Example sentences of "[subord] he could [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has got tremendous vision and in midfield he can express himself that bit more than he could at right back . |
| 2 | Meanwhile , Andy had discovered windsurfing and that he could make more money in a day teaching it than he could in a week in his other job . |
| 3 | I do not know how the RAF dealt with bed-wetters in the days of National Service , but I am certain that even although the Royal Navy had abandoned hammocks not long after the Second World War , a persistent enuretic on board a warship would create even more serious problems than he could in an army barracks . |
| 4 | He says he can capture far more detail on slides than he could by sketching . |
| 5 | I 've never seen anybody who could play like he could at that age . |
| 6 | An early decision to submit himself to re-election was probably his only chance of holding on , though I doubted if he could in any circumstances . |
| 7 | A and why do you think I have n't said anything cos he could of gone up ! |
| 8 | Any sign of Men and he was off out of sight using the dead ground between rises to stay hidden , and he was careful to rise when he could over ridges where rocks or trees broke the skyline and so camouflaged his presence . |
| 9 | So in 1950 the American , Hillary Waugh , impressed by a volume of real murder cases he had picked up , not so much because of the horrific details the author had dwelt on as by the tone of authenticity that seemed to arise naturally from the accounts of the cases , decided to write a fictional crime story catching as much as he could of this real-life feel . |
| 10 | Indeed a modern zoologist would probably find that he could accept almost as much of Wilberforce 's argument as he could of Darwin 's . |
| 11 | Used get as much as he could of them , I do n't know was it to keep the the amount of them down or not . |
| 12 | The right man can produce almost as much impression on a boy in a month as he could on a man in a year , but he must first understand him … |
| 13 | Carson stayed close to the walls and trod as delicately as he could on the bare boards . |
| 14 | His energy revived , Richard was now intent on keeping Victoria 's company as much to himself as he could for the rest of the day . |
| 15 | He had groomed himself as best as he could for the interview . |
| 16 | Using highly mobile soldiers to avoid battle , Bruce used the physical geography of Scotland to make conditions as difficult as he could for the English who , risking starvation and ambush , had to be very careful not to overstretch themselves and to keep open their lines of communication as best they could through the control of castles , in particular the vital one at Stirling , which dominated the lowest point at which the river Forth could be crossed by bridge . |
| 17 | He made as swiftly as he could for the foyer . |
| 18 | He would spend as much time as he could at Hillmarden , but the strain was beginning to tell and , guiltily , he came to look on the nights when he was able to stay at the London flat as a blessed escape . |
| 19 | Jack drove the car as near as he could towards the station building and switched off the faltering engine . |
| 20 | He would thrust and persuade it as far as he could towards an ending . |
| 21 | He moved as quietly as he could towards the connecting door , grasped the handle and with a single movement flung the door open . |
| 22 | He went as silently as he could up the drive and peered into the garage . |
| 23 | In an instant he checked , left the path and advanced as silently as he could through the trees . |
| 24 | ‘ I will go up to the roof , just remember though to tell them to send a ladder up there ’ said Ralph ‘ Take the child with you and hurry ’ And with that Carter ran as fast as he could through the dark air with the lady and child and before long he was out Ralph 's sight . |
| 25 | Oliver , filled with anxiety , ran as fast as he could along the country roads and across the fields until , hot and exhausted , he reached the town . |
| 26 | He escaped as soon as he could to the company of her brothers . |
| 27 | He would have to wait , and until then he would keep as close as he could to the Russian . |
| 28 | She felt all right now and when Tucker came as close as he could to her , confidentially crooking his finger , she was only too pleased to lean precariously forward over the dock , ear to his lips . |
| 29 | A protesting Maltote was roused and ordered to ride as fast as he could to the royal camp outside Bedford . |
| 30 | Among the gentry residing there was to be found Mr Benedict Beckenham , riding as hard as he could to the devil . |