Example sentences of "[noun] he [vb -s] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If he has this horse he has a chance . |
| 2 | As a result he reaches a conclusion , which may seem astonishing , though is easily open to misinterpretation , ‘ The truth is that catallaxics is the science which describes the only overall order that comprehends nearly all mankind , and that the economist is therefore entitled to insist that conduciveness to that order be accepted as a standard by which all particular institutions are judged . ’ |
| 3 | For six-to eight-year-olds he suggests a range of one to ten tokens with larger rewards for big chores or achievements . |
| 4 | So in other words he makes a joke about his if they all looked like me , would n't that be awful . |
| 5 | Such a word may be useful to a literary man but it throws little light on Green 's intentions except when he uses it in a negative sense ; in one chapter he states a subject was ‘ unpicturesque and consequently not worth an artists attention ’ . |
| 6 | In effect he has a period of grace . |
| 7 | Amis 's third novel is called I Like It Here ( 1958 ) , and when its hero stands reverently by the grave of Henry Fielding in Lisbon he acknowledges a debt at once literary and moral . |
| 8 | The man was given a 2 year probation order on condition he attends a clinic . |
| 9 | In St Giles he visits a room , 22 feet by 16 feet , which houses 40 to 60 people , not to mention cats and dogs . |
| 10 | In his present incumbency he takes a company into its twelfth season this spring looking remarkably solid and healthy . |
| 11 | A caricaturist look at a face and extracts the significant features so that with a few lines he creates a likeness . |
| 12 | Excited by this discovery he announces a novel and profound moral principle , a new addendum to the catalogue of human rights . |
| 13 | Then one night in an alleyway he witnesses a murder and finds himself lumbered with the dead man 's child . |
| 14 | In the tradition of the Queen he has a confidence in the knowledge of duty fulfilled . |
| 15 | Whenever we pass in the corridor he aims a kick at me or tries to take my bag or … well , I 'm sure you can imagine the situation . |
| 16 | When he initiates a new advertising campaign he takes a risk . |
| 17 | Because the man continues his role outside the home he provides a window on the adult world which may be sorely needed by his partner when she fears she is slowly sinking beneath piles of dirty nappies and baby talk . |
| 18 | The 22-year-old Cockney is so lonely in the Midlands he makes a 300mile round-trip to his mum 's house , a bus ride from Upton Park , immediately after Forest home games . |
| 19 | In his mind 's eye he sees a girl who has brains ( although he knows that some very dim actresses can read with all the appearance of intelligence , and the converse ) who has a slight resistance to the Hollywoodification of Claudia 's life . |
| 20 | In his cellar he has a workshop where he enjoys ‘ messing around ’ with clubs , mostly putters and drivers . |
| 21 | He 's only a so-so golfer , but today of all days he gets a hole in one ! |
| 22 | When a noble assumes his title and feudal responsibilities he becomes a member of one of the select brotherhoods of Knightly Orders . |
| 23 | Tommy tells Glynn he needs a gun . |
| 24 | In the other the Lapith 's left hand must have been gripping the Centaur 's head ( lost ) while with his right he thrusts a weapon into the breast of the creature , who yet will not let go of his prize with either hand though with both hers she tugs at one . |
| 25 | Here 's Jochim He needs a bit of help here Cooper breathing down his neck . |
| 26 | The session was ramshackled by inexpertise ( remember , Morrissey had n't sung before and to this day he remains a non-singer . |
| 27 | But like his friend he holds a shotgun . |
| 28 | On his head he wears a head-dress of lion mane . |
| 29 | Looking at the age of the sexual revolution he isolates a set of changes that he views as having been particularly significant in shaping the period . |
| 30 | but he keeps going up to the gnomes and saying hello is that no he come home the other night and the , we , no the other day Sam he tipped all the bloody soil out of the earth and done something else , he said he 's a naughty boy and she 's said to Sam he wants a smacking he said I 'm not smacking him |