Example sentences of "[adv] he could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't want Gina using those arguments next time he told her how much better he could have done for himself . |
| 2 | Suddenly he could go no further . |
| 3 | He got to know them well : years later when they appeared suddenly he could remember who they were . |
| 4 | Suddenly he could imagine George on the Sunday after that Saturday evening at the cottage exhausted by nightmares pacing the rooms and jumping whenever the phone rang . |
| 5 | His eyes opened wide , and suddenly he could see Kirov in a new light . |
| 6 | If he liked the house so much he could go and live in it himself and relive his happy memories . |
| 7 | There did n't seem to be much he could say . |
| 8 | To give all his players better club conditions he persuaded his directors to spend money on improving dressing and recreation rooms , and before long he could boast that the Town 's facilities were the best in the country . |
| 9 | He wondered if he could do her dreadful job ; or rather , how long he could stand it if he ever tried it . |
| 10 | Amiss wondered how long he could last without murdering this old fool : the ffeatherstonehaugh crew were sparkling wits by comparison . |
| 11 | In fact , he was able to take the morning coach to Holborn and walk the brief distance to Clerkenwell , but the fare troubled him and he did not know how long he could afford to pay it . |
| 12 | Nobody was quite sure how many degrees he had started and not finished , not even Boris , but he had been at the place so long he could remember when they used to spell it Freshmen 's Fair . |
| 13 | Far below he could see the lacework shadow of the Forth bridge on the glittering estuary and the long dark lines of the cruisers Edinburgh , Southampton , and further out , the destroyer Mohawk , under way for Rosyth after convoy duty . |
| 14 | From below he could see that its skin was strangely pale and pink between its wide-straddled hind legs and the tight black bag of its scrotum , he thought , seemed incongruously small and toylike for such a massive , murderous animal . |
| 15 | It is , as far as he knows , the only way of coming downstairs , but sometimes he feels that there is really another way if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it . ’ |
| 16 | If only he could stop worrying about the consequences . |
| 17 | It is , as far as he knows , the only way of coming downstairs , but sometimes he feels that there really is another way , if only he could stop bumping for a moment and think of it . |
| 18 | He gazed at an ineffable , agonizing radiance which only he could perceive , banishing whatever throwback emotions the brew had triggered . |
| 19 | If only he could record what they were saying . |
| 20 | His stomach was churning but he knew he could elude her if only he could remain calm and call her bluff . |
| 21 | And Fenna awaited her thanks for a journey so beautiful and so unique , the gifts that only he could offer her . |
| 22 | Davide ran his finger over the knubbled ear , and it began to seem to him a charm to bring good luck , prosperity , the ease he hoped to find , if only he could leave for America . |
| 23 | To experience the joy only he could bring her . |
| 24 | If only he could make contact with a genuine practising artist he 'd be able to discuss all these things and get proper advice . |
| 25 | If only he could make a sound or move his body . |
| 26 | It was the same thing , his sister then , his father now , Georgia walking towards a beating in the school yard , Dad fighting for breath in his red chair , he wanted to save them , only he could do it , who else was there , but he had n't , he could n't , not really , but the wanting to , the failure to , you could n't get away from that . |
| 27 | The world could be lost and she would think it well lost if only he could love her . |
| 28 | The busker who plays Chariots Of Fire on a Casio organ at Bank would leave it in a trice if only he could think of some other way of turning a penny . |
| 29 | If only he could inherit a few more of the great Australian chaser 's foibles , this afternoon 's first prize would be in the bag . |
| 30 | If only he could tell them he was all right , in good shape , considering … . |