Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our Daniel were born a shuffletoppin' an ’ 'e 'll die a shuffletoppin' . ’ |
| 2 | The thought occurred once again to Henry that someone who was n't him might have a sexual interest in his wife . |
| 3 | It might not matter in the end — Forester fully expected to be traced and caught-but every difficulty and delay that he could strew behind him could make a final difference of hours or even minutes that might determine the distinction between success or failure . |
| 4 | Stevens was one of the most meticulous of film directors and any actor working with him could expect a gruelling time . |
| 5 | To really know him would take a lifetime . |
| 6 | He was several steps ahead of her all the time and outwitting him would need a genius , and that she was n't . |
| 7 | ‘ If a driver knows that any attempt to overtake the car ahead of him will risk a fine or disqualification , then he will not try , ’ the Austrian said . |
| 8 | Such a quantity of natural ability can sometimes cause inner confusion and players like him can turn a match on its head sometimes without knowing how it happened or how they did it . |
| 9 | The early life of a child and the attitudes of those around him can have a dramatic effect upon his adult emotional state . |
| 10 | He knew that he ought to see a physician , but was unwilling to do so lest he be told that he was not , after all , cured of syphilis . |
| 11 | He ought to see a vet . ’ |
| 12 | After the Italian surrender in the summer of 1943 he privately reckoned the chances of a similar German collapse at six to four against ; and he recognised , partly under pressure from Attlee and others on the Labour side , that he ought to appoint a senior Minister to co-ordinate the planning of reconstruction . |
| 13 | He ought to take a riding-whip to that wife of his and then bed her over and over again until she 's with child . " |
| 14 | An obscure feeling that he ought to have a key to this house made him resentful . |
| 15 | He ought to have a feeling of reverence for the beautiful things his great-uncle had entrusted to him . |
| 16 | Maybe he ought to have a shower or something . |
| 17 | If the hon. Gentleman is seriously concerned about unemployment — — he ought to have a word with his hon. Friends on the Select Committee who tried to cover up the consequences of his policy . |
| 18 | He ought to have a licence for eyelashes like that ! |
| 19 | ‘ It is the people hereabouts that I like , ’ said Mr Crump , feeling the silence as censure and well aware that he ought to play a proper part in the conversation . |
| 20 | Nothing would , nothing could go wrong today ; he ought to find a betting shop and put some money on a horse , he felt so lucky , so good , so in tune . |
| 21 | For example , he may strike a match perfectly well but in attempting to light a candle he may try to light the wick with the match unlit or strike the match against the candle . |
| 22 | ‘ I warn the abolitionists ’ , says South Carolina , ‘ … that if chance shall throw any of them into our hands he may expect a felon 's death … |
| 23 | If he is slow , he may feel a slight but unpleasant jolt , catching the hammer as it falls . |
| 24 | And finally , brethren , let us ask the Almighty to look down upon us and our endeavours with His special favour , beseeching Him that He may send a blessing upon our daily tasks , and that in His infinite wisdom He may smite our enemies , and destroy those who would destroy us . |
| 25 | He may achieve a little more animation this time if Party Politics wins him his place in history . |
| 26 | Where a protagonist may have political reasons for wishing to differentiate one theological position from another , he may place a high value on scientific results that assist the differentiation . |
| 27 | He may suffer a severe personality change from which he might not recover . |
| 28 | Thus in a self-contract he may make a contract such as ‘ if at the end of the week I have gone without a drink , or lost x lbs in weight , I can buy myself … ’ . |
| 29 | It 's partly because I 'm so lonely , it 's partly deliberate ( I want to make him relax , both for his own good and so that one day he may make a mistake ) , so it 's part weakness , and part cunning , and part charity . |
| 30 | Yet he may wear a Heart replete with Guile , |