Example sentences of "that he [vb mod] [verb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | If B is threatened with a tort it is , of course , equally true that he may bring an action for damages if the tort is committed or bring an action for a quia timet injunction first , but , especially where the threat is of violence , it is perhaps less realistic to say that these legal remedies afford him adequate protection against the consequences of resistance . |
| 2 | He tells Dixie that he 'll take an ounce . |
| 3 | A similar clarification was made by Menem himself on Jan. 8 when he also suggested the possibility that he might make an official visit to the United Kingdom . |
| 4 | I kept silent , thinking that he might have an embarrassing speech impediment . |
| 5 | She started , feeling her colour rise at the possibility that he might have an inkling of what was going on in her head at that precise moment ! |
| 6 | Auguste caught a brief glimpse of himself in the small mirror he had unobtrusively arranged in order that he might keep an eye on events taking place behind his back ; the surreptitious addition of Mrs Marshall 's abominable Coralline pepper , for example , to an imperfect sauce . |
| 7 | He had become interested in the culture of the place as he ventured out and made new friends , youngsters in the industry who talked nothing else but films and stars , and was suddenly struck with the notion that he might become an actor . |
| 8 | Julian Clary squashing speculation that he might become an MP |
| 9 | Since Palm Springs , the commission 's chairman , Mr Setsuo Umezawa , has been telling everyone that he would welcome an increase in the penalties for anti-competitive behaviour . |
| 10 | Although he indicated that he would welcome an international fact-finding mission and suggested that international legal experts join an ongoing inquiry into violence , de Klerk rejected the idea of international peacekeeping monitors . |
| 11 | He also said that he would prefer an audience that could neither read nor write . |
| 12 | There was serious talk in Hong Kong yesterday that he would make an excellent governor of the colony . |
| 13 | She realised that he would want an easy uncomplicated life where everything ran smoothly and he was not troubled with domestic difficulties . |
| 14 | It is true that he would have an answer to those claims because she was in desertion , but nevertheless he would be put to all the trouble , worry and expense of defending himself against them . |
| 15 | If a child of the late twentieth century asked this question of a parent , it is unlikely that he would receive an answer that would be intelligible to him . |
| 16 | My eldest son decided that he would like an electric guitar and amplifier for his 12th birthday . |
| 17 | Just occasionally a lesser official might eschew them : Sir Edward Hoby , for instance , told Robert Cecil in 1599 that he would like an office in reversion , since this would give him something to do ; he would not exercise the post by deputy . |
| 18 | erm , well I think it 's , do , erm I do n't know whether you understand what 's been asked doctor it cou it 's a question of costs , er normally where er matters erm are dealt with in chambers for in counsel appear then erm these counsel do n't get paid for the other side erm unless there is certificate for counsel as I understand it , were the , were the counsel appeared before the Judge erm they are entitled to their costs and this is er an appeal to the Judge , but er what I think Mr is saying is , in case he happens to be wrong in that he would like an order that er his fees should be proper fees of the defen of the plaintiffs on this appeal and er such as you could say seems to me that er , that is a , that would be proper |
| 19 | The Chief Constable of the RUC added confusion to the parades policy by announcing that he would permit an Orange church parade on the Sunday before the Twelfth to pass through the Tunnel because it would be a ‘ peaceful , dignified , church parade ’ but insisted that the Twelfth march had to be re-routed . |
| 20 | He was an attorney at law who , when he first began his practice , bragged , according to Gilbert 's Parochial History of Cornwall , ‘ that he would get an estate by the law one way or the other . |
| 21 | Accordingly his mother told him that he would get an extra sweet at lunchtime and another after tea for spending longer with his toys . |
| 22 | At a post-summit press conference on July 17 , however , Major said that he would convene an emergency G-7 summit " if it looks as if the GATT talks will fail " . |
| 23 | Late on Sept. 20 UK Prime Minister John Major ( whose country held the presidency of the EC Council of Ministers for the second half of 1992 ) announced that he would call an emergency summit to discuss ratification of the Treaty and to " deal with the particular problems in the foreign exchange markets in recent days , that have revealed shortcomings in the exchange rate mechanism system " . |
| 24 | At the United States-Soviet summit meeting off Malta on Dec. 2-3 ( see pp. 37110-12 ) , the US President , George Bush , indicated that he would support an application by the Soviet Union for observer status at GATT , and this support was reaffirmed by the US delegation to the immediately following 45th session of GATT contracting parties . |
| 25 | He went through military school and he decided that at point that he would acquired an extra name . |
| 26 | When the doctors broke it to him that he would need an operation , his son noted that ‘ he is taking it like a hero . ’ |
| 27 | The SDP leader , Chiam See Tong , announced that he would seek an alliance with the Workers ' Party whose general secretary , Joshua Jeyaretnum , declared himself ready to co-operate . |
| 28 | Corbett added that he would appreciate an armed escort to the castle and so required the company of Sir James Selkirk and others of his ilk . |
| 29 | Therefore I suggest to him that he should give an undertaking to do two things er first that he should do two things . |
| 30 | It is not without considerable irony that he should choose an example which is so uniquely interventionist as to render his previous assertion almost meaningless . |