Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | Through the living-room window he can see a playpen , and a child 's pot standing on the table . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | According to ancient Iridani law he must undergo a test of courage and skill , overcoming earth warriors in five different aeons . |
8 | I thought there was a somewhere , because you know , whathisname you that black boy he used to have a toy that |
9 | On the next landing he could hear a TV set on the floor above . |
10 | At any moment he would slide a spike between her ribs . |
11 | 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 |
12 | 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 . |
13 | Through the net curtain he could see a porter assisting the driver of the car into a wheelchair . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | After the initial ‘ feeling out ’ process he will select a nest site and begin to build a nest . |
16 | If the eagle could only reach there in safety he would have a chance of following almost continuous high ground to Scotland … |
17 | If convicted of the charge he could face a prison sentence of six years . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | I fear that from becoming perhaps a local nuisance he will become a pest . |
20 | In the distance he could hear a woman 's heels catching on the cobbles as she ran to keep an appointment . |
21 | In the distance he could see a group of dog-walkers . |
22 | It 's partly because I 'm so lonely , it 's partly deliberate ( I want to make him relax , both for his own good and so that one day he may make a mistake ) , so it 's part weakness , and part cunning , and part charity . |
23 | On Father 's Day he 'll have a lie-in and get loads of presents — a chocolate , a jumper and a T-shirt , which he 'd probably like ‘ Daddy ’ written on . ’ |
24 | I knew he had a private hope that some day he might make a book with them . |
25 | Even at this stage he was thinking of the day he would bring a murderer into court and his evidence would have to stand up to a hostile defence counsel . |
26 | One day he would make a mistake , then she would have him . |
27 | Often he would shave it off , but the next day he would have a beard just the same . |
28 | They did , I mean the docker at that time of day he 'd take a gallon o beer into work with him . |
29 | If Patterson struts his stuff he 'll request a rider from Airborne just before eleven , so if anything is coming through it should be before eleven-fifteen . ’ |
30 | Pétain , impassive , decisive , tells Serrigny he must find a bed in the hotel . |