Example sentences of "[conj] he could [adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked straight into her eyes , insisting by the force of his gaze that he could somehow persuade her to forget everything she had learned about him since Beatrix 's death . |
| 2 | As the recently-formed RAF Museum was still several years away from having its own permanent display building , D'Arcy persuaded the Air Historical Branch to release PA474 to him in order that he could properly restore it and keep it under cover . |
| 3 | So marvelous was the migrating instinct of birds that he could only ascribe it to the superior intelligence of their Creator . |
| 4 | What part of my character is under fire this time ? ’ 'Do n't , ’ she said with such pain in her voice that he could almost believe it was genuine . |
| 5 | Later they went shopping in the markets and bought her red plastic plates and incense and spaghetti and him a copper kettle and a book so heavy that he could hardly carry it he said . |
| 6 | She broke out into renewed sobbing , to such an extent that he could hardly understand her when she spoke . |
| 7 | She now knew that he could never satisfy her , but was not prepared to dislike him just for that . |
| 8 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 9 | Yes , Phyllis Henley , the tough professional , would tell him when she had hard information , so he could only conclude she was still working on her lead . |
| 10 | And he could still make it in 1992 . |
| 11 | Safety is also an important factor when stretching with a partner ; he does not know how much pain you are in and he could inadvertently overstretch you . |
| 12 | And erm and he did this sermon so the next bloke he came from Kent somewhere er he was a miner or a miner 's delegate and he could really speak you know , arms waving and all that and he was a real preacher . |
| 13 | He backed away , and still they struck and lunged in his direction ; he backed away even more until he could barely see them in the gloom . |
| 14 | If he could just reach it … |
| 15 | How great an attraction , he accurately predicted , would the betcherrygah prove in the parlours and drawing-rooms of the great British gentry , if he could just get it home alive . |
| 16 | For a second her eyes searched his face in case there was a vestige of suspicion left , but he held her close , fingers running continually through her tousled mop of blonde hair , lips pressuring her face and neck as if he could never touch her enough . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't mention him , if he could only see us now ! |
| 18 | Those early years were best forgotten and he would not allow himself to dwell on them if he could possibly help it . |
| 19 | as if he could suddenly feel her looking at him , he glanced directly up at her window . |
| 20 | He sat for many hours in front of a mirror , moving his joints , detecting stiffness in a knee , juggling with cakes of soap to see if he could still do it . |
| 21 | Place could not see the police presence on the river walk above his head , but he could probably guess it was there . |
| 22 | The dock looked dark beyond the curtain and I could n't see him , but he could indeed see me . |
| 23 | If it had been anyone other than Connie … but he could hardly choke him off . |
| 24 | After all , he might be able to buy them but he could hardly force her to wear them , could he ? |
| 25 | Forgiving sin since Christ has died , forgiving sin is easy but it was , yet , it was the hardest thing that God could do because he could only do it when Christ died for us . |
| 26 | It was not the only time Poindexter had to shut North up : partly because North genuinely did not know how widely the secret was known , but partly because he could hardly resist it anyway . |
| 27 | ( He was in every respect a most economical man , and , like many of his generation , continued to think of taxis as an expensive luxury long after he could easily afford them . ) |
| 28 | The passing of time had eroded the picture from his mind as much as he could possibly allow it , so that now the two images were one and the same . |
| 29 | In a fit of feverish activity Gould proceeded to publish a series of lectures and papers as quickly as he could possibly produce them ; on 25 August he exhibited and named at the Zoological Society six new species of kangaroo and presented his information on the bowerbirds ; on 8 September he read a paper at a scientific meeting on the extraordinary brush turkey , or Alectura , among a selection of others ; on 13 October he gave an account of the Ocellated leipoa ; on 10 November he exhibited at the Society 50 of his new Australian birds , which he characterised in subsequent meetings ; and so on , until he had presented all his new trophies from both the bird and animal kingdoms to the awestruck Zoological members . |
| 30 | The picture forming in his mind was clearer , more distinct , though he could scarce believe it . |