Example sentences of "he [vb -s] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even a 25-year-old male with a couple of speeding convictions leaving the car on the street in a high-risk area can expect to pay only £424 per year , so long as he has a five-year no-claims bonus . |
| 2 | ‘ And I think that if he has a few problems at Liverpool at first , he 'll hang on and try and make things work . |
| 3 | He has a few swigs and then . |
| 4 | He has a few years on me — maybe ten — and sometimes he treats me like the son he never had . |
| 5 | For he has a few ideas of his own . |
| 6 | He has a few suggestions for those tempted to try aerial photography . |
| 7 | Even though the defendant does not regard the nature of his own conduct as being disorderly , he has a sufficient mens rea to satisfy the section by being aware that he is using offensive language , or kicking over dustbins or turning out the lights in the cinema , or whatever else may be alleged to constitute the disorderly behaviour . |
| 8 | I think he needs a few drinks ! ’ |
| 9 | He says a few lordships are cursing his name because it ca n't be helping them to survive . |
| 10 | He says a few inches either way and he would have been killed . |
| 11 | He says a few years ago I asked my father 's test pilot Geoffrey Quill about this business of the seagulls and he told me your father was a hard-headed engineer and if he was stuck for inspiration he would never have wasted time watching bloody seagulls ! |
| 12 | He scores a few goals , AND he s now their pen taker . |
| 13 | He shakes a thousand hands . |
| 14 | She confides , ‘ He gets a few drinks and wants to wipe everybody out . ’ |
| 15 | He takes a few players every year on his estancia . |
| 16 | On tour : security agents and officials shadow Secretary of State Warren Christopher as he takes a few moments off from his talks in Cairo yesterday to pay a visit to the Sphinx |
| 17 | If you have n't seen the doctor before you have your bath you have to stay undressed until you have , and then he takes a few details . |
| 18 | Sanders ca n't be all that interested in the Plan if he takes a few days vacation rather than give the presentation . |
| 19 | He speaks a few sentences of rapid Thai to the guard , who stares at the two of them , breaks into a comprehending smile and turns away back to his hut at the foot of the drive . |
| 20 | I know the opposition is n't up to much but lets hope he bangs a few goals in and gives Sgt Wilko something to think about . |
| 21 | ROS : ( Worriedly — he walks a few paces towards HAMLET 's exit . ) |
| 22 | When the coffee is served , he pops a Dire Straits CD — from a loose pile that includes the Platters , Ray Charles and Led Zeppelin — into a CD ghetto blaster sitting on a shelf by the kitchen table . |
| 23 | ‘ When they have a problem , they give him the ball and he does a few tricks . |
| 24 | WEIGHT ON HIS MIND : Paul Merson ( left ) has a fat chance of making George Graham 's Arsenal team until he sheds a few pounds |
| 25 | He suggests a minimum earnings level for contracting out of around £8,500 to £10,000 , while LAS similarly recommends £9,000 . |
| 26 | Now Michael Portillo is one of the Tory high flyers , for anyone that do n't know who he is , he 's a Tory high flyer who finds it very difficult to look down , very difficult to look down on those but he should look down before he makes a such statements . |
| 27 | He runs a happy stables at Mowbray House — and is well aware of the debt he owes to his wife and his team . |