Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Information about him would have to be gathered slowly and subtly . |
| 2 | There was no need to labour that , de Burgh knew well enough how delicately the business of displacing him would have to be undertaken . |
| 3 | He may choose to be dealt cards from any of the colour decks or the High Magic deck . |
| 4 | If he was grossly careless then he may deserve to be punished but not for rape . ’ |
| 5 | If access to the toilet is difficult , perhaps because it has steps , or the room is too small for a wheelchair and the carer to manoeuvre in , he may have to be provided with a commode . |
| 6 | Central TV fear he may have to be replaced . |
| 7 | ‘ If we 're going to be ruthless , it would probably be at the end of next summer [ 1994 ] , ’ says one minister , mulling over the possibility that Mr Major 's taint of failure proves harder to expunge and that , in best Tory blood-sport tradition , he may have to be cleanly knifed . |
| 8 | ( 4 ) At the hearing the arbitrator may adopt any method of procedure which he may consider to be convenient and to afford a fair and equal opportunity to each party to present his case . |
| 9 | Well-dressed and well-spoken , he may claim to be a solicitor , an official from a well-known organisation , or from the local council . |
| 10 | ‘ La Malfa 's resignation just shows that anyone who has been involved in government for so long can be involved ( in corruption ) , however pure he may claim to be , ’ he said . |
| 11 | A ladies ' man he may profess to be but he 's also been a bit of a louse . |
| 12 | Even in a centrally heated home , the patient may still feel the cold , so he may need to be dressed warmly , and wear thermal socks . |
| 13 | He may need to be able to use apparatus , and generally speaking science teachers are accustomed to explaining necessary points about its use and keeping a close watch on safety . |
| 14 | No one had ever raised a hand to her in anger , and woe betide him if he should decide to be the first man to try . |
| 15 | It appears reasonable to claim that a man without the capacity to put himself in another 's place could not understand a moral appeal ( even if he should happen to be a law-abiding man who accepts commands and prohibitions on external authority ) , just as someone incapable of shifting temporal viewpoints could not understand an appeal to his future interests . |
| 16 | I think it is absolutely plain that there is no possibility , that any local authority wherever Paul were living would find it possible to that he should cease to be a statement in child , it is quite clear , I think , that he is bound to remain a child with a statement of special educational needs , in those circumstances any local authority would have the statutory duty to provide for his education , either at or somewhere else and in practice it seems to me there is no reasonable possibility of his being moved from after he has spent , will it be probably more than four years there perhaps five years there , that I think is not a possibility which has to be catered for . |
| 17 | He must expect to be asked , like the woman , about his recent sexual encounters and whether a condom was used or not . |
| 18 | Another way to cope with the day is for the pro to enter totally into the spirit of it all : like the perfect publican , he must try to be arbiter , philosopher , psychologist and friend , all rolled into one . |
| 19 | There 's a sort of nasty perverted curiosity in me — I mean , all the women he 's had and all the things he must know about being in bed . |
| 20 | ‘ He 'll want to be back at work as soon as possible . |
| 21 | He 'll want to be up until you go to bed more or less . |
| 22 | Asked about Noriega 's extradition , Mr Eduardo Vallarino told reporters : ‘ The Panamanian constitution prohibits extradition , so if Noriega is apprehended he 'll have to be duly charged and tried in Panama . ’ |
| 23 | Sue can fetch up with some young twat if she wants to , but I think he 'll have to be desperate as well . |
| 24 | He 'll have to be away before sun up . ’ |
| 25 | If we do n't play his game , he 'll have to be more direct . ’ |
| 26 | He 'll have to be dead a bit longer before he comes back . ’ |
| 27 | Maybe he 'll have to be content with merely doing all the work , but there 's compensations in being indispensable , too . ’ |
| 28 | He 'll have to be quick . |
| 29 | Beryl said : ‘ We ca n't leave him here , he 'll have to be taken upstairs . ’ |
| 30 | The wing fracture is a bad one , and he 'll have to be certain it has healed properly before the bird is released . |