Example sentences of "he [modal v] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He may be given a seat on the tribal council , a position of power and prestige . |
| 2 | The former speaker , who will start his new duties during a lecture tour of America this summer , will start on a commission basis , but , if his efforts are successful , he may be offered a stake in a formal American venture . |
| 3 | In 1790 , when the county of Cromarty was being contested , one of the freeholders serving in the army demanded , as the price of his support for the candidate favoured by Henry Dundas , that he should be given a company in a regiment stationed in Britain . |
| 4 | He may , however , begin to think that , being judged capable of running his own show , he should be given a department of his own . |
| 5 | Then , realising that sooner or later he must be given a reason for her presence , she repeated the one she had given Stella . |
| 6 | If he does then it will almost certainly mean that he 'll be offered a directorship . |
| 7 | He , surprisingly enough , was comparatively sober , which means he was drunk by any ordinary standards , but by the very gauge he had set himself over the years , he might be called a pillar of sobriety — and grumpy with it . |
| 8 | Or he might be handed a file and a tiny silver tool with which to clean her toenails while she dozed in a chair . |
| 9 | Hetzler saw in Joyce an intelligent and dedicated recruit to the Nazi cause , though it was unlikely that he could be found a job in any of the ministries . |
| 10 | He was n't sure that he would be given a chance to hold on to his wife . |
| 11 | The words ‘ He shall be called a Nazarene ’ are not an authentic verse . |
| 12 | He will be sent a copy of Sir Anthony Hidden 's report but will base his recommendations on the criminal investigation by British Transport Police , a CPS spokesman said . |
| 13 | If he explains to the court why the debt has n't been paid , you and he will be given a date for the case to be heard . |
| 14 | If there has been a mistake , he will be given a rebate . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , he will be given a burial . ’ |
| 16 | Perhaps , with such powers of invention and mathematical ability , he will be offered a job in television sooner than we think . |
| 17 | Lord Donaldson is expected to be flown to the Flotta oil terminal in Scapa Flow where he will be shown a range of pollution fighting equipment which is kept on permanent standby . |