Example sentences of "[vb past] everything he could " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried everything he could think of to tempt the Bookman into showing himself . |
| 2 | Mitchell and White ran themselves into the ground and Nicky Summerbee tried everything he could to get a goal . |
| 3 | As an anxious new father , Belinda 's partner , Jem , read everything he could find about Down 's syndrome because he wanted to know what he could expect from the future . |
| 4 | Nick Moore did everything he could to persuade Derbyshire police that he , not Boler , was the robber . |
| 5 | His father walked beside him , behind him , leaned on him , did everything he could to teach him to drill . |
| 6 | He did everything he could to make it impossible for the marriage to take place . |
| 7 | He did everything he could to make sure that they were never alone . |
| 8 | He wanted his son to be a champion , and he did everything he could to force him to go on racing against his better judgement ! ’ |
| 9 | He said he did everything he could to calm Farrow down , including on two occasions taking her to the exclusive Carlyle Hotel and sleeping with her after she begged him to do so . |
| 10 | And the Kaiser did everything he could to ensure that his son should be no more than a figurehead in the army given under his command . |
| 11 | He says he tied then up and stole everything he could . |