Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he gets the benefit for which he stipulated , he ought to honour his promise , and he ought not to avoid it by saying that the mother was herself under a duty to maintain the child . |
| 2 | So if you approach a sympathetic , but so far neutral , person and start telling him that he ought to give his support because of x , y and z policies he is likely to be bored and irritated . |
| 3 | Yet as we talked and ate , he looked mostly at Werewolf and then at his daughter and occasionally you could see him thinking that maybe he ought to change his Will . |
| 4 | He 'll be creeping about in the half-dark wondering if he ought to burn his suit , scraping the mud off his shoes . |
| 5 | As he had already been interviewed four times and been in police custody for over 24 hours , the expectation would be that a solicitor might well consider that , at least for that evening , enough was enough and that he ought to advise his client not to answer further questions … . |
| 6 | Eliot 's letter of 22 October confirmed that he still had not received details from the Club ; but he understandably felt that while he could accept our invitation to tea , he ought to reserve his position about dinner . |
| 7 | He felt he ought to query his presence — particularly his use of poor old Eddy 's desk — but everything about him suggested that his right to be in the room was finely established — perhaps more firmly even than Bob 's . |
| 8 | Soon afterwards he may realise his mistake and continue his search . |
| 9 | Later he may reconsider your point of view . |
| 10 | That 's why he was thinking about closing the park to the villagers ; but now we 've caught these three beauties — thanks to you — he may change his mind . |
| 11 | Besides — he may change his mind . " |
| 12 | Before the prosecutor he may offer his side of the story , which is placed on the file . |
| 13 | Finally , we open mind and heart , so that He may shed his light on our path , and tell us anything that He wants us to do . |
| 14 | ‘ No one can enter a strong man 's house and plunder his goods unless he first binds the strong man ; then indeed he may plunder his house . ’ |
| 15 | He may consolidate his position by entering into a merger of sorts with Carlton when the Government permits such tie-ups in 1994 . |
| 16 | ‘ Where an unpaid seller has made part delivery of the goods , he may exercise his lien or right of retention on the remainder , unless such part delivery has been made under such circumstances as to show an agreement to waive the lien or right of retention . ’ |
| 17 | This is caused by : homogeneity of task , ie lack of variety emotions caused by frustration or discouragement a rate of learning which is too fast or too slow Fatigue may reduce the effort the student is putting into learning or he may fix his attention on particular elements of the work to be learned rather than on the work as a whole . |
| 18 | He may ride his dolphin to shore . |
| 19 | The laird of Balfunning wanted a tide waiter 's place for his son , but Buchanan was clearly not prepared to settle for promises , for he ‘ insists that he may see his son 's commision before the election ’ . |
| 20 | He may lose his mind . ’ |
| 21 | Thirdly , he may lose his office by failure to attend meetings . |
| 22 | He may have my father fooled , but he does n't fool me . |
| 23 | He may keep his hand on the ball while kicking it ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God : for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth , that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers ’ ( Deut. 8 : 18 ) . |
| 25 | Yesterday Slaven said of Colin 's ambitions : ‘ Everyone can dream and he may get his dream it 's a strange game . |
| 26 | On Saturday night at the end of the Rosary Moran said , ‘ I want to offer a final prayer to God that He may guide your father on the right course , ’ and they all knew , even to the boy Michael , to what he was referring . |
| 27 | He may ask his Member of Parliament to take up his case . |
| 28 | A secured creditor may , with the agreement of the trustee or leave of the court , at any time alter the value which he has , in his proof of debt , placed upon his security , but if he is the petitioner for the bankruptcy order or has voted in respect of his unsecured balance , he may revalue his security only with the leave of the court ( r 6.115 ) . |
| 29 | He may remember his visit to that school 18 months ago . |
| 30 | If a field officer who has taken a risk and opted to negotiate should subsequently have second thoughts , he may find his evidence has disappeared . |