Example sentences of "[vb past] he [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Athelstan promised he would do what he could and hoped to see her and her family as soon as possible . |
| 3 | And Phil promised he would make as many trips as he could to see the lads in the red and white . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She told Community Care : ‘ He promised he would look after me . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ Anyway , this Satanist promised he could make things fly . |
| 12 | Tony promised he 'd give it to me on my wedding day , and I wo n't let you send it back ! ’ |
| 13 | I threatened to leave , so he promised he 'd change . |
| 14 | Gerry promised he 'd take care , promised to come back to me , but … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Ernest did n't say , but he promised he 'd look in some time soon , so you can ask him yourself . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ And Ivor promised he 'd come tonight . ’ |
| 17 | She maintained he should have got the chance to give the facts of ‘ the very complicated case ’ from his own point of view . |
| 18 | Hitch maintained he could stop buses with his head ( and frequently did ) . |
| 19 | BOWLER Vic Macey joked he 'd break a pal 's leg if he hit him for four at a Paignton cricket match — then DID accidentally after the game . |
| 20 | He understood that Gandhi 's challenge was not primarily to his sanctity but to his power , and once he saw on what ground he might meet his antagonist he , like Gandhi , but with more evident calculation , unhesitatingly employed that sanctity in the service of power . |
| 21 | But sixteen days later , on 18 February 1756 , Miller quickly wrote to apologise for giving the wrong name of the ship by which he had sent seeds , roses and cedar cones , and also to thank Bartram for his letter of 9 December in which he mentioned he would like the Norway Maple . |
| 22 | But she doubted he would offer either . |
| 23 | Apart from anything else , she wanted to recompense him in some way , although she doubted he would accept a reward . |
| 24 | Whitlock doubted he would have another gun but he still approached the warehouse with professional caution . |
| 25 | Also , among other languages , he spoke Romanian — although Tweed doubted he 'd let anyone in Bucharest know that . |
| 26 | Benson declared his availability for this year 's Ireland matches and the Irish selectors deemed he should play for Munster , the weakest of the six inter-pro teams . |
| 27 | Sweat had stained his shirt and as Doyle approached he could smell the effort on the man 's body . |
| 28 | Greatrakes , however , found he could cure advanced scrofula , and soon extended his treatment to dropsy , ague , rheumatism and many other ailments . |
| 29 | He found he could dowse the ‘ charge ’ in a stone , the wavelength being in the radio section of the electromagnetic spectrum , that this became fixed by electromagnetism , and that the germination of plants could be affected if they are on one of the ‘ charge lines ’ . |
| 30 | Bradl also found he could cope with pressure last season . |