Example sentences of "he [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What would he want a word about ? ’ she questioned hostilely , wanting him to be gentle as he had been that morning . |
| 2 | ‘ Or did he want a couple with the same number of children as he had ? |
| 3 | Does he want a smack in the mouth ? |
| 4 | ‘ Well , does he want a home for the priest , I would take him with pleasure , ’ said Bishop Jon , ‘ and no doubt you could find room for the other if called on . |
| 5 | He asks , explains Odd-Knut , why , should he want a picture of his hut on the wall when he can go outside and look at it ? |
| 6 | ‘ And if I do , will he want a slut ? ’ |
| 7 | J. decided he wanted a photograph of me , and although I did tease him a bit about this — what did he want a photograph of me for when I was there in front of him most of the time ? — at his insistence I finally went and had it done . |
| 8 | Is Jamie being collected , or does he want a ride home ? ’ |
| 9 | But we asked erm Colin , di did he want a monitor ? |
| 10 | Does he think a boy-word meets a girl-word , they get married , and in time another word is born ? |
| 11 | Dom Grossard further informs us that ‘ He could tell at once which grapes were from which vineyards and would say , ‘ The wine of that vineyard must be married with the wine of that one ’ , and never once did he make a mistake . ’ |
| 12 | Why should he make a defence ? |
| 13 | ‘ Did he make a pass at you , then ? ’ she asked teasingly , but there was a flash of envy and anger in her voice that she did not like or understand . |
| 14 | Ca n't he make a statement ? ’ |
| 15 | Will he make a statement to the House about the matter and will he get rid of the unwanted and unnecessary cuts in the number of coastguards ? |
| 16 | When my right hon. Friend is next in the duchy , will he make a point of meeting the management and employees of Coats Viyella and reassuring them that under the Conservative party in government there will be no question of a national minimum wage and that it will not be necessary for them to consider moving 10,000 employees — one third of its work force — to jobs abroad ? |
| 17 | ‘ How does he make a living ? |
| 18 | But can he make a living from being a lookalike ? |
| 19 | As it is necessary for a Marxist to make a science of society , so too must he make a science of violence . |
| 20 | ‘ And did he make a lot of money ? ’ |
| 21 | Does he make a lot of fuss of her then ? |
| 22 | Nor did he make a note of it . |
| 23 | As the Prime Minister approaches the first anniversary of his move into his new home , will he spare a thought for the tens of thousands who , because of his policies , are now losing theirs ? |
| 24 | Did he need a bit of help with his I mean a lot of them did made them that sort of I just found a lot of was so so behind and so |
| 25 | What on earth does he need a bed that size for ? she wondered . |
| 26 | Well why does he use it then , why does he need a metal detect ? |
| 27 | He had a perfectly good Audi when he moved here last year , so why in the heck does he need a monster B M W like that then ? |
| 28 | I was really happy for him because now he 'd answered the question , ‘ Could he win a major ? ’ |
| 29 | In fact , Conservative opposition in the Lords is proving very important , and if Colonel is concerned about the future level of the police budget , why does n't he do a bit more to stop this nationalisation of the police going through parliament at the moment , and I just want to quote the , the words of Conservative Chairman of the Sussex police authority , over the years from nineteen eighty-two to nineteen ninety-three , four of them , and the most senior of course , who led the Association of County Councils for the Conservatives . |
| 30 | ‘ But why should he do a deal with the kidnappers during that time ? ’ she asked . |