Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] could [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a fool to expect anything other than he got , however : surely only vanity could have made him think he could seduce a mob of Madness fans ? |
| 2 | The flash of hope in her eyes made him wish he could report a more substantial discovery than the meagre piece of intelligence he had to contribute . |
| 3 | He realised he could make a lot of money and a name for himself if he were to act swiftly and produce his maps before Green had time to complete his own . |
| 4 | But did he think I could give an answer ? |
| 5 | He found he could dowse the ‘ charge ’ in a stone , the wavelength being in the radio section of the electromagnetic spectrum , that this became fixed by electromagnetism , and that the germination of plants could be affected if they are on one of the ‘ charge lines ’ . |
| 6 | And er he , of course with him being a blacksmith , he could get a job anywhere in America , he says he could leave a town tonight and land in another town , he says and he could be sure of getting a job with him being a blacksmith . |
| 7 | He says it could mean an extra 15 to 20 pence a week . |
| 8 | He says it could fill a warehouse but he 's not going to . |
| 9 | Culley 's teeth ached slightly along the line of the gum ; he imagined he could feel the air trickling through his lungs like snow-melt in a delta . |
| 10 | At the time Mick Doyle was coach to a successful Leinster side and he believed he could do a better job than McBride . |
| 11 | Mr Mobutu said on Thursday he believed he could produce an agreement this month , after Mr Savimbi had had a week of talks with US officials , including 30 minutes with President Bush , and agreed to accept Mr Mobutu as mediator between his Unita guerrilla organisation and the Luanda government . |
| 12 | A detective-sergeant told Belfast Magistrate 's Court that when Hill was formally charged he replied ‘ no ’ to all four charges , but he said he believed he could connect the accused to the offences . |
| 13 | The detective chief-inspector said he believed he could connect the accused to the charges . |
| 14 | The RUC officer said he believed he could connect the accused with the charges . |
| 15 | Keir Hardie favoured the general strike , not as an instrument of class struggle and revolution , but because he believed it could make a valuable contribution to maintaining the peace of bourgeois Europe . |
| 16 | Now , on this last day of his life , he showed he could stand the pain no more . |
| 17 | When he discovered I could play the piano , whenever we were off together he dragged me down to one of the older lecture rooms in the Medical School basement that happened to possess a piano , to thump out the background beat . |
| 18 | I believe he sensed he could unleash a drive in me that could propel him to recognition . |
| 19 | But even as he prayed he could hear the voice of William 's grandad berating him from under the lid of the closed coffin . |
| 20 | He fancied he could see a lower section at one end of the piled furniture where a horse might be able to jump the obstruction . |
| 21 | He fancied he could hear the thing moving about outside and he was glad that the door was locked . |
| 22 | Allen wondered what comedy they could get up to in a hotel room , and he decided they could smash the place up , with everything falling apart around them . |
| 23 | And I ca n't believe Frank would be holding anything back if he thought it could save a young girl 's life . ’ |
| 24 | Asked why she thought Melmotte had spent such a lot of money , Lady Carbery said , ‘ because he thought he could conquer the world by it and obtain universal credit . ’ |
| 25 | He had not seen her face , which she kept covered with a scarf , but he thought he could put a name to her . |
| 26 | As Endill approached him he thought he could hear a loud ticking coming from his direction . |
| 27 | He thought he could hear a growing murmur outside . |
| 28 | He thought he could hear the faint whoop of approaching sirens . |
| 29 | By prodding his memory he placed Anna Beckett as the strange , dark little girl who was fostered with Mrs Wooldridge , his laundry woman , and with his new knowledge he thought he could see a slight resemblance to Sarah , though it would never be remarked upon . |
| 30 | Peering closer he thought he could see a smear roughly the same length on the jacket pocket , but the cloth was too dirty for him to be sure . |