Example sentences of "he [verb] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She has stopped Keith from having cold drinking chocolate which he adores because a neighbour said the additives might be making him hyperactive . |
| 2 | She has stopped Keith from having cold drinking chocolate which he adores because a neighbour said that the additives might be making him hyperactive . |
| 3 | I 've got a friend of 84 or 85 ; the first thing he wants after a marathon is a drink of beer and a cigar . |
| 4 | Not exactly lazy — although that is how he describes himself-as a delegator and motivator he had always excelled and now found himself less directly occupied . |
| 5 | He claimed if a developer had to meet the cost of knocking it down each flat would cost £50,000 to build . |
| 6 | He was not utterly Reverend for a start : he kept bees , but he also boxed , ruggered and rowed with the same poise he showed as a raconteur . |
| 7 | ‘ Story of my life , ’ he growls when a red declines to go into a pocket for the simple reason that he has hit it at the wrong angle . |
| 8 | He examined whether a mispricing triggered index arbitrage transactions within a few minutes . |
| 9 | He watched as a prison officer led a squat , muscular , aggressive looking man into the interview room and sat him down . |
| 10 | He watched as a homemaker , winging high , dropped its bundle of thin twigs and pushed itself into a steep dive to join the scramble . |
| 11 | But he went after a friend persuaded him and was glad that he did . |
| 12 | His earlier complete reversal of his position had done little for his credibility and now as he went after a tax cut his touch was decidedly uncertain . |
| 13 | I made violent splashes to attract his attention ; he circled until a rescue launch picked me up , some 30 to 45 minutes later . |
| 14 | He was probably wrong , he acknowledged , but he felt like a woman must feel , when an attentive man undressed her . |
| 15 | He looked like a tiger baulked of its prey , but the amusement was only on the surface ; underneath he was furious that she should dare to try to escape him . |
| 16 | He queried whether a solicitor who had made a promise without strictly complying with the criteria suggested in question 10 could escape liability as a matter of law . |
| 17 | He said if a valuer were to get accurate valuations on all the properties in Milton Street it would take more than one day . |
| 18 | He said if a man wears a jockstrap what does a women wear ? |
| 19 | He said if a doctor starved Tony he would be committing homicide . |
| 20 | An agent looking at a student actor makes a reasonable commercial judgement ; he considers whether a decision to take on an actor will be financially justified . |
| 21 | There he sat until a child switched on the widescreen t.v. showing a news broadcast . |
| 22 | He knows whether a performance merits keeping a place in the side . |