Example sentences of "[noun] that [modal v] [verb] he " in BNC.

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1 Good afternoon , Celtic say that Lou Macari is expected in Scotland tomorrow to finalise the deal that will confirm him as their new manager .
2 MR BOB Reid , head of Shell UK , yesterday agreed to take over the chairmanship of British Rail under a deal that will bring him £2 million over five years .
3 The 38-year-old player-manager has accepted a deal that will keep him at Hillsborough for the next three-and-a-half years .
4 Just now he 's working on a deal that could give him a big say in the life of a lady who 'll ‘ definitely ’ be in the Top Ten within weeks .
5 Sec. should rather arrange for a pattern of feedback that will keep him continuously informed of actions taken .
6 The big broker even asked me , as I left his office , if I could recommend someone to design a programme that would let him keep track of his client 's accounts as he traded .
7 What kind of child would n't whine until he got a pair of $150 trainers that will let him play basketball — and look — like Michael Jordan ?
8 The clamour of her heartbeat filled the silence between them , as she struggled to find the words that would send him away forever .
9 She felt that her heart would burst with the ache of love , and searched in her mind for words that would bind him to her and bring him back .
10 As he 'd hobbled back through the sleet a tiny part of him had hoped her gratitude would include an embrace , or at least a few words that would let him know she felt something for him .
11 Sometimes , before he drank the fourth or fifth glass of Côtes-du-Rhone that would incapacitate him , he thought with guilt of the Flanders fields , with impotence of the forests where wolves ranged , — with the sense of temptation , secret delight , and energy welling up from unknown sources of Gauguin 's cold bluster , of Vincent 's two voices .
12 The burgesses of the ‘ husband town ’ allocated such divisions on behalf of the Crown , the arable land being measured to assess its user 's liability for military service : a ‘ husbandland ’ was the area of ploughland sufficient to provide a man with a living that could afford him a horse and harness when called on in a Border emergency .
13 For his own good she frequently reminded him of the horrors and deprivations that would befall him there .
14 He could not think of a single convincing excuse that would get him out of the house .
15 And while Clough misses out again , it is understood that Blanc has a contract that will take him to French drama club Marseille in the summer .
16 Frank McAvennie , meanwhile , will today give his answer to the offer of a contract that will take him up to the end of the season and with the promise of a more substantial agreement if his progress is satisfactory .
17 The caution takes Mohan to 21 points and a one-match ban that will rule him out of the home game against Barnsley .
18 Gary Stevens , whose non-appearance was announced on Monday , is to enter hospital tomorrow for an operation on his damaged left foot that will keep him out for the rest of the season .
19 Then he turned , and with a little gesture of farewell crossed the highway and headed back towards Lima , a small , shambling figure glancing back every now and then in search of a truck that would give him a lift .
20 Anger and impulse do n't seem to be a part of his make-up : when he parodies the swaggering Hotspur , we can already see the fastidious distaste for self-dramatisation that will make him disown Falstaff , just as , when he imitates his father , we can see the strength this quiet man derives from the stately deliberation of majesty .
21 Prom there he was to work up his cover as a rubber man and make the contacts that would get him into Germany .
22 It 's WBO super-middleweight champion Eubank 's ninth world title fight in just 22 months — and there 's to be no let-up in his quest to earn the money that can give him retirement in the next year .
23 He enters me as fortress , I can only thank him from my battlements ; I am the pearl the knight must capture to win heaven and the drug that will detain him from his quest .
24 Masklin was a blur , dodging and weaving between feet that could flatten him .
25 ‘ There 's someone in the village that 'll shoot him . ’
26 With the white pieces , he seemed intent on avoiding any continuation that might give him an advantage , playing into total equality , then drifting into an inferior position and time-trouble .
27 He drove a wide circle out of the car park towards the slip-road that would take him back to the dual carriageway .
28 He longed to do some real work that would give him some satisfaction at the end of a day , yet there seemed to be nothing for him to do .
29 Stevenson was deliberately seeking a plot that would allow him to explore an aspect of human psychology .
30 He was wearing the unobtrusive shabby clothes with soft shoes that would allow him to plod round the streets without being noticed .
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