Example sentences of "he [det] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not in an evil way at all , but if you gave him half a chance he 'd hammer you into the ground and stamp on you . |
| 2 | In Fredegar 's narrative Childeric was exiled from the Franks for his sexual profligacy , but he arranged with his faithful follower , Wiomad , that he would return when the latter had sent him half a coin which they had divided between them . |
| 3 | This , with other and routine business , took him half a morning , during which Inspector Lane was out of the office on other business and the two young sergeants were in and out all the time ; they seemed to work as a unit . |
| 4 | It amazed him such a slip of a girl could have such passion in her , and by then he had noticed the perfect contours of her body which neither the black dress nor the prim white apron could conceal . |
| 5 | He felt some shame in digging up long-dead ghosts to torment Vologsky , and a sense of moral wrong in telling him such a bundle of blasphemous untruths . |
| 6 | All heads turned as his father gave him such a clip that he landed in the muddy , freshly dug grave behind him . |
| 7 | Ferryman had kipped down with him for a while , till one night , turning over in his sleep , Jackie had given him such a clout with the iron boot it nearly took his hip off . |
| 8 | Her lips clamped together and she stared at him in horror , unable to believe she 'd really asked him such a question . |
| 9 | And with that she turned on him herself and raising up her wings struck him such a blow with her talons that he rolled back out of control in the air , the tops of the pine trees below spinning before his eyes . |
| 10 | It was she who was the essential element in the alchemy which had absolved him and promised him such a refreshment of security and calm here . |
| 11 | Yet hath he in him such a mind of honour , |
| 12 | I feel for him such a lot . |
| 13 | The next time she saw him , she would give him such a tongue-lashing that his ears would ring for a week ! |
| 14 | ‘ They helped him many a time to keep his head above water or else we should have been in a poor way . ’ |
| 15 | But if any of the women folks which I 've gone out with a a bowl of soup to him many a time . |