Example sentences of "he [pers pn] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him I could n't stop him , he was a free agent . |
| 2 | I had to show him I could be an international rather than just a squad player . |
| 3 | Fringe , flat out at racing pace , had a wildness about him I could n't really control and I guessed it was that quality which won him races . |
| 4 | When I told him I could not come he turned up the collar of his coat and walked away , looking at the pavement beside the unlit shop windows , hands deep in his pockets , and passed into the night going towards the Bridge of Three Eyes . |
| 5 | I was so lonely for him I could almost have believed that he did , though I know I must n't . ’ |
| 6 | He was obviously destined for the professional ranks and as I watched him I could see why . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , he wanted it tonight but I managed to convince him I could n't possibly get that much money together before tomorrow night . ’ |
| 8 | If I mentioned it to him I could see he was bored to the point of distress . |
| 9 | I was not in love with Terry , never had been ; I went after him , deliberately , because I was ripe for an affair and I thought with him I could have one and enjoy it and still feel like the nice clean girl-next-door afterwards . |
| 10 | At lunch I told him I could see he was ashamed of what he was doing , and that it was n't too late . |
| 11 | He is the most remarkable looking creature I have ever seen , and I believe I could love him very much , and I believe that with him I could forget Fergus . |
| 12 | I told him I could do the job and that he would regret not taking this gamble . |
| 13 | And every time I told him I could n't hear voices , you should have seen the look of disappointment that came into his face . |
| 14 | Behind him I could see my mum , Emily and Mrs Quigley , who appeared to be carrying a large sheaf of corn . |
| 15 | I was almost ready to tell him I could n't face Quigley on my own . |
| 16 | When I first saw him I could n't believe my eyes — he was dressed from head to toe in khaki . |
| 17 | Uncle Walter had told him you could get to Australia by digging . |
| 18 | A few months before , if anyone had told him you could feel dislike for your own child , a real aversion from your own flesh and blood , he would not have believed them . |
| 19 | Cos without him you could n't get your harvest in and tomorrow it might be raining . |
| 20 | I says to him you could of taped that for your mum , I says she 'll like that , he says I forgot , ee I says you tell me I 'm going senile |
| 21 | Why she 'd married him she could n't imagine . |
| 22 | If Gina was pleasant to him she could share ; if not , he would make them last for two meals . |
| 23 | Yet when she looked upon him she could not but believe that his sincere eyes could tell no lie . |
| 24 | What prompted her to invite him she could not have explained , but there was something about him — an air of loneliness , perhaps , though it was more than that — which made her suddenly want to tell him that he could rely on her friendship . |
| 25 | An actual baby had awakened the baby inside herself ; she wanted less to be a mother than to have a baby , so that by feeding him she could in some way nourish herself . |
| 26 | When she had to set a plate before him she could smell pomade on his hair , and her gaze was drawn to the long , clever hands which had once touched her body so intimately and unprofessionally . |
| 27 | Well , she had shown him she could n't be swayed by his good looks or his fancy words ; not any more . |
| 28 | Her father sat beside her and glancing at him she could see that he was quite puffed out with pride . |
| 29 | Beyond him she could see the afternoon DJ in his studio , a couple more strides and another set of double-glazing further on , hunched over his microphone like a harassed co-pilot . |
| 30 | After that she had been at pains to assure him she could cope very well and was about to go to see her inheritance . |