Example sentences of "[v-ing] he [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ran out into the wet streets saying he would find a taxi . |
| 2 | Since receiving this , he has contacted us again saying he would like a change . |
| 3 | This I did , and good old Dad was so nice about it , saying he would get a sheet of glass and putty at the week-end . |
| 4 | Several times I went up the valley with my father in the evening and sat with him behind a rock , hoping he would get a shot at the leopard . |
| 5 | ‘ The trouble is they 'll send for him when he is eighteen , and we were hoping he 'd win a scholarship to go on to University . |
| 6 | That reminds me : I asked whether he 'd heard anything within a few minutes of seeing young Hamnett , hoping he 'd say a shot , of course , which really would have been too good to be true . |
| 7 | My brothers 'd be watching his every move , just hoping he 'd put a foot wrong so they could jump in and scrag him . |
| 8 | Chant began to gasp , and Dowd — realizing he 'd hit a nerve — leaned towards his victim . |