Example sentences of "[noun] he [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well Tony , was who manager at the associated now , er he was very a very popular player , he was a goal scorer on one occasion , they played an away match at Swindon and he scored a goal and the goalkeeper got sent off a John so Tony went in goal and he saved a penalty later in the match , but he was a very popular player he was a a good goal scorer then there was Colin he , he had one of the hardest shots in the league you know , I 've , I 've seen the goalkeeper shrug his shoulders at , at defenders and say well how do you stop those , they used to call him Cannonball at one time , and er there was Tommy he had his collarbone broken and he never played again after , but he was a great centre forward he used to make a lot of space for the other forwards you know . |
| 2 | It was nice to talk over old times and Swire Sugden assured me that in future he would get a consensus before sending in the bulldozers . |
| 3 | By the watchfires ' waning light he could discern a handful of ghostly figures flitting about nearby . |
| 4 | If he were a poet he would write a poem to that glimpse of bare ankle . |
| 5 | But where standards appear to a discharger to impose excessive demands he may exercise a right of appeal to the Secretary of State . |
| 6 | For more bullish clients he might suggest a maximum of 25 p.c. of the monthly saving could go into a Pep . |
| 7 | Further , if the recipient does not wish to wait six months he can serve a notice on the sender in which case , if the sender does not come within one month to collect them , they then become an unconditional gift . |
| 8 | ‘ If the Governor set aside four hours every day for two months he could spend a minute on each decision package , not enough time to read it , let alone make an analysis of its merits ’ ( Anthony , 1977 , p. 19 ) . |
| 9 | Through the living-room window he can see a playpen , and a child 's pot standing on the table . |
| 10 | When we was about fourteen in the fourth year at school , there was this quite chubby bloke he 'd have a towel just there while you shower . |
| 11 | According to ancient Iridani law he must undergo a test of courage and skill , overcoming earth warriors in five different aeons . |
| 12 | I thought there was a somewhere , because you know , whathisname you that black boy he used to have a toy that |
| 13 | On the next landing he could hear a TV set on the floor above . |
| 14 | Tell Sid he could lose a lot on his Gas shares |
| 15 | At any moment he would slide a spike between her ribs . |
| 16 | He did n't want a job that 's what he had said he wanted to have time out he did n't want a job he could get a job when he wanted to , he ca n't now turn round and blame it on |
| 17 | If the husband is prepared to remain liable under the mortgage he should remain a trustee of the legal estate ( which could stand in the names of the husband , the wife and new husband ) so that he will know the state of the mortgage account and so that a further advance or a second charge can not be created without his consent . |
| 18 | On board days he would wear a tailcoat . |
| 19 | Some days he would follow a man , a man he 'd just seen in the street , for minutes or for hours , thinking he would go up to him and ask him if he knew the way . |
| 20 | In a few days he will catch a boat for South America . |
| 21 | Through the net curtain he could see a porter assisting the driver of the car into a wheelchair . |
| 22 | He gave out that he would hold a great meeting and that at that meeting he would give a present to every animal and bird , to make each one different from the rest And all the creatures set out to go to the meeting-place . |
| 23 | After the initial ‘ feeling out ’ process he will select a nest site and begin to build a nest . |
| 24 | A hand began feeling at him in the places he might carry a gun , so Maxim said to Fraulein Winkelmann : ‘ It would be compli-cated if he shoots me . |
| 25 | If the eagle could only reach there in safety he would have a chance of following almost continuous high ground to Scotland … |
| 26 | If the operator is in an aircraft that is flying at a height of 10000 m he can control a Telemine from a range of 500 km . |
| 27 | If convicted of the charge he could face a prison sentence of six years . |
| 28 | If he takes an ( optical ) photograph of the wall he will have a snap of featureless plaster , as the light is reflected back from the surface and not from inside the structure . |
| 29 | I fear that from becoming perhaps a local nuisance he will become a pest . |
| 30 | In the distance he could hear a woman 's heels catching on the cobbles as she ran to keep an appointment . |