Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] he [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But an object contemplated for its beauty alone spontaneously attracts the spectator and rouses him to expand and intensify his awareness of it ; and however much or little trust he may put in the formulation of aesthetic standards , he evaluates it by his reaction at the unsustainable height of concentration when he is responding to all his information at once . |
| 2 | Stephen had rather expected he would do that . |
| 3 | Ace suddenly realized he might have taken other damage . |
| 4 | He only thinks he can beat you . ’ |
| 5 | The landlord had obviously decided he could make a lot of money out of this rehearsal room lark . |
| 6 | During a match when a player goes down injured he must make the same decision but this time in the thick of the action with the crowd chanting and the referee looking at his watch . |
| 7 | And to suddenly decide he 'll come with us … ’ |
| 8 | Hoomey set off up the hill , half running , so relieved he could have cried . |
| 9 | She could only hope he 'd do the same . |
| 10 | ‘ ( 1 ) Where the seller delivers to the buyer a quantity of goods less than he contracted to sell , the buyer may reject them , but if the buyer accepts the goods so delivered he must pay for them at the contract rate . |
| 11 | ( 3 ) Where the seller delivers to the buyer a quantity of goods larger than he contracted to sell and the buyer accepts the whole of the goods so delivered he must pay for them at the contract rate . |
| 12 | " In so doing he shall give consideration to the interests of employees and the travelling public " . |
| 13 | In so doing he may have had access to local traditions . |
| 14 | In so doing he may come as near as he can ever hope to an understanding of war as people of the late Middle Ages knew it , no easy task even in the most favourable conditions , but one which can not be attempted with any hope of success without a proper appreciation of the many threads which make up history . |
| 15 | Hardy firmly believed that it was his duty to face up to the unpleasant aspects of life , if by so doing he could show sympathy with his fellow man and , perhaps , after all , offer hope for improvement in the future . |
| 16 | It would only mean he might let her down again , and that would be asking for it . |
| 17 | ‘ Rohan obviously felt he could make plans for his own future , at last . |
| 18 | A trawler-owning ancestor of mine bought the island , apparently convinced he could make a go of farming in a place surround by his beloved sea . ’ |
| 19 | Inside her she had felt a little sense of triumph begin to grow as they rode side by side through the cool bright jungle glades ; sometimes she had allowed her horse to drift towards his on the narrow trail , perhaps hoping he might give voice to the passion his expression had seemed to promise at the palais . |
| 20 | ‘ He only said he 'd buy me a Pepsi . |
| 21 | On Tommy Docherty : ‘ I only wish he 'd run off with my wife . ’ |
| 22 | He only wished he could grow taller and tougher and learn not to twitch and stammer with nervousness , that he could stop biting his nails and scratching his head so that his father would no longer hate him . |
| 23 | GRAHAM TAYLOR now not only believes he will take England to the World Cup finals but that the draw against Brazil shows what might be possible when they get there . |
| 24 | He had n't been thinking anything of the sort and last night he had only suggested he could settle her business for her with a phone call to the manager , whom he knew well , because he wanted to take her out today instead of waiting outside hotels for her . |
| 25 | ‘ He is not badly injured he can walk but obviously , as with all back problems , it hurts a good deal . ’ |
| 26 | But Dickie Arbiter , his spokesman , said : ‘ He is not badly injured he can walk but obviously as with all back problems it hurts a good deal . ’ |
| 27 | But Riven did not think he would sleep again that night . |
| 28 | She did not think he would like to hear from her , or possibly even to think about her . |
| 29 | I did not think He would mind this , especially if I made the whole thing into a sort of combined barby stroke burnt sacrifice . |
| 30 | With regard to Simon , I do not think he would have a parallel . |