Example sentences of "[vb past] he [modal v] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He believed he could outmanoeuvre and trap the English King ; he too had his spy at Godstowe to keep an eye on Corbett . |
| 2 | Two years ago few people thought he could cajole the island 's two separate tribes — sprung from Protestant planters on the one side and Catholic Gaels on the other — into meeting at all . |
| 3 | Did he will failure on himself for the sake of his solitude ? |
| 4 | There was no Madame Eglantine , only a garrulous old man who chattered like a magpie , took the package and said he would hand it over to the lady next time she visited the place . |
| 5 | when he went in mum started crying she said Lyn he ai n't coming back he ai n't coming back I said he might mum , he 's just might so anyway that was , at one o'clock he went down , quarter past five , ring , we kept saying can you ring and see if , and they rung said be out the operating theatre to tell us how far they 'd got and what was happening , he 's had four units of blood |