Example sentences of "he could [adv] [vb infin] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't think whether they had been in bed for an hour , or four hours . |
| 2 | He could n't tell whether there was a steady stream of them , or whether it was the same five or six Hunters who were torturing him . |
| 3 | He could n't tell whether it was enough to comfort her . |
| 4 | Sometimes he felt himself wince and it was strange because he could n't tell whether it was the needle or his memory . |
| 5 | The faint glow on the skyline gave him some guidance , but apart from that , he could n't tell whether he was moving towards the shore , or across the bay , or just circling endlessly . |
| 6 | Afterwards he could n't tell if he had dreamed it , but he was sure little Tero drew close to Maldita several times , trying to prop her up , and twice he felt Tero 's timid nudge of encouragement in his back when he was buckling with exhaustion . |
| 7 | He could n't tell if she had heard . |
| 8 | He could n't tell if it was leather or canvas webbing , but it looked broad and strong . |
| 9 | And he could n't drink while he was on those could he ? |
| 10 | But in answer to Dickie.Bamber Gascoigne said he could n't comment until he knows what any company wanting the programme back on board might be proposing . |
| 11 | But in answer to Dickie.Bamber Gascoigne said he could n't comment until he knows what any company wanting the programme back on board might be proposing . |
| 12 | He could n't sleep when it was dark . |
| 13 | He could n't sleep if he thought there might be a plug in a socket somewhere . |
| 14 | Since the politician is blamed for what is not his fault , he could n't survive unless he devised methods of blaming other people for what is his fault . |
| 15 | In spite of the strangeness of Eliot 's behaviour , however , few people begrudged him the happiness which in personal relations he had never experienced before : " He obviously needed to have a happy marriage , " Valerie Eliot said on a later occasion , " He could n't die until he had had it " . |
| 16 | Some said they 'd , they 'd be interested in playing , they knew how to play certain things and others wanted to play others and that 's how we started , and in a matter of a year the new headquarters at er Lowestoft was being opened , by the Dutchess of Kent , and we decided that the band was going to play at that one and you can imagine , and it was all ready and they were playing music , but I 'm not sure what , what quality music it was , and blow me on the week before , the band leader , the conductor decided he could n't play because he had a sprained wrist so we were left without a conductor even , but we managed to get another conductor and we played and I do n't know what it sounded like , but the Dutchess of Kent was very kind , she said the music sounded lovely . |
| 17 | Sandy was a bit cheesed off because he could n't see whether it was a man or woman running about with no clothes on . |
| 18 | I told him I had planned to take him to lunch but he said he could n't wait as he had some business to attend to , but he 'd be in a pub called the Banker if I could pick him up about three . |
| 19 | I bet he could n't know whether it was gon na be good or but I bought it . |
| 20 | The man wrote a note to Judge Brian Capstick saying he could n't concentrate because he was bored and was more concerned with his expenses . |
| 21 | He tried to strip off the tape , but it was too tough and his fingers were numb and he could n't find where it began . |
| 22 | After they had gone , he said , he could n't remember whether they 'd said goodbye ; whether they had wrapped their arms around their children for a last loving embrace . |
| 23 | He could n't remember whether they 'd been fully done up or simply pushed through loosely . |
| 24 | He could n't remember if he 'd dreamed , Stephen said . |
| 25 | You told me he could n't drive cos he was |
| 26 | It was this sort of in-between authority that he could not tolerate as he felt that it would only increase the existing element of confusion . |
| 27 | They recall the occasion when , as a boy , he had read in an epigraph two lines from Henry King 's " Exequy " — and how he could not rest until he had found and read the poem entire . |
| 28 | But he could not settle when he was put to bed . |
| 29 | He could not tell whether she believed him . |
| 30 | Hazel crouched down by Blackberry and laid his nostrils close to Bigwig 's , but a light breeze was blowing and he could not tell whether there was breath or not . |