Example sentences of "[vb pp] he [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | With the funding John Makepeace has attracted he should have no difficulty finding the students . |
| 3 | Jaguar insiders say the company bosses — all 14 of them — are so enthusiastic about the car that every one of them has claimed he 'd spend his own money to buy one if it goes into production . |
| 4 | She 'd forgotten he 'd come here ahead of them . |
| 5 | A couple more feet and even if the toe had caught he would have gone over backwards . |
| 6 | There is no doubt if he had ever been caught he would have hanged , ’ said Mr Stephenson , who left the police as an inspector in 1977 . |
| 7 | If there were difficult legal points to be resolved he would get legal aid . |
| 8 | She 'd half expected he would want to make love with her again , had felt her own body liquefy with musky desire for him . |
| 9 | Stephen had rather expected he would do that . |
| 10 | Doctor Sloan of Ayr who conducted a post mortem examination on John was approached later by a group of old miners with the question , The doctor confessed that he had not paid particular attention to the man 's feet , whereat the miners went off with knowing expressions on their faces ; superstition had convinced them that if the doctor had looked he would have seen cloven hoofs , proving that the devil had appeared in the guise of John Brown for some evil purpose of his own . |
| 11 | Is the Secretary of State required to tell the prisoner what period the judiciary have recommended he should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence ? 5 . |
| 12 | The Secretary of State may only exercise his power under section 61(1) of the Act of 1967 to release on licence a prisoner serving a life sentence if : ( a ) the Parole Board has recommended he should do so ; and ( b ) he has consulted with the Lord Chief Justice and the trial judge if available . |
| 13 | He was very tempted to hurry developments along in that area , but with things as they were he decided he ought to play it very carefully . |
| 14 | The bright young theatrical crowd ( including Gerald , who had decided he would go after all ) piled into Bernard Walton 's Bentley , leaving Charles and Joanne on the pavement outside the house . |
| 15 | Busacher , after careful thought , had decided he would conduct the orchestra himself this evening . |
| 16 | Now once again we know about this because Edward Heath was given another job , just about nine months later , the king had decided he would summon a parliament in Oxford erm and in January '44 it was due to meet , but where were the members who were going to come into Oxford to stay . |
| 17 | The young lad had also been battered unmercifully many a time and on that particular night he had decided he would put an end to the violence by teaching his drunken father a lesson he would never forget . |
| 18 | The landlord had obviously decided he could make a lot of money out of this rehearsal room lark . |
| 19 | As he prided himself on his fair and honest trading , and the high standards which he always maintained except in extenuating circumstances , the ginger-haired totter had decided he should do the right thing by her . |
| 20 | It had been decided he should go to hospital for a checkup and during the journey he had felt a little shaky . |
| 21 | He arranged bridging-loans and a mortgage to make up the price of the tall house with the basement into which she had decided he should move as a lodger , abandoning his awful little bed-sit in Chepstow Road . |
| 22 | I know her well , and how brave she is , and by God , for whatever he may have done he shall pay , and pay again . |
| 23 | He was a bully , he flew into rages , but to do what Albert believed he had done he would have to be wicked , and Carrie did n't think he was that . |
| 24 | But then Mr. Lennis was brought in , he kept saying that all our ways were old-fashioned , and when he wanted something done he could get round Mr. Andrew by going straight to Mr. Ingard . |
| 25 | They 've had er enormous difficulties and er the honourable gentleman will er know that the South Wales police authority committee , its officers and its Chief Constable have er visited parliament er to put their case to members representing the South Wales police authority area and indeed to er Earl Ferrers the minister er responsible for the police and they certainly have n't had any er criticism made of them by his own government and if er he believes that there is a criticism I would suggest that he takes a leaf out of the book of his er , his right honourable friend the Secretary of State and refers the matter so that it can be properly audited and er I think the honourable gentleman knows that when that is done he will see that there is no blame attached whatsoever to the members or the officers of the police authority . |
| 26 | And er then there was a , a fella named he used to keep the sweet shop and it was a , a sort of a high-class sweets like , you know . |
| 27 | It was generally felt he would have won at St Andrews after his 29 for the first nine in the first round if he had n't had part of the round washed out and had to continue the next day . |
| 28 | He knew that he was accused of indecisiveness and vacillation ( that is what Hamlet means to Italians ) and seems to have felt he may have broken his lance on windmills ( that is what Don Quixote means ) . |
| 29 | He had felt he should ask Nahum to stay at Fern Cottage with him , but was relieved when Christian insisted that the gipsy leader 's son stay at Handley Farm for the remainder of his time in Swinbrook . |
| 30 | ‘ He is not badly injured he can walk but obviously , as with all back problems , it hurts a good deal . ’ |