Example sentences of "he could put [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he was a man who needed to articulate his theories and here he could put them forward , embroider , reject , explore without the uncomfortable suspicion that his detective sergeant , deferentially listening , his face carefully expressionless , would be thinking , For God 's sake , what 's the old man dreaming up now ? |
| 2 | From Birkenhead to take these two three lots and he could put them in his but anyway , they were all gon na be done |
| 3 | If the Conservatives continued in power , because her GP belongs to a fund-holding practice — a superb Tory system , he insisted — there would be no problem ; he could put her on the waiting list and do the operation next autumn . |
| 4 | He had , apparently , seen the Texan making an unwanted play for her and he 'd come to her rescue so that he could put her in his debt for a future evening . |
| 5 | He could put it on the wall here , explains Tony . |
| 6 | ‘ I told him he knew where he could put it ! |
| 7 | During it all , Charles wondered how he could put his friend off such a highly improper plan as he had devised . |
| 8 | More than that , he wished he could put his finger on why he did n't . |
| 9 | Bunny was a young , gentle teacher though he could put his foot down when needed . |
| 10 | An ex-IBMer on a British Rail sleeper recently complained he could put his VISA card into a machine somewhere 35,000 feet up , and put his computer in-bleeper to the phone mouthpiece , and it would automatically dial up his E-mail and give him his messages . |
| 11 | Miguel was sitting at his desk , and he reached over and pulled Shelley towards him , so that he could put his arm round her waist . |
| 12 | They looked at an album by Howard Keel and one of them said : ‘ Oh , he could put his shoes under my bed any time . ’ |
| 13 | So obsessive was his craving for goals he could put us one up or one down at any minute ! |
| 14 | We met with the head ski instructor first and he made us all ski down the slope individually so that he could put us into different groups . |
| 15 | But he went along for the ride , hoping he could put his spoke in and cancel the idea . |