Example sentences of "[verb] he [modal v] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ They say he would beat up the devil himself for a shilling , ’ replied Barney . |
2 | Christie raced and conducted himself afterwards in a way of which we can all be proud — and , I do n't really believe he 'll drag down the relay team . |
3 | The 37-year-old former England winger vowed he would see out the remaining 18 months of his contract , saying : Coppell , 37 , dismissed reports that he is wanted by Sunderland as he prepared to take his side back to Anfield where they crashed 5-0 on Saturday . |
4 | He just said he 'd met his solicitor friend who reckoned he could find out the details of the will . |
5 | And he decided he 'd try down the mines . |
6 | Straining to listen , the boy thought he could make out the soft fall of footsteps on the snuffled ground between the trees . |
7 | The Scapegoat had been secured by ‘ wrists ’ and ‘ ankles ’ to the inner ring and Wycliffe thought he could make out the four points where the ropes had been . |
8 | I do not suppose I am the first naive monolinguist who thought he could pick up the language on the street , somehow acquiring it passively just by basking in the babble of the market , like getting a tan . |
9 | When he was approached to run British Aerospace the government insisted he should give up the directorship of W$G , but Pearce , displaying his usual resolve , would n't hear of it . |
10 | All the pictures he showed me looked the same messy blur but he insisted he could make out the individual features of each person . |
11 | The head said he would chase up the documents . |