Example sentences of "[vb past] he [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While they had not asked for permission to enter his lands and claimed they were not in a position to pay for the disturbance , they promised he would be well looked after if the find was as good as appeared . |
| 2 | But after a while he began to accept that what I told him must be true . |
| 3 | It seems Cantona believed he would be a permanent fixture in the side this season after his supporting role helped inspire Leeds to the Championship during the last campaign . |
| 4 | He believed he would be able to unfasten the screw turn . |
| 5 | He still had relatives in Newcastle , but had been unable to visit them because he believed he would be arrested . |
| 6 | Hodge and those around him believed Syngman Rhee should be encouraged and believed he could be controlled ; they were later to regret having aided Rhee 's ambitions to the extent that they had done when they found themselves exposed to Rhee 's mordant censure . |
| 7 | And to aid his cause Ferguson is close to boosting his already substantial cash kitty by £800,000 with the sale of Neil Webb back to Nottingham Forest poised He could be followed out of Old Trafford by other top internationals , because Ferguson is also ready to offer Wednesday players plus cash for 24-year-old Hirst . |
| 8 | In all the antics to which our honourable member would resort to secure the publicity and the popularity needed under the STV to get himself re-elected he would be contributing to the personalization and the trivialization of politics of which the eighties saw the deplorable example set in high places . |
| 9 | Just when it seemed he would be evicted by his collection , the flat immediately above became available , so he took it and started collecting all over again . |
| 10 | I wondered whether he preferred the sexual experiences I imagined he must be having with all sorts of men to the one we shared . |
| 11 | No denying the boy was dutiful and punctilious in all things , however opinionated he might be . |
| 12 | Mrs Cutforth had been the wife of one of their most devout followers and they were not going to approve a marriage to this worldlywise womaniser and scoundrel , however financially well endowed he might be . |
| 13 | If not , the defendant driver can be seen later and told he will be reported . |
| 14 | If at any time after a person has been charged with or informed he may be prosecuted for an offence a police officer wishes to bring to the notice of that person any written statement made by another person or the content of an interview with another person , he shall hand to that person a true copy of any such written statement or bring to his attention the content of the interview record , but shall say or do nothing to invite any reply or comment save to caution him in the terms of paragraph 10.4 above . |
| 15 | But the 33-year-old former champion vowed he would be back for another crack at the title in Flushing Meadow , New York . |
| 16 | But he confirmed he would be asked to clarify what his remarks were intended to mean . |
| 17 | The SDLP leader was not in touch with practical reality , nor was he someone who showed he could be negotiated with . |
| 18 | He also declared he would be taking a two- month break from the game , as has Ian Woosnam . |
| 19 | The man 's family claimed he could be identified from details given by Mr Pink . |
| 20 | The infant , which was incidentally precisely what we predicted he would be in physical makeup , sex , coloring , and so on , was born here seven days ago . |
| 21 | Unless their captor had a secret supply of them , Peter reckoned he would be out of smokes before they moved . |
| 22 | This would almost make it only eligible for a speculative developer who reckoned he might be able to pull the right political strings to get the site suitably rezoned for a later sell-on . |
| 23 | Without a shirt the Frenchman 's body looked lean and hard , and she guessed he must be a man of her own age . |
| 24 | By the time she returned he would be gone . |
| 25 | And best of all the pictures that flew through her mind so happily as she jolted onwards was Michael Swinton 's gratitude and delight , how touched he would be that she had thought of him , how she would seem to him like some sort of Christmas spirit , glittering in a thousand jewels , her arms laden with bounty … |
| 26 | Mr Dienstbier said the new Prime Minister , Mr Marian Calfa , did not yet appear to be a ‘ strong and flexible politician ’ , and indicated he would be acceptable in the post only on condition that President Gustav Husak step down , to be replaced by a non-Communist head of state . |
| 27 | Pieper , who declined to identify his potential partners , indicated he would be dealing with Europe on a country-by-country basis . |
| 28 | He prayed he might be forgiven whatever deficiency in him had contributed to her waywardness . |
| 29 | Parents of Briton Simon Petri , 23 , prayed he 'd be found . |
| 30 | Yes , he might be a useful contact but somehow she sensed he might be more trouble than he was worth . |