Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told Calero he ought to find himself a code-name — a suggestion Calero virtually ignored — because ‘ the Soviets listen to everything on the east coast ’ . |
| 2 | Bowling took no further part in the proceedings , but he may think it a small price to pay for providing one of the turning points in a memorable match . |
| 3 | ‘ … entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar , that he may give me the cave of Machpelah , which he owns ; it is at the end of his field . |
| 4 | ‘ Hopefully he may give us the help we are looking for . ’ |
| 5 | He may need to do all this , and to ventilate his fears of a future without her ; but he has probably been told since he was three years old that ‘ boys do n't cry ’ , and that men must always show courage and maintain the stiff upper lip , so he may deny himself the relief of lowering his defences and ‘ letting go ’ which society expects the widow to do quite naturally . |
| 6 | THE TEACHER To start , he should explain what the general shape of each tune is , what tone marks are used to symbolise the shape , and what attitude the tone group conveys . |
| 7 | ‘ He should give him a run of five or six matches to show what he can do . |
| 8 | He should give you an excellent list of precautions to take , and explain the benefits of starting a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme in your road . |
| 9 | He is resigned to missing out on any serious rugby during this month , but by early October he should know what the season holds for him . |
| 10 | But in order to do this he must decide in each case what these conventions declare the law to be ; in order to do this he must decide what the content of each convention really is . |
| 11 | West wins this third Diamond trick with the Queen and all he has left in his hand are 3 Hearts , and whatever card he plays he must give you the last three tricks in that suit . |
| 12 | Law 27 , Penalty Kick states that : ‘ It may be taken by any player of the non-offending team and by any form of kick provided that the kicker , if holding the ball , must propel it out of his hands or , if the ball is on the ground , he must propel it a visible distance from the mark . |
| 13 | The official warns Butch he must tell him the type of ball , and so Butch has another go : ‘ Ta-Ta-Ta-Ta … ’ and he stamps his foot in frustration . |
| 14 | But he must like her a bit , must n't he ? |
| 15 | But when he gets round to it , I think he 'll control them a bit more closely , now you can invest in that sort of fund quite safely , and although it wo n't give you any capital growth , because if they 're giving you ten percent income , obviously the capital growth 's going to be limited , but er if it 's the income that you 're after , not a bad thing to do , so I mean at the moment I may actually combine one income-type er P E P with one growth and income , where the , where the , perhaps the yield is about five percent . |
| 16 | He 'll give him a greater measure of liberty even so , if Harry 'll give his parole , but Harry 'll give him nothing short of a dagger . |
| 17 | I 'm a fool if I believe for one minute that he 'll give me a fair chance … |
| 18 | I 'll walk up there and he 'll be coming back down , he 'll give me a lift back down . |
| 19 | I asked Derek if he 'll give me a reference said yeah . |
| 20 | He 'll give everyone a tractor , |
| 21 | 'Cos I says to her one day , well why do n't you ask yer , your relation , if he 'll er , if he 'll give yer a job . |
| 22 | He 'll give you a general tour and you can decide who you 'd like to interview after that . |
| 23 | ‘ Perhaps he 'll give you a knife for Christmas , ’ Carrie said , though she doubted it , in her heart . |
| 24 | He 'll give you a full briefing . ’ |
| 25 | He 'll give you a kiss . |
| 26 | do n't matter , it just feels clean , I 've had it short and shaped , have a good shape on it and do you know the next time you have it cut I do n't know you want looking at , now the next time you go , go to the Darrow in Milford yeah because you 're in problems and they know you need it because he 'll give you a good shape on it and then you have it shaped once a month or once every three weeks or once a fortnight and keep it looking nice that way and it 's four pounds , four ninety nine , four ninety , four seventy five yeah but just keep it nice and shaped and it wo n't look any different , there ai n't nothing wrong with it mm mm mm no no right , right , right tra la |
| 27 | Yeah I know , it does n't mean to say he 'll give you a lift back to your house ! |
| 28 | send up the survey to old Hughey , he , he 'll give you a few . |
| 29 | Because , Mean Mr Love , he 'll give you the sack , he 'll |
| 30 | ‘ Do you think he 'll give you the price you want ? ’ |