Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [modal v] [verb] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jack often thought he was n't quick enough to match Charlie 's easy repartee , but now he had thought of something that would make his friend smile . |
| 2 | Something that might save his life . |
| 3 | It 's different when a respected UK dealer makes substantiated claims for something that will affect his reputation for better or worse . |
| 4 | He had a choice of two shots and he played the most difficult one — the one that would make his ball stop better and hold . |
| 5 | But I do know at least one of his choices , the one that would top his list : something by the Shotts Pipe Band . |
| 6 | They all fancied him and would think his wife must be a monster . |
| 7 | Hank had no doubt that , sooner or later , old tabby-cats like the MacDonald woman would get wind of it and would give his mother hell about it . |
| 8 | Ace was uncertain whether or not to say anything that might disturb his concentration more than the noise outside did . |
| 9 | There was only one person to whom Jerome would be reporting with so much fervour ; Bénezet , naturally curious about anything that might serve his turn or redound to his profit , was not averse to picking up a few crumbs of useful information by the way . |
| 10 | First , the hon. Gentleman is terrified of saying anything that would upset his trade union paymasters ; secondly , he is afraid to do anything that would remind the electorate of the chains that bind his party to those paymasters — the bosses of the trade unions . |