Example sentences of "he [modal v] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Do n't fuck about , he 'll fucking deck you .
2 Yet his family was totally dependent on him , not just his brothers but his mother and his father , so he could n't buck the system ; the pressure to rein him back in and continue the status quo and what was making money won over .
3 He could n't flesh her out , however hard he studied the picture .
4 He could n't distress her with his own , raw , terrible dilemma .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 He could just beef-up .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 He knew now he could not farm here .
12 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 .
13 Parker , he was all caught up ; for he could not ward what he had himself created , fumbled for the door-bolt .
14 But Selznick knew that he could not hand over the selection process to assistants .
15 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 .
16 Yet he could hardly finesse or cost-cut his way out of a serious downturn there .
17 He 'd rather finger Bach than Liszt .
18 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 .
19 ‘ At table he would just glower at his food and refuse to talk .
20 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 …
21 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 .
22 Father Martin now hopes to become a member of the Roman Catholic church , but admits that in this economic climate , he ca n't t many of those currently at odds will do likewise .
23 A recent suggestion that he ca n't DJ irks the most .
24 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 .
25 He will probably apprentice him , like he apprenticed me .
26 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 .
27 Come , be comforted , he sha n't fright you .
28 He wo n't Jonathan .
29 And , most importantly for the lads , judging by the roar which greeted its first appearance , he can still windmill his right arm .
30 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 ) .
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