Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [vb infin] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may choose to be dealt cards from any of the colour decks or the High Magic deck . |
| 2 | If he was grossly careless then he may deserve to be punished but not for rape . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Central TV fear he may have to be replaced . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | ( 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 . |
| 7 | Well-dressed and well-spoken , he may claim to be a solicitor , an official from a well-known organisation , or from the local council . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | A ladies ' man he may profess to be but he 's also been a bit of a louse . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He must expect to be asked , like the woman , about his recent sexual encounters and whether a condom was used or not . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ He 'll want to be back at work as soon as possible . |
| 18 | He 'll want to be up until you go to bed more or less . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | Sue can fetch up with some young twat if she wants to , but I think he 'll have to be desperate as well . |
| 21 | He 'll have to be away before sun up . ’ |
| 22 | If we do n't play his game , he 'll have to be more direct . ’ |
| 23 | He 'll have to be dead a bit longer before he comes back . ’ |
| 24 | Maybe he 'll have to be content with merely doing all the work , but there 's compensations in being indispensable , too . ’ |
| 25 | He 'll have to be quick . |
| 26 | Beryl said : ‘ We ca n't leave him here , he 'll have to be taken upstairs . ’ |
| 27 | The wing fracture is a bad one , and he 'll have to be certain it has healed properly before the bird is released . |
| 28 | Oh well he 'll have to be then . |
| 29 | on the thing and I said well he 'll have to be fucking stretched if they come to that door and none of them dishes and the best of it was the front door would n't open |
| 30 | ‘ But he 'll need to be slippery all right , with coppers and criminals after him . ’ |