Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun sg] he [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the only crumb of comfort he could salvage from the ordeal . |
| 2 | However , if a Night Goblin shaman eats a piece of mushroom he can use magic even if there are no other Orcs or Goblins near . |
| 3 | Thomas had decided that in his piece of writing he would set out his speculations on the history of the piece of wood . |
| 4 | James was always making drawings on every piece of paper he could lay hands on — even his father 's sermons were not safe . |
| 5 | He must have been interviewed during the night of panic following the murder ; in the rational light of dawn he would recognise that his words had been just heroics . |
| 6 | and , and neck of lamb he 'll eat all the rubbish , but he wo n't eat the meat |
| 7 | Under certain states of consciousness he could become aware of the subtler dimensions of the landscape and wrote : |
| 8 | For one thing , he found it hard to accept that anyone who lacked the advantage of being American could pose much of a threat , and for another , he needed every scrap of material he could get from any quarter , even the newspapers , to sustain the nonstop barrage of reports he was firing into headquarters . |
| 9 | In some cases of urgency he can introduce regulations with a shelf life of up to 12 months without consultation ( s11(5) ) . |
| 10 | And while he was on the film set or wherever he was you know , away from home for the week , he 'd be playing around with every bit of skirt he could find . |
| 11 | He has this image in his head of the kind of person he 'd like to be , it 's a cartoon character … something about 2000 AD . |
| 12 | At first they talked easily about David 's chances of demobilisation , and the kind of law he would practise when he eventually got back to London , and his prospects of fighting a reasonably safe seat at the next General Election , but inevitably that led on to Julia 's plans . |
| 13 | ‘ I think , ’ said Andrew Ray , ‘ he saw the kind of man he would like to have been had he been straight . |
| 14 | Rémy had no personal knowledge of Ranulf , earl of Chester , and could not be sure what kind of welcome he would get in the north . |
| 15 | ‘ Especially when he must have guessed the kind of reception he 'd get . ’ |
| 16 | If Frankenstein had been some sort of intelligent creepy-crawly , Ace thought , that 's the kind of monster he 'd have built . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's just the kind of reasoning he would apply . |
| 18 | Give a man the best kind of pleasure he 'd get this side of the Fields of Aarru . ’ |
| 19 | I wonder what kind of underwear he would go for . |
| 20 | He had probably come to the same conclusion and if she tried to give some kind of explanation he would raise his eyebrows and look at her in astonishment , and she would feel utterly foolish . |
| 21 | In case of opposition he would follow up a tap from his truncheon with a butt from his head , which was reported as ‘ generally conclusive ’ . |
| 22 | Had it not been for the smell of pot he might have suspected it . |
| 23 | We had been advised that if we laid on a couple of bottles of champagne he might stay and chat for a while after the show . |
| 24 | When he demonstrated the type of wood he will use to build the vessel … it sank . |
| 25 | Ironically , Rockefeller was exactly that type of capitalist he would have despised back in England . |
| 26 | ‘ I am not sure what type of reception he will get from the fans . |
| 27 | If a requirement is made , pursuant to section 7(3) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 , for a specimen of blood or urine , is the constable making that requirement under a duty , by virtue of section 7(4) of the Act , to : ( a ) convey to the suspect that the specimen to be provided may be of blood or of urine ; and/or ( b ) give to that suspect an opportunity to consider which type of specimen he would prefer to supply , if the choice was his ; and/or ( c ) give , expressly or otherwise , to that suspect an opportunity to give any reasons ( including non-medical reasons ) in support of any expression of choice ? |
| 28 | Once the constable has told that person of both types of specimen and has listened to anything that that person has to say as to which type of specimen he would wish to provide , the constable may decide whether the specimen to be provided should be a specimen of blood or urine . |
| 29 | The stoma care nurse carefully measured the size of the stoma and agreed with Mr Reynolds the type of bag he would like to wear . |
| 30 | Maximilian , however , is desperately hungry for blood , and after 3 rounds of combat he must make a Cl test ( and at 2-round intervals after this until a test is failed ) . |