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 . |