Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [vb infin] 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 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 … |
| 12 | If he is slow , he may feel a slight but unpleasant jolt , catching the hammer as it falls . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He may achieve a little more animation this time if Party Politics wins him his place in history . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He may suffer a severe personality change from which he might not recover . |
| 17 | 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 … ’ . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Yet he may wear a Heart replete with Guile , |
| 20 | But where standards appear to a discharger to impose excessive demands he may exercise a right of appeal to the Secretary of State . |
| 21 | He may exercise a right of appeal if one is provided by the legislation under which the decision complained of was taken . |
| 22 | ADRIAN ‘ FATAL Attraction ’ Lyne is considering a James Dearden-scripted remake of Nabokov 's pre-teen-temptress tragedy Lolita , previously filmed by Stanley Kubrick , Lyne 's recent Jacob 's Ladder suggesting he may do a decent job . |
| 23 | In practice a contestant is held responsible for the behaviour of team-members and the coach , and he may face a severe penalty if they misbehave . |
| 24 | The Briton may take a dekko , north India 's ‘ Look ! ’ ( just as , from British rule in Egypt , he may take a shufti — though one who takes a butchers has gone no further east than Bow bells and the cockney rhyming slang of a butcher 's 'ook ) . |
| 25 | For instance , a sales representative needs a car , but if he is able to buy a BMW , Mercedes , Jaguar or Rover then he may gain a bonus in the form of status or prestige enhancements . |
| 26 | With a new car from Benetton due to be shaken down by Martin Brundle at Silverstone today , he may have a chance of holding his position longer than many expect . |
| 27 | With his own production company , Crucial Films , funded by the Beeb and with ‘ all manner of people dropping off bits of writing ’ , it seems he may have a good chance . |
| 28 | Peter 's General Practitioner had discussed the possibility that he may have a peptic ulcer ( erosion of the lining of the stomach or duodenum ) which may be associated with irregular meals , high alcohol consumption and heavy smoking . |
| 29 | He may have a brief with correspondence numbering two or three hundred letters delivered to him the night , or two nights , before the case begins , and all the facts must be mastered before he goes into court . |
| 30 | I think he may have a vocation — that 's confidential , of course . ’ |