Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may make an excellent shoemaker , but can never make a good poet . |
| 2 | The report must be sent to the bankrupt at least fourteen days before the hearing and , if the trustee is other than the official receiver , then the official receiver must also be sent a copy of the report , and he may file an additional report which must be sent to the bankrupt at least seven days before the hearing ( r 6.207(4) and ( 5 ) ) . |
| 3 | Or he may have an inadequate understanding of how language works and lack a terminology for talking about it . |
| 4 | He may have an enormous amount of ground to make up , but Hoey ( 58 ) believes selection , even at this stage is within the Shandon star 's reach . |
| 5 | In some cases he may provide an after-sales service . |
| 6 | for fear that he would start a separatist movement in the south — there was some point to his suggestions that Bao Dai should be better advertised ; that he should have an American adviser and that American technicians should give the Vietnamese government a ‘ new look ’ . |
| 7 | Worse still , he must make an I test . |
| 8 | As any character leaves the Tower , he must make an Int test . |
| 9 | If Mr does n't like field sports he should seek , try to seek to persuade Parliament to ban it he 'll have an excellent opportunity because he 'll , he 's told us that he 'll be an MP shortly that 's what 's happening , that 's what 's happened in the case of cock fighting and badger baiting it has n't happened in the case of fox hunting and Mr should n't abuse his position as a councillor to dictate to the council 's tenants in the way that he proposes . |
| 10 | He might grow an orange tree out of his ear . |
| 11 | A similar clarification was made by Menem himself on Jan. 8 when he also suggested the possibility that he might make an official visit to the United Kingdom . |
| 12 | Miraculously , when invited for the Hunt Ball , he had asked if he might bring an old school friend who was staying with him , hiring horses for a few days ' hunting . |
| 13 | He might have an each way chance . |
| 14 | I kept silent , thinking that he might have an embarrassing speech impediment . |
| 15 | He might have an interesting tale to tell but it could probably be told in the space of thirty minutes and on later meetings hauled out and paraded again exactly as it was on the first occasion . |
| 16 | Yes , he might have an amusing time with the two women , he thought suddenly , in the nicest possible way . |
| 17 | During an improvised press conference last Saturday he complained , in a highly emotional manner , of an overpowering sense of political isolation before going on to suggest he might force an early election . |
| 18 | When Squire Osbaldeston won the bet at Newmarket he proclaimed ’ He was so hungry he could eat an old woman ! ’ |
| 19 | The Chancellor was thus in a much stronger position than under Weimar , and , additionally , he could request an early election if he asked for a vote of confidence and this was rejected by the Bundestag . |
| 20 | It is believed he was silenced before he could expose an international swindle involving fake cargoes of cigarettes . |
| 21 | A few commandos struggled ashore , among them Captain Michael Burn , who went alone three quarters of a mile across the docks to near the northern bridge where he did what he could to destroy an unmanned battery and was visited by Bill Copland doing a round of the northern positions . |
| 22 | She was hurt , more than she believed possible , to know that Roman regarded her work so lightly that he could throw an elephant-sized spanner in her path without even thinking . |
| 23 | He could sense an immense power enveloping the planet , and knew his death was only hours away . |
| 24 | If he can be persuaded to keep religion out of politics , he could prove an inspired choice . |
| 25 | If ever emigres were to be welcomed back , as is suddenly the case in Czechoslovakia , he could have an important role in economic planning . |
| 26 | Yet he could take an Alpine stage and finish high in the mountains classification . |
| 27 | Alain was fascinated by the scheme and when at last it became a reality , he asked if he could take an active part . |
| 28 | Through the half-open door he could see an old man sharpening a cut-throat razor on a strap , stroking it up and down in rhythm . |
| 29 | He could hear an Open University lecturer discoursing on the disadvantages suffered by ‘ coloured ’ children in rural schools . |
| 30 | ‘ He could not propose marriage , but he could propose an alternative alliance , ’ Jules said quickly . |