Example sentences of "[pers pn] he [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind you he 'll change a lot . |
| 2 | As each new incumbent arrives in the levels above you he will have a different idea from his predecessor as to how things should be done . |
| 3 | ‘ I told him he would make a fortune . |
| 4 | He admired the beast rapturously ; he took the owner out to dinner , assured him he would make a fortune , and advised him to write to King Louis Philippe on the matter . |
| 5 | Giving marks for written work can help the student to assess how well he is doing and can serve as reinforcement ( either because good marks tell him he is making satisfactory progress or because poor marks will tell him he must make a grater effort ) . |
| 6 | Vortigern consulted magicians who told him he should build a stronghold in Wales but as his workers set to work on a hill in Snowdonia their building materials sank into the earth . |
| 7 | Now , from what I know of him he can get a good sound out of anything , but the amps he 's been using recently ( until he had them nicked from his car ) were Marshall Valvestate 80s . |
| 8 | A reward becomes a bribe if when the child behaves badly ( the PB ) , an adult tells him he can get a reward if he stops . |
| 9 | If I ca n't take him he will have a two-hour wait for an ambulance . |
| 10 | After a few scotches , he told her he 'd buy a dishwasher , throwing in a string of fatuous clichés about her delicate hands , sparkling and making her laugh . |
| 11 | One of them wrote to Jarvis 's mother to tell her he could get a good price for Cambridge School . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll never believe he done it , ’ said Mrs Flaherty , when she came round for a cup of tea and a slice of the action , ‘ not if he 's convicted by a dozen juries , and do n't tell me he 'll get a fair trial in the current climate of opinion , not unless they pick twelve men the same size and true . |
| 13 | He looked at me as though he was trying to work out which part of me he would take a bit out of . |
| 14 | He shows nothing that suggests to me he should wear a Liverpool shirt . |
| 15 | so I thought right , she said to me he 'd want a bottle , so come like ten past eleven , he 's like whinging , he 's drunk all his milk , then went up and come down and eat all his dinner and his pudding |
| 16 | Posing as a financial adviser , he told them he could make a quick fortune on the house , farm and flats left by her husband Peter . |
| 17 | And since he could not sign it he would use a seal . |
| 18 | He says that if he 's going to overshoot he 'll use a sea anchor or drop a stern anchor and if he stops short of us he 'll send a crew with a rope . |