Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb mod] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lowe stripped to swim , and getting on the trunk of an uprooted tree , hoped to be carried down the eddying flood to some part where he could obtain assistance . |
| 2 | Eventually , he felt hungry , and changed direction towards Hendon , a quiet place away from the crowds , where he could buy food . |
| 3 | He was told to say just who he was working for , or he would have ammonia poured onto the blindfold . |
| 4 | The student may seek escape in passivity and make only perfunctory efforts to learn the target language ; or he may express antagonism by making no effort to adopt the correct pronunciation or by a deliberate use of native language patterns in the target language . |
| 5 | Or he may marry money . |
| 6 | A grievance results from a member of staff feeling she or he has been treated unfairly ; the governing body must establish a procedure as a means whereby she or he can seek redress . |
| 7 | He can either ‘ retire ’ to less active parts of the ground ( assuming he wishes to continue watching football ) or he can seek acceptance with the Town Boys . |
| 8 | He can ignore it or he can take profit . |
| 9 | It was a shed hand actually , he did n't , was n't responsible for cash although he helped the cashier and er , I well remember this erm in those days the conductor used to either run into depot with the bus or he 'd get relief on the Cornhill , he walked down to the depot carrying his cash in his cash bag and then he 'd sit in the paying in room and he 'd laboriously cam carried out his cash , piling the pennies into stacks , the ha'pennies , the tokens , the sixpences , every denomination . |
| 10 | The author insists at several points that he is talking about both basic and applied research , although he would exclude technology . |
| 11 | Lithuanian photographer Aleksandras Macijauskas would admit to creating art if pressed , although he might express surprise at the impact his photography has had through exhibitions in Europe and America as well as in the former ‘ eastern block ’ . |
| 12 | Celtic 's new manager Lou Macari will work with the players at Seamill tomorrow although he 'll leave team selection to Frank Connor in the meantime . |
| 13 | And Coppell himself gave the Roker manager further cause for relief when he stamped out speculation that he may quit Palace . |
| 14 | In one case Julian discusses a manumission ‘ let Pamphilus be free , so that he may give account to my sons ’ ( Pamphilus liber esto , ita ut filiis meis rationem reddat ) . |
| 15 | Where the summons has been so sent by post and returned to the court office undelivered , notice of non-service ( N 216 ) is sent to the plaintiff saying that he may request bailiff service . |
| 16 | More fundamental doubts about the war were expressed by Richard de Bury Bishop of Durham in his Philobiblion , where he said that ‘ war , wanting discretion of reason , furiously attacks whatever falls in its way , and not being under the guidance of reason it destroys the vessels of reason ’ , and he beseeched ‘ the ruler of Olympus and the most high Dispenser of all the world , that he may abolish war , establish peace , and bring about tranquil times under his own special protection ’ . |
| 17 | His son has gone off to London , and he worries that he may lose touch with him . |
| 18 | Such a man shall be exposed to wind and weather , suspended between the high and low tidemarks , from night until morning — so that he may take time to consider his wickedness , and repent … . ’ |
| 19 | Because of the narrowing of one aspect of the fault element of murder ( cl. 54(1) ( b ) ) to " intending to cause serious personal harm and being aware that he may cause death " , manslaughter is extended into part of the area currently covered by murder . |
| 20 | In determining whether the defendants ought to be held liable under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher , the learned judge considered that he ought to pay regard to ( i ) the quantities of combustible materials which the defendants brought onto the land ; ( ii ) the way in which they stored them ; and ( iii ) the character of the neighbourhood . |
| 21 | Erm the alchemist is conning people promising them that he 'll turn base metals into gold . |
| 22 | Little chance that he 'll dig County out of trouble . |
| 23 | His target include a defender and another striker to help ease the load on Dundalk based Dessie Gorman who has also signed a two year contract which ended speculation that he might return south . |
| 24 | A sixteen-year-old girl ( they 're always sixteen in this story ) who had been having regular sex with her boyfriend , began worrying that he might lose interest in her if he had to keep wearing a condom . |
| 25 | It was unlikely , but just possible that he might have news of John . |
| 26 | The Khedive is starting to realize that he might have trouble on his hands . |
| 27 | Six were at sea , on the business of trade — an act of faith that he might have cause to regret . |
| 28 | For the first time it occurred to Katherine as a conscious thought that he might find life with her mother a trial in ways which did n't only concern her . |
| 29 | Only the fear that he might win custody of their son Robert held the marriage together . |
| 30 | ‘ I have known Alain all his life and I find it impossible to believe that he would commit suicide . |