Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If she had the nerve , the sheer bloody brass neck , to do that , then maybe he 'd give her a few minutes . |
| 32 | When we got the vans , Ernie was with us then and he always used to sharpen her knife up so as he 'd give her a fresh one lunchtime to go , he 'd , she 'd start off up , down from where you 'd come from this morning , then she 'd go on to Wicken and do that on a Tuesday , Tuesday round . |
| 33 | He 'd give us a withering look as we slogged our way round the parade-ground , attempting to move like real soldiers . |
| 34 | Er n not really , you you may talk your way into some peasant 's house , and er er he 'd give you a scrambled egg or or something like this , and er that was something , if you got a scrambled egg . |
| 35 | Next time he 'd do them a bloody bunch of daffodils . |
| 36 | After showing the boy how it was done , he 'd offer him the two iron rods — the hot ends towards him . |
| 37 | He 'd teach you a few tricks ! |
| 38 | Never mind , he 'd buy her a nice bunch of flowers from that stall outside the infirmary on his way home . |
| 39 | If he had any sense he 'd get himself a good lawyer and keep his mouth shut . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ He used to make us a rolling pin , a dough board and a rubbing board … |
| 41 | He was an affable sort of man who did n't look as though he would do anyone a bad turn . ’ |
| 42 | Many of us try to improve our other halves from time to time — perhaps you wish he were tidier while he would prefer you a little slimmer . |
| 43 | If they had been beaten in a fight , he would give them a good hiding and send them back out to do the job properly . |
| 44 | Rutherford said that he would give him a 20-minute start , then drive back through the village and collect him . |
| 45 | He would give me a hearty slap on the back , comment on my expanding girth — ’ Twice the man you used to be , Andreas , eh ? ’ — say that we must meet again ’ for a jar , old man , but just this moment I have to rush , ’ look at his watch , sigh apologetically and shoot off to his next meeting or liquid lunch or whatever . |
| 46 | ‘ If I asked my husband about sex with other women he would give me an honest answer . ’ |
| 47 | If he owned his house , he thought to himself , he would give it a good coat of paint , put a smart gate on it . |
| 48 | He would give it a whole chapter . |
| 49 | I think he would treat us a little bit , o the way he treated Nicodemus and come in pretty quickly , and deal with the real issues . |
| 50 | I thought he would make me a delightful Uncle Richard . |
| 51 | He would play us a popular classical piece , explaining what the compose was trying to get across to the listener . |
| 52 | But then he saw that he could not afford to believe her , because if he did he would allow her a tactical advantage , a small victory that should lead to greater ones . |
| 53 | But he would deny her the simple comfort of being a presence in the apartment , she reflected savagely . |
| 54 | Often , after he had left her at the door of her apartment , he would ridicule himself An old man with a Pygmalion fantasy . |
| 55 | Though she had said she was too young for them she had been enraptured by them in a tiny jeweller 's in Pollensa but Fernando had hurried her away saying he would buy her the real thing one day . |
| 56 | One officer suggested behind his hand that I visit him at his home after work , and in exchange for this little attention he would write me a six-month permis de séjour . |
| 57 | Then he would realize what a good girl she had been , how she had helped him . |
| 58 | Perhaps this afternoon he will tell us the Labour party 's attitude to this imaginative development . |
| 59 | We think it might be voles , we think it could be squirrels , we do n't seriously think it 's anything bigger but I 'm afraid we do n't think there 's anything you can do about it but if you want further investigation then if you send these objects to Fred care of the programme , he will give you a personal diagnosis . |
| 60 | And then they will he will send you a written report on how best you should invest your money . |