Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adv] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't fuck about , he 'll fucking deck you . |
| 2 | He could n't flesh her out , however hard he studied the picture . |
| 3 | He could n't distress her with his own , raw , terrible dilemma . |
| 4 | He tried re-dialling two or three times , but either it was a long conversation or he could n't time it right to slip in between calls . |
| 5 | So that meant that he was he could n't sort of do a heavy heavy work so he just used to do odd job things you know , he 'd sell horse and carts and er he 'd go down to the pier when he used to do the fishing boats , he used to come in and he 'd buy a box of fish from them and go round the streets selling them you know . |
| 6 | He could just beef-up . |
| 7 | But even though Lewis used him for target practice with heavy right crosses and upper-cuts , he could not floor the durable American , who took a standing eight count early in the fourth round . |
| 8 | That 's the man he is , ’ said Adam abruptly , and strode before them at a furious pace towards the guest-house , pursued by the pain he could not outdistance . |
| 9 | The acussed alledged that he could not forsee the harm he would do , and proceeded to argue that since he acted inavertently , he did not committ the offence . |
| 10 | He knew now he could not farm here . |
| 11 | Although he might have a woman as a friend , he could not lust , he could not desire or covet any woman , whether she be free or not . |
| 12 | Parker , he was all caught up ; for he could not ward what he had himself created , fumbled for the door-bolt . |
| 13 | But Selznick knew that he could not hand over the selection process to assistants . |
| 14 | If he hurried he could easily cycle to the barrow , make a thorough search , and be back in his bed before the household started to stir at 7 . |
| 15 | Yet he could hardly finesse or cost-cut his way out of a serious downturn there . |
| 16 | He 'd rather finger Bach than Liszt . |
| 17 | He would generally lunch in one of the clubs to which he belonged ( by the end of his life , he was a member of the Athenaeum , the Garrick , and the Oxford and Cambridge ) although there were occasions when he would take guests to his favourite restaurant , L'Etoile , in Charlotte Street . |
| 18 | ‘ At table he would just glower at his food and refuse to talk . |
| 19 | For instance , if you were given , say , poetry , and you could n't get on with it , he would n't sort of force you into it , he 'd sort of talk it over and find out why you did n't like it , could n't get on with it , and then he 'd put you on to something else you did like … |
| 20 | He would certainly hand Oliver over to the police ; he had said he would tell the police about Alice and this was much , much worse . |
| 21 | A recent suggestion that he ca n't DJ irks the most . |
| 22 | But Neil he was gon na go down to Tesco 's but he is , Ipswich , ca n't get down here , so he ca n't sort of travel and you know what the hassle of having to take him and pick him up . |
| 23 | He will probably apprentice him , like he apprenticed me . |
| 24 | Twenty-six-year old Gary Ashton , who lives in Southend-on-Sea and imports cane furniture , looks unsure when asked how he will raise all the money , then replies that he will probably re-mortgage his flat . |
| 25 | Come , be comforted , he sha n't fright you . |
| 26 | And , most importantly for the lads , judging by the roar which greeted its first appearance , he can still windmill his right arm . |
| 27 | As Steve Wozniak , the co-founder with Jobs of the Apple Computer Company , tersely noted : ‘ he can always couch things in the right words ’ ( Patterson , 1985 ) . |