Example sentences of "[vb past] he [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BOWLER Vic Macey joked he 'd break a pal 's leg if he hit him for four at a Paignton cricket match — then DID accidentally after the game . |
| 2 | Apart from anything else , she wanted to recompense him in some way , although she doubted he would accept a reward . |
| 3 | It turned out he was escaping a planned course of ECT because no one on his ward believed he might have a drink problem . |
| 4 | If Mr Gorbachev believed he could acquire a breathing space through repression , during which the economy could be transformed by unpopular but necessary reforms , he might be willing to pay the price , but this would reverse his strategy of the past three years . |
| 5 | GWR was approached by DLT 's agent 2 weeks ago , and market research showed he 'd prove a hit with the listeners . |
| 6 | He claimed he used to hold a tie round Murray 's arm as he injected himself . |
| 7 | She was waved on by a sharp-eyed young officer , who boasted he could smell a smuggler from fifty yards away . |
| 8 | I believe he sensed he could unleash a drive in me that could propel him to recognition . |
| 9 | He was not wearing wellingtons , just his working boots , but he decided he must have a look . |
| 10 | Until his mother died he used to pay a routine Wednesday visit but , of course , that 's stopped now . ’ |
| 11 | She felt he must have a grudge of some kind against her and she felt very frightened . |
| 12 | Lord John had sounded hopeless for he knew he would lose a duel against Sharpe . |
| 13 | That the killer knew he 'd find a razor to hand ? ’ |
| 14 | Hallin also represented producer , Chris Allison , and thought he might form a partnership with the band . |
| 15 | In his office the manager said that he thought he might have a part going , and then looked at Arthur for a long time . |
| 16 | He thought he might write a book about it all . |
| 17 | It was at that time that I interviewed David 's mother , Margaret Jones , who recalled a three-year-old David discovering a bag of make-up in an upstairs room and plastering himself with it , and how at one point she thought he would become a ballet dancer . |
| 18 | Originally , he thought he would become a poet and it was ‘ by accident ’ that he became a doctor . |
| 19 | Ken tried to make friends if he thought he 'd upset a colleague whom he did respect or value . |
| 20 | Thought he 'd make a killing , you see ; a lot of money to be made from property development . ’ |
| 21 | I thought he 'd find a way for himself in the end . |
| 22 | ‘ Hilary Frome would fuck the school cat if he thought he 'd get a kick out of it . ’ |
| 23 | Parisian designer Jacques Rougerie obviously got rather tired of his new project — designing a Seine riverbus — and thought he 'd have a lie-down instead . |
| 24 | Peering closer he thought he could see a smear roughly the same length on the jacket pocket , but the cloth was too dirty for him to be sure . |
| 25 | Far more pertinent was the fact that Mendoros thought he could see a gap in a market about which he knew a great deal , and which he reckoned could best be filled from the UK . |
| 26 | He thought he could see a figure moving in front of him . |
| 27 | He had not seen her face , which she kept covered with a scarf , but he thought he could put a name to her . |
| 28 | He realised he could make a lot of money and a name for himself if he were to act swiftly and produce his maps before Green had time to complete his own . |
| 29 | And although Mr Knight admitted he 'd prefer a pint of bitter , he agreed that Drinkwise Day was an excellent idea . |
| 30 | A trawler-owning ancestor of mine bought the island , apparently convinced he could make a go of farming in a place surround by his beloved sea . ’ |