Example sentences of "a [noun] that [modal v] [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | And while Clough misses out again , it is understood that Blanc has a contract that will take him to French drama club Marseille in the summer . |
| 2 | Frank McAvennie , meanwhile , will today give his answer to the offer of a contract that will take him up to the end of the season and with the promise of a more substantial agreement if his progress is satisfactory . |
| 3 | Then he turned , and with a little gesture of farewell crossed the highway and headed back towards Lima , a small , shambling figure glancing back every now and then in search of a truck that would give him a lift . |
| 4 | The big broker even asked me , as I left his office , if I could recommend someone to design a programme that would let him keep track of his client 's accounts as he traded . |
| 5 | Just now he 's working on a deal that could give him a big say in the life of a lady who 'll ‘ definitely ’ be in the Top Ten within weeks . |
| 6 | MR BOB Reid , head of Shell UK , yesterday agreed to take over the chairmanship of British Rail under a deal that will bring him £2 million over five years . |
| 7 | The 38-year-old player-manager has accepted a deal that will keep him at Hillsborough for the next three-and-a-half years . |
| 8 | The burgesses of the ‘ husband town ’ allocated such divisions on behalf of the Crown , the arable land being measured to assess its user 's liability for military service : a ‘ husbandland ’ was the area of ploughland sufficient to provide a man with a living that could afford him a horse and harness when called on in a Border emergency . |
| 9 | Stevenson was deliberately seeking a plot that would allow him to explore an aspect of human psychology . |
| 10 | Lecourt has pointed to the absence of ‘ a concept that would enable him to think together several histories with different statuses ; in short , the concept of a differential history ’ . |
| 11 | Before he can contemplate a victory that would establish him as United 's most successful manager since the days of Sir Matt Busby in the 1960's , United must first overcome relegation-threatened Luton at Kenilworth Road tomorrow and Nottingham Forest at Old Trafford on Easter Monday . |
| 12 | WALES prop Mike Griffiths is facing a suspension that could rule him out of the clash with world champions Australia , after his dismissal in CARDIFF 'S match at Aberavon yesterday . |
| 13 | I was not a man fighting to live but I was a boxer on the ropes , praying for a miracle that would save him from almost certain defeat . |
| 14 | Bobby 'll be here in a minute , and I want you all to give him a performance that 'll blast him out of his seat ! ’ |
| 15 | Fifteen minutes later McKillop was in the street waiting for a bus that would take him to Westminster where he could get a connection down to Kennington . |
| 16 | President Yeltsin was also facing trouble from Russia 's supreme legislature , which was reported to be tabling a motion that would strip him of his emergency powers . |
| 17 | He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House . |
| 18 | This means that one should never put one 's Japanese counterpart in a position that will force him to accept blame for a project going wrong , being delayed , etc . |
| 19 | As a fully qualified professional , Geoffrey is eligible for a scheme that will advance him a larger loan for his new house than normal income multiples would allow . |
| 20 | The government insisted this was the reason he secretly contacted Castro to mediate a solution that would save him from the drug dealers ' retribution . |
| 21 | He let go then of every dignity but the dignity of defiance , and fought like a wild-cat , lashing and struggling and biting , wearing himself out uselessly in an effort that could gain him nothing . |