Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bowling took no further part in the proceedings , but he may think it a small price to pay for providing one of the turning points in a memorable match . |
| 2 | Law 27 , Penalty Kick states that : ‘ It may be taken by any player of the non-offending team and by any form of kick provided that the kicker , if holding the ball , must propel it out of his hands or , if the ball is on the ground , he must propel it a visible distance from the mark . |
| 3 | I 'm a fool if I believe for one minute that he 'll give me a fair chance … |
| 4 | He 'll give you a general tour and you can decide who you 'd like to interview after that . |
| 5 | do n't matter , it just feels clean , I 've had it short and shaped , have a good shape on it and do you know the next time you have it cut I do n't know you want looking at , now the next time you go , go to the Darrow in Milford yeah because you 're in problems and they know you need it because he 'll give you a good shape on it and then you have it shaped once a month or once every three weeks or once a fortnight and keep it looking nice that way and it 's four pounds , four ninety nine , four ninety , four seventy five yeah but just keep it nice and shaped and it wo n't look any different , there ai n't nothing wrong with it mm mm mm no no right , right , right tra la |
| 6 | He 'll give you a full briefing . ’ |
| 7 | He 'll buy her a small gift when she 's made an exceptional contribution . |
| 8 | ‘ Hurley 's always stringing him along , saying he 'll get him a green card . |
| 9 | In a hurry to find me and too tired to pay attention to detail , he might give him a cursory glance and exclaim , relieved , " Ah , there you are . " |
| 10 | It 's a heartening thought : he might give us a hard time but , at root , Bob is on our side … |
| 11 | He could make him a valuable new member of the gang , with Nancy as his assistant . |
| 12 | Whether or not he could call himself a Chief Rabbit , he had no experience of this sort of thing . |
| 13 | ‘ All I can say , Chris , is that he took Harley on because he knew he could get him a good contract . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He 'd give us a withering look as we slogged our way round the parade-ground , attempting to move like real soldiers . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Next time he 'd do them a bloody bunch of daffodils . |
| 18 | Never mind , he 'd buy her a nice bunch of flowers from that stall outside the infirmary on his way home . |
| 19 | If he had any sense he 'd get himself a good lawyer and keep his mouth shut . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ He used to make us a rolling pin , a dough board and a rubbing board … |
| 21 | He was an affable sort of man who did n't look as though he would do anyone a bad turn . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Rutherford said that he would give him a 20-minute start , then drive back through the village and collect him . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | If he owned his house , he thought to himself , he would give it a good coat of paint , put a smart gate on it . |
| 27 | He would give it a whole chapter . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I thought he would make me a delightful Uncle Richard . |
| 30 | He would play us a popular classical piece , explaining what the compose was trying to get across to the listener . |