Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb -s] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ( Suddenly he has a heart attack )
2 Apparently he knows a lot about Mills ’ time in Six . ’
3 Apparently he has a history of COADs — chronic obstructive airways disease .
4 Perhaps he drinks a lot of beer .
5 Perhaps he drinks a lot of beer .
6 Perhaps he wants a tip ?
7 Perhaps he wants a drink now .
8 So he helps a hell of a lot .
9 Marx tries to get away from the idea of private property when discussing pre-capitalist social systems by using the phrase ‘ appropriation of nature ’ but in doing so he uses a word with the same root as ‘ property ’ .
10 So he has a drink , talks to the barman , starts dancing and has a good time all at the ‘ club ’ .
11 So he has a problem basically about calling beauty itself beautiful .
12 So he wants a printer which gives quality results , is easy to use , — and can be relied upon .
13 . So he needs a fitter desperately .
14 Tonight he starts a life sentence .
15 Well normally he says a salad makes him hungry .
16 ‘ I see a wistfulness in him , and I think it 's because subconsciously he wants a son to be a friend to him , to carry on his name and help him in his work . ’
17 Quickly he records a message of warning , but before he can launch it the Daleks locate and kill him .
18 But Robinson said : ‘ Ian is a bit down after the tour and I think once he gets a couple of senior games under his belt things will work out . ’
19 Later he tells a friend : ‘ My ideas in my head are n't the only ones important to me .
20 Now he reads a newspaper on this tawdry three-piece suite — oh , it 's not tawdry , it 's — dreck ! — second-rate .
21 As a child he was a train spotter ; now he owns a class 25 diesel that is active on a line not far from his home in Merseyside .
22 Now he makes a point of keeping in touch with his local branch .
23 Now he has a fortnight to worry about whether that incident has cost him a place on either of England 's two winter tours .
24 And now he has a quest .
25 Now he has a home .
26 Now he has a training programme for the week-end to try to build up stamina . ’
27 Now he has a team more of his own making rather than inherited from his fearsome predecessor , Lady Thatcher .
28 PIECES OF EIGHT : Lewis lands his eighth Olympic gold medal — now he wants a showdown with Christie
29 Birch has seen contemporaries Ken Doherty and James Wattana come of age this season and now he wants a slice of their action .
30 Now he realises a sugar lump will make him feel better so he does n't mind .
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