Example sentences of "[noun] he [modal v] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Said that in future he 'd be obliged if I kept careful note of when Mr Meredith took out a horse . |
| 2 | Soering applied to the European Commission of Human Rights on the grounds that there was a serious likelihood that if he were extradited to the United States he would be executed . |
| 3 | Under the gloomy strip lighting of a police interrogation cell he might be stripped of his self-possession , and confess . |
| 4 | During debates on gravel extraction he could be seen flicking through its pages . |
| 5 | During debates on gravel extraction he could be seen flicking through its pages . |
| 6 | An " accommodated " child is not in care and as a general rule he may be removed at any time without prior notice . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's right to hand him back to the government of the country to which he belongs in the expectation that he will be properly treated and if he has committed a war crime he would be tried accordingly , ’ Lord Aldington replied . |
| 8 | This Saturday he 'll be joined by former Gloucester captain Mike Hamlin , who 's playing his first First team match for his new club . |
| 9 | She could not bear to watch him bathed for fear he might be dropped . |
| 10 | As part of the deal he may be forced to sell assets worth $2 billion within the next three years . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , I have ; but when he confronts Richard he will be told that he could be taken to court ; he 's been at me for years . |
| 12 | Pardoning them in return for a fine of £18,840 , he initially demanded that in the prologue to the official grant of pardon he should be styled ‘ sole protector and supreme head of the English Church and clergy ’ . |
| 13 | Once accepted by the employee he will be discharged forthwith from any contractual duties including compliance with the restraint of trade clause ( see General Billposting v Atkinson [ 1909 ] AC 118 ) . |
| 14 | As co-ordinator of the council 's work he will be brought daily into contact with the council 's officers to whom he should become guide , counsellor and friend . |
| 15 | At his little desk by the window he would be tolerated as long as nobody important came in , but when Riddle 's visitor wanted to discuss real business it would be , ‘ If you do n't mind , Matthew … ’ and Matthew would have to go . |
| 16 | Secondly , the court may order him to forfeit his office if he is convicted for corruption under the Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act 1889 , and if he is convicted a second time under that Act he may be adjudged incapable for ever of holding a public office . |
| 17 | All Otis could do now was wait to see how much compensation he would be given . |
| 18 | Robert Bossu had pursued the dispute here to Shrewsbury in search of diversion in a time of frustration and inaction , a pity he must be denied the best of the joke that was so much more than merely a joke . |
| 19 | If a medical expert is asked to deal with both injuries and seat belts he should be asked to do so in separate reports . |
| 20 | ‘ that a person who has entered into the contract may either affirm or avoid such contract after the duress has ceased ; and if he has so voluntarily acted under it with a full knowledge of all the circumstances he may be held bound on the ground of ratification , or if , after escaping from the duress , he takes no steps to set aside the transaction he may be found to have affirmed it . ’ |
| 21 | However , over scientific matters he could be roused to considerable passion and was often tactless . |
| 22 | If a Netter Mob has a Boss he may be armed with a club at a cost of +1 point . |
| 23 | Although a useful county cricketer he will be remembered as one of the greatest county captains of all time . |
| 24 | Where a defendant is familiar with the trade in question he may be taken to have knowledge of the existence of a contract even though he can not identify the other contracting party and even though he may have no direct information about any particular contract at all . |
| 25 | In return he would be allowed to continue in office , with his term not due to expire until 1996 . |
| 26 | Two years later , at a meeting at the Soviet Ministry of Culture , Ortiz asked that in return he should be allowed to select an exchange exhibition to be shown in the West . |
| 27 | The oddity which the fellow-curates remarked was that as he walked in the procession from the vestry up the aisle he could be heard whistling . |
| 28 | Is there a danger he could be considered mad ? |
| 29 | To worry that your brother might make an unfortunate marriage when at any moment he might be killed was something she found difficult to understand . |
| 30 | In the UK , if a talented person applies for a job he will be turned away if there is no vacancy ; in the USA a job is likely to be created to take advantage of that person 's talents . |