Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun sg] he [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he told his bosses in London who have now provided him with round-the-clock protection for fear he could be in the sights of an IRA killer gang . |
| 2 | If he held his own with other boys in the struggle for power he could hardly help behaving in ways which were unlikely to be lovable — a fact which assumed a definite importance when the only hope of affection came from those same boys . |
| 3 | Can my hon. Friend confirm that when he announces new proposals for deregulation he will ensure that he and his officials have consulted the Minister for small businesses to see that every effort is made to take into account the needs of small businesses and that deregulation , wherever possible , is increased , so that small businesses can get special exemptions where possible from what can be very complicated regulations and procedures that the Government introduce ? |
| 4 | In any fight for Kirsty he would definitely have the edge . |
| 5 | It was held that where an absolute owner brings an action for trespass he must prove title and an intention to regain possession . |
| 6 | If she could get there before the long closure for lunch-hour he would make her up a preparation , and Peony could get it back to her mother and possibly get back again to the harbour for the Swimming Gala . |
| 7 | It was the only crumb of comfort he could salvage from the ordeal . |
| 8 | However , if a Night Goblin shaman eats a piece of mushroom he can use magic even if there are no other Orcs or Goblins near . |
| 9 | ‘ So Ryan 's stuck with a piece of land he ca n't develop and can only sell as it stands at market value ? ’ she asked , beginning to enjoy the irony of it . |
| 10 | Thomas had decided that in his piece of writing he would set out his speculations on the history of the piece of wood . |
| 11 | Attached to the ring was the piece of wire he used to pick locks . |
| 12 | James was always making drawings on every piece of paper he could lay hands on — even his father 's sermons were not safe . |
| 13 | At least one taxing officer takes the view that as a rule of thumb he would be prepared to allow one hour 's perusals for each month of the litigation . |
| 14 | When he was at Cardiff College of PE he used to get Gareth Edwards to play . |
| 15 | When he was at Cardiff College of PE he used to get Gareth Edwards to play . |
| 16 | He must have been interviewed during the night of panic following the murder ; in the rational light of dawn he would recognise that his words had been just heroics . |
| 17 | and , and neck of lamb he 'll eat all the rubbish , but he wo n't eat the meat |
| 18 | When Mr Steen rang on Friday afternoon to say he was n't certain whether or not he was returning to London at the weekend , she had checked the petrol in the car in case he might want it . |
| 19 | A metre and a half of copper wire with wooden handgrips at each end went in his pocket plus a box of bullets for his Walther in case he should be able to reclaim it from the masthead . |
| 20 | The contractions returned , and my husband got out all the books on pregnancy he could find . |
| 21 | Pardoning them in return for a fine of £18,840 , he initially demanded that in the prologue to the official grant of pardon he should be styled ‘ sole protector and supreme head of the English Church and clergy ’ . |
| 22 | Under certain states of consciousness he could become aware of the subtler dimensions of the landscape and wrote : |
| 23 | Later on the same page he makes this challenging statement ‘ If any of us actually had the power to release souls from purgatory and refused to exercise that power except in return for a payment of money he would be considered cruel and unchristian — which indeed he would be . ’ |
| 24 | For one thing , he found it hard to accept that anyone who lacked the advantage of being American could pose much of a threat , and for another , he needed every scrap of material he could get from any quarter , even the newspapers , to sustain the nonstop barrage of reports he was firing into headquarters . |
| 25 | In some cases of urgency he can introduce regulations with a shelf life of up to 12 months without consultation ( s11(5) ) . |
| 26 | With a bit of luck he 'll be back in the next couple of weeks . |
| 27 | With a bit of luck he wo n't be able to bear to part with it to a publisher . |
| 28 | With a little bit of luck he could still make an impact in an important event . |
| 29 | And while he was on the film set or wherever he was you know , away from home for the week , he 'd be playing around with every bit of skirt he could find . |
| 30 | He has this image in his head of the kind of person he 'd like to be , it 's a cartoon character … something about 2000 AD . |