned and The Cotingas is an inspiration to any adventurous ornithologist looking for areas of study where he might still contribute to science by straightforward observation . |
| 2 | He recommended Richard Coppin [ q.v. ] as his successor and emigrated to Barbados in about 1655 , where he may later have been investigated for organizing conventicles . |
| 3 | My maximum bet had given away my hand and forced Judas to go one way where he would otherwise have certainly gone both . |
| 4 | Glancing to his left , he wondered why the Bogeyman chose to live in a room on the first-floor landing instead of making his lair in the cellar , where he would surely feel more at home . |
| 5 | Does he want to live where he would always be seen as a stranger ? |
| 6 | And there 's nowhere he 'd rather be than back in his native Enniskillen — where he can unashamedly lead life at a crawling pace . |
| 7 | But perhaps Tod Friendly has need of the city , where he can always move among others , where he is never considered singly . |
| 8 | There were two large exercise courts in the house , where he could either practise alone or with others , depending on his schedule for forthcoming performances . |
| 9 | In April this year , he was grabbed by Banda 's goons , thrown into a cell without a window , where he could barely stand up , and ( much later ) charged with sedition . |
| 10 | Some younger son from among Leicester 's tenants , placed by a dutiful father where he could readily get advancement . |
| 11 | We say that he has done enough damage in bringing about the birth of this child , in giving him a father who does not know he is his father , a mother who is so ice-cold a scientist that she willingly abandons her own child to the researcher in the laboratory , where he will inevitably be regarded in the same light as any other laboratory animal . |
| 12 | For Tormey one of the ‘ purest ’ instances of representational behaviour is that of an actor who rages on stage as Lear but who could not possibly be expressing his own rage or he would never complete the performance . |
| 13 | Or he would perhaps modify it . |
| 14 | Or he may secretly be under guard in Dracula 's castle . |
| 15 | Either Frederick became ill because of their privations , or he may already have been suffering from pneumonia , which was worsened by the hard journey . |
| 16 | The patient might manage to cut up his own food with a combined knife and fork , or he may even learn to cut his food with one hand , alternating cutting and eating using a normal knife and fork . |
| 17 | Or he may simply be taking a highly speculative position . |
| 18 | The person who acts like a chicken or conducts an orchestra for the stage hypnotist may be play acting , or he may genuinely feel that it is the hypnotist , not himself , who is taking responsibility for his actions . |
| 19 | He says that the squeeze on his income under a Labour government may mean that his wife would have to look for work , or he may seriously consider taking his skills abroad . |
| 20 | Durfey may have written the lyrics himself , adding a coded signature to cock a snook at his detractors ( ‘ The Town may da-da-da-m me as a poet , but they sing my songs for all that ’ ) ; or he may conceivably have acted the part himself , for money he appeared to need , and plenty of laughs backstage . |
| 21 | I think he just wants to keep putting it off ; he might be frightened of me gaining too much independence , or he might simply be scared that I 'll kill myself the way a lot of youths seem to when they get a bike . |
| 22 | It is very important for the horse to be comfortable in his mouth or he will soon seek evasions of the bit . |
| 23 | ‘ He knows about our flight to Chernay or he will soon . |
| 24 | If anyone in the SSD can shed any light on the matter , or better still on the origins of the letter , she or he will immediately be nominated reader of the week , be the envy of all and sundry , and receive a special prize . |
| 25 | Whether the head is a governor or not , she or he will almost certainly have worked more closely with governors than any other school employee has . |
| 26 | Show him who is boss , or he will undoubtedly show you . |
| 27 | Secondly it had demonstrated that the clergy were well nigh powerless against royal tax demands : if they would not make a grant , the king could outlaw them and raise the money by fines , or he could simply seize their temporalities . |
| 28 | He could fly around , measuring the pheromonal concentrations , and then orient in the direction where the concentration increased ; or he could simply turn upwind . |
| 29 | ‘ Or he could just have wished to have an excuse for placing men near the chateau to keep us under closer observation . |
| 30 | Or he could even be faced with the prospect of calling about individual applications or even heaven forbid , the structure plan itself . |