Example sentences of "[noun pl] he [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But where standards appear to a discharger to impose excessive demands he may exercise a right of appeal to the Secretary of State . |
| 2 | For more bullish clients he might suggest a maximum of 25 p.c. of the monthly saving could go into a Pep . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 ) . |
| 5 | On board days he would wear a tailcoat . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In a few days he will catch a boat for South America . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The rabbits he used to put a snare down for , and erm if we were lucky we got one . |
| 10 | In order to keep the boys separate from the girls he used to draw a chalk line down the middle of our meeting room , and when we got carried away and crossed the line he would burst into a ferocious rage , pick up anything that was to hand — usually a book — and throw it at the offender , who had to duck fast in order not to be hit . |
| 11 | Evidently he was determined to walk alone , and unless Doreen broke down his defences he would become a replica of his uncle . |
| 12 | ‘ I warn the abolitionists ’ , says South Carolina , ‘ … that if chance shall throw any of them into our hands he may expect a felon 's death … |
| 13 | When they got to the Place of Tombs he would find a way of breaking them up . |
| 14 | Next time he came on one of these recces he would bring a bag for these trophies , but the chinagraph pencil had worked well in noting on his slate the depths of water and the position of that false beach . |
| 15 | And , for another thing , if he got any dirt on his clothes he 'd get a beating . |
| 16 | But Michael Foot was a formidable orator and on occasions he could coin a phrase which captured the mood perfectly . |