Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] he [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be no problem for her to make a meal for two , or suggest he bring a take-away , and , prior to this morning , she felt she probably would have agreed to that . |
| 2 | The expectations on him to perform as a wit at the Painters ' Table further drained his energy and if feeling jaded or bored he drank a lot . |
| 3 | Or did he carry a length of picture cord in his pocket ? |
| 4 | ‘ Or did he want a couple with the same number of children as he had ? |
| 5 | Is Jamie being collected , or does he want a ride home ? ’ |
| 6 | Had he imagined it or had he seen a light flickering in the window of the St Manicus chapel ? |
| 7 | Or had he had a predilection for liking young ladies ? |
| 8 | In the silence that followed he heard an owl hoot , and then nothing , nothing except the harsh sound of someone sobbing . |
| 9 | Nor did he make a note of it . |
| 10 | He did not loot , nor did he squeeze a fortune from his oriental subjects , as so many of his British and Dutch East India Company contemporaries thought quite normal . |
| 11 | He had not learned the right lesson , however , nor did he have a solution to the problem that would be posed by the mud created by rain and his own artillery . |
| 12 | Nor does he render a service in country B or anywhere else by refraining in consequence of the grant from taking preventive action against the grantee . |
| 13 | She said it was highly possible that had he received a blood transfusion his life might have been saved . |
| 14 | Her friend came in and said ‘ Reach for the sky ’ and pretended he had a gun and she played along with him right up to the time they left together . |
| 15 | They did a DNA-fingerprint test and found he had a bus-load of people in him , linked it to some guy who was in the toilets under Centre Point the day before hiring rent boys but he did n't want the full business just wanted them to wank into this bottle thank you for your contribution young man every little bit helps going to a good home thank you mind how you go … |
| 16 | Sometimes I go to bed and he comes and says he has a lot of hit songs for me . ’ |
| 17 | Leyburn magistrates yesterday banned Adrian Pinnell , 20 , from driving for two years and ordered he pay a total of £730 in fines and costs . |
| 18 | Milcolm McIllvoil being called compared and confessed he practised a charm with a string and some words he spoke within the compass of the string for the rickets possession and any other sudden distemper which he did practice by putting a lint thread to his breath and repeating the following words within the compass of it . |
| 19 | Milcolm McIllvoil being called compared and confessed he practised a charm with a string and some words he spoke within the compass of the string for the rickets possession and any other sudden distemper which he did practice by putting a lint thread to his breath and repeating the following words within the compass of it . |
| 20 | Compared Angus Brown in Scarbus and confessed he practiced a charme by uttering some words with a string he held to his mouth which string was to be bound about the hand of the sick person . |
| 21 | Compared Angus Brown in Scarbus and confessed he practiced a charme by uttering some words with a string he held to his mouth which string was to be bound about the hand of the sick person . |
| 22 | Barrett , who has recently scored two impressive first round stoppage victories in Italy , decided he needs more experience in the welterweight division and feels he made a mistake in challenging Manning Galloway too soon for the WBO welterweight crown last July . |
| 23 | The tall man looked so bereft at the loss of his luggage , his inability to recall where he was supposed to be staying ; she watched a lot of movies and thought he looked a bit like that gentleman who was always asking people to make his day , but he talked like the man with the funny bird-feather in his hat from ‘ Dallas ’ . |
| 24 | Only I misheard and thought he said a cow hanging over a chair . |
| 25 | In each of the robberies the raider handed over notes demanding cash and claiming he had a gun . |
| 26 | ‘ And did he make a lot of money ? ’ |
| 27 | And did he have a soul ? |
| 28 | He shook during the interviews and said he had a history of mental illness . |
| 29 | He was about to pass out and said he thought an iron bar had been put in his back |
| 30 | They did indeed put the kettle on , but then the Bishop took it off again and said he needed a drink more , oh , that poor fellow ; and his wife said , ‘ And his poor wife . ’ |