Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got the sack , cos he got up and left his job overslept and annoyed erm Rachael because she woke him up twice and said come on you 've got to go to work , he said alright then , she , she went back to bed thinking he 'd get up and of course he were still laying in bed , I woke him up at five to eleven , said come on you 're an hour late , but when he got down there they said no it 's no good you 've got the sack , and he said well it 's your own fault then cos you were woke up twice by Rachael at nine o'clock , he had n't , he could have got up and gone to work , just idle we met him twice , it really upset him |
| 2 | ‘ I told him that he is violent , has mistreated her very badly , have been trigger happy and whatever kindness he might have done for her he had cancelled by beatings and threats he had made on her life . |
| 3 | It had n't , and the horse he would have put money on had won by a length , and he was twelve-and-six out of pocket . |
| 4 | Mr Young said he has had to sell stock he would prefer to keep in order to take advantage of new opportunities . |
| 5 | There is no ‘ correct ’ way for a librarian to calculate the desirable size of his bookfund , but taking into account published standards plus a variety of factors which affect the use and condition of his stock he can devise a semi-scientific approach . |
| 6 | Startled , he turned , but Therese had darted , scooping her peacock train up over one arm , back around behind the screen , to the side he should have been on . |
| 7 | He had access to Hammad Haiba whose mother 's sister was Salah 's wife 's sister-in-law ; and with Salha on his side he could redouble the pressure : Hammad was Salha 's grandson . |
| 8 | One never quite knew which side he 'd show next . |
| 9 | Equally it might be argued that since withdrawal from NATO was the last card he could play in his campaign against American influence , short of defecting from the West altogether , there were good reasons not to play it until it seemed likely to be effective or became absolutely necessary . |
| 10 | In tendering he will supply : |
| 11 | Where one lot would be the hare he 'd start about ten minutes before . |
| 12 | He knew that the platform was there , but in the nightside blackness he could see nothing at first . |
| 13 | He told me this foolish theory many times , but really he was just telling it to himself : the less of a woman be made me out to be , the less of a lover he would need to be . |
| 14 | At times he has a lover he can hurt |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm afraid it 's just the kind of reasoning he would apply . |
| 16 | However please do n't anyone tell Graham Kelly about all this — he 'll probably try and stop us sending messages to list members in Europe , or make an announcement that the authorities are doing all in their power to break up some hooligan ring he 'll call the Sony Hedgehog Club . |
| 17 | Every spring he would hire a small bus to take the older children to the foothills of the Apennines . |
| 18 | Between now and the early spring he will continue to consult people and build up his plans for the crucial meeting with ministers . |
| 19 | And he sees his feedback he 'll kick himself |
| 20 | Mr Fairley said : ‘ If he was in his bedroom he would have had to run past a gauntlet of flame . |
| 21 | From his bedroom he could see Macleod 's Tables , two flat-topped hills , Healaval Mhor and Healaval Bheag to the south-west . |
| 22 | A typical formula provides that the parent company will indemnify an expatriate against any loss or expense he may suffer as a result of a breach of contract by the subsidiary , for instance if the employment is terminated before the expiry of a specified fixed term . |
| 23 | He spoke in a flat monotone , suppressing all the emotion he might have felt . |
| 24 | If he kept his nerve he would squeeze more money out of Bill Coleby . |
| 25 | If he had bumped into anyone worthy of half a mention he would have told us . |
| 26 | One after the other was called to report why he had not been to the police court for a long period , and threatened that if he did not do more work in the future he would lose pay . |
| 27 | It was nice to talk over old times and Swire Sugden assured me that in future he would get a consensus before sending in the bulldozers . |
| 28 | Not only , said Nicky , was this proof positive of the Englishness — indeed the Lancashireness — of Griffiths 's voice , but Griffiths had also said that if cornered in future he would shoot his way out rather than submit to arrest — exactly what he did do . |
| 29 | The Queen 's Bench held that he had offended because in the future he might wish to tender for council house construction . |
| 30 | Gooch 's hand in selection this winter was considerable — but Fletcher made it clear that in future he will exercise more influence over the make-up of a tour party . |