Example sentences of "[adv] he [modal v] [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only he would announce his engagement ! |
| 2 | The river again , the far bank was nearer but here was a black smooth stretch , he half knew that he was dreaming , he wanted to stop the dream and he wanted to get across , if only he could raise his mouth and nostrils above the swell of the water … |
| 3 | ‘ If only he 'd keep his mouth shut when he gets out of the car and stop whingeing . |
| 4 | Do n't I get old enough and did me best perhaps he might change his mind |
| 5 | Perhaps he will tell his constituents and Government that the submarine-building programme is near to collapse . |
| 6 | I can not promise a debate on it next week , but perhaps he will find his own opportunities to discuss it in greater detail . |
| 7 | As the Leader of the Opposition has joined us , perhaps he will use his influence on the four members of his party who voted last week to cover up the truth by refusing to permit the Select Committee on Employment to conduct an investigation into the true consequences of a national minimum wage . |
| 8 | Perhaps he should change his name to Loan Hart , it would be more modern . |
| 9 | In typical Whig language , Ferguson concluded that the Sovereign having no other Ground of claim to any Power or Prerogative , save what he hath from the Constitution which hath settled and vested them in him , That Prince who goes about to overthrow this , does all he can to cancel his own Right . |
| 10 | So he might get his wall built but he might have to wait a year before he starts it . |
| 11 | You 'd have to add interest , of course , but even so he would take his hat off to a man 80 billion in the red who never stopped spending . |
| 12 | He started his ten day fast to try to get his Czech nationality papers back so he can visit his homeland . |
| 13 | And so he can make his profits and feel like a philanthropist at the same time . |
| 14 | his driveway that he put up and er he just about misses where the tree was , but he 's chopped all the tree down so he can have his grass , I du n no , well even if it meant just supporting the piece of something above his car so he do n't get any sap on it or ought |
| 15 | MP Tony Fable says he 's quit so he can have his say on Europe . |
| 16 | So he could control his baser instincts ! |
| 17 | At night , when he was getting ready for bed , he would switch on his bedside lamp and stand with his back to it so he could see his shadow against the far wall . |
| 18 | Thus he will vary his response . |
| 19 | Soon he will have his own conscience to live with and that is punishment for any man . ’ |
| 20 | I began to teach him to speak English , and soon he could say his name , ‘ Master ’ , and ‘ Yes ’ and ‘ No ’ . |
| 21 | Huy was grimly amused at how easily he could deny his former master 's name . |
| 22 | Finally he could contain his frustration no longer . |
| 23 | Chandler observes that the steward will on occasions consult with his employer on how best he should manage his estate and may often wish to suggest new policies or point out deficiencies in existing strategies . |
| 24 | Browne had tentatively suggested the summer of that year as the " deadline " for it , but Eliot was uncertain how quickly he could recover his dramatic skills and , since he often needed to work slowly , he believed the spring of 1949 to be a more appropriate date.Throughout the spring and summer of 1948 he worked on it as consistently as he could , although there were egregious interruptions : in April , for example , he had to make the British Council trip to Aix-en-Provence which had been postponed the previous winter . |
| 25 | It shows that Brutus is a very thoughtful person who cares a lot about his fellow humans and will risk a lot to help them when he feels that they are in need ie. he will risk his position in the rule to make sure that Caesar will not bring any harm to the general public . |
| 26 | I mean the way that thereafter he would cock his head , slightly sideways . |
| 27 | He had , however , learned patience and had no intention of indulging in any further escapades while remaining convinced that sooner or later he would fulfil his destiny . |
| 28 | Little did he know that years later he would have his own pool in a luxury Florida-based mansion . |
| 29 | Typically he would break his normal routine for several days in order to write and commit to memory his lengthy " answers " to pre-determined questions . |
| 30 | I 'll just go and pop up to the other estate agent cos if dad comes in now he 'll have his dinner wo n't he ? |