Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [pers pn] [modal v] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can not , for instance , turn someone into a surfing champion just because he 's at the seaside , but if it turns out that he has a genuine interest in fishing and some skills as a fisherman you can centre pictures and film on that . |
| 2 | Knowing what the Bushmen knew then — that the NEA was unpopular with conservative legislators and already the target of fundamentalist Christians for subsidising offensive art — they can hardly have seen this as a plum they could hand to a big contributor or a rising political star or , indeed , to anybody aiming to leave town alive . |
| 3 | She could put up with that if it got her to a city , or within reach of a ve-hickle she could scav . |
| 4 | He was n't a man you could cross-question . |
| 5 | And if I can , then it would be a lever you could hand to him . ’ |
| 6 | ass If she starts out a goosegirl she 'll shit on |