Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he pleads guilty and begs for the mercy of the court , he may get off with a fine and deportation . |
| 2 | He may come in for a steak , but he wants to take his time and enjoy a leisurely meal . |
| 3 | Tomorrow he may come in for a steak , but needs to be in and out in ten minutes . |
| 4 | He has to decide whether he should stay on pending a full trial of the bitter dispute between the two men , who stood side-by-side as saviours of the financially troubled club in 1991 . |
| 5 | ‘ If Prost wants to be called champion for a fourth time he should come back in a sporting way . |
| 6 | His country still insist he must turn out in an African Nations Cup qualifier against South Africa rather than the televised curtain-raiser at the City ground . |
| 7 | then he 'll button down for a bit |
| 8 | ‘ If you give a Brit a couple of cans of epoxy , some bits of plywood and a garage , he 'll come up with a boat , ’ says one . |
| 9 | He 'll come up with an estimated erm an estimated price and er and do most of the Q S-ing in house . |
| 10 | But he 'll come out with an A in maths . |
| 11 | In fact , I very much doubt that he 'll come back in a party mood . ’ |
| 12 | He 'll come back in a minute . |
| 13 | He 'll turn up with a three course meal for as many as you care to name and serve it in the comfort of your semi . |
| 14 | He spent two sleepless nights worrying that he might end up on a murder charge . |
| 15 | Yet when he says that this change is not deliberate , he raises the fear that he might go back to a Thatcherite policy , if and when he has the chance . |
| 16 | He had thought that he might slip in for a quick snack that would keep body and soul together before he went back to his room to brood about the situation that he had handled so badly . |
| 17 | And it can be a hazardous time for the male — usually much smaller than the female — as he could end up as a meal if he 's not careful . |
| 18 | But he could cash in with a lucrative return against the 24-year-old German early next year . |
| 19 | His meeting was not until the next morning , so he could switch off for a few hours . |
| 20 | I said they did and offered to leave the door on the latch so he could sneak in for a bit of a warm . |
| 21 | Before he could come up with a satisfactory formulation they were joined by Georgina , the chairman 's daughter by his first marriage . |
| 22 | Well , she 's still not really conscious , but he could come in for a minute , could n't he ? ’ |
| 23 | He 'd speak out for a poor helpless old man like Donny , just as he did for Ireland . ’ |
| 24 | One day he 'd wake up with a hole in his head , but that would n't change anything . |
| 25 | He 'd end up in a motorway bridge . |
| 26 | Another one of his tricks was to lurk behind the counter at the Turk 's Head so customers would think there was no one there , and then , when they were thinking of leaving or helping themselves to the jam doughnuts , he 'd leap on to a wooden box to bring his large dome head just above the level of the counter and say , ‘ Can I help you ? ’ in a very loud voice . |
| 27 | He told me he was n't planning to see Mum straightaway but that he 'd call round in a couple of days to comfort her . |
| 28 | It was quite easy , for she was standing at the front of the Council House talking to a large policeman and when Dad and I reached them he said , ‘ There you are Mrs. Maidment , I knew he 'd turn up like a bad penny ! ’ |
| 29 | This may have been a late flowering of the ‘ badinage ’ that he used to partake in as a Young Conservative with Brixton locals , but so sensitive is Major about his background , that the public is permitted to hear only the Authorised Version . |
| 30 | He thought walking was old-fashioned , so he used to go round in a wheelchair . ’ |