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 | He could just beef-up . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | Yet he could hardly finesse or cost-cut his way out of a serious downturn there . |
5 | He 'd rather finger Bach than Liszt . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ At table he would just glower at his food and refuse to talk . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | He will probably apprentice him , like he apprenticed me . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | And , most importantly for the lads , judging by the roar which greeted its first appearance , he can still windmill his right arm . |
12 | 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 ) . |