Example sentences of "[verb] his cake [conj] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The overall effect is that the morally indefensible opportunist appears as a very human figure , a man who would have liked to have had his cake and eaten it and who , forced to make choices , alternates between self-congratulation and a sense of self-betrayal . |
| 2 | That way he could have his cake and eat it too . |
| 3 | Essentially the Finance Act 1986 has left the IHTA 1984 provisions intact but there are a number of changes , the most substantial one being that if an individual gives property to another individual , or an accumulation and maintenance trust , or a trust for the disabled and survives the gift by seven years and the gift is not subject to reservations ( the taxpayer can no longer have his cake and eat it ) no inheritance tax at all is payable . |
| 4 | Now , I happen to think that Campbell 's idea is flawed because he wants to have his cake and eat it . |
| 5 | One German dog breeder worked out a way to have his cake and eat it . |
| 6 | As a parody of fringe theatre at its worst , all this is quite funny , but Harwood is trying to have his cake and eat it too . |
| 7 | When the new heritage minister David Mellor was last in charge of broadcasting , he similarly sought to have his cake and eat it . |
| 8 | " He wants to have his cake and eat it , " said Caroline , watching him devour olives and radishes and French bread . |
| 9 | WHEN it comes to women , Clint Eastwood likes to have his cake and eat it . |
| 10 | The increasing part played by high technology in the manufacture and operation of cookers and ranges , enables the chef to have his cake and eat it . |
| 11 | He had , in the classic language of such things , had his cake and eaten it too . |