Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him if I could rent his cottage . |
| 2 | I could do his job any time but he could n't do mine . |
| 3 | I could smell his after-shave . |
| 4 | He was quite determined that I was going to try and escape , and followed so close behind me on the railway stations that I could smell his breath . |
| 5 | I thought I could feel his disgust penetrating the thin wall . |
| 6 | When I asked him if I could borrow his copy he said I would n't understand it , which is true , I suppose . |
| 7 | If so , and if I could attract his attention , he would surely bring the boat over for me . |
| 8 | But he was taken away before I could discover his history — as you know very well . ’ |
| 9 | Unwisely , I let Dana see my drafts of these poems , and at once I could sense his disapproval , his jealousy even , that I had written the poems myself . |
| 10 | He had the good grace to apologise afterwards and I also expressed my gratitude that I did not have to wait an hour or so until the training was finished before I could obtain his team and get busy . |
| 11 | I rang his agent and said : ‘ Do you think I could have his number so that I could persuade him ? ’ |
| 12 | That 's it , if Derek said I could use his name for a reference |
| 13 | I mean Terry said I could use his office but |
| 14 | I could resist his anger , but not his gentleness . |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't be like that , ’ said Mr Pilcher , and he then gave me to understand that for an unspecified weekly consideration I could purchase his protection , allowing me and Mrs Mouse to continue with our musical evenings without their being gate-crashed by him and his colleagues . |
| 16 | I could hear his heart and the blood flow . |
| 17 | I could hear his voice in my ear . |
| 18 | Each time I stopped to catch my breath I could hear his voice in the distance shouting , " Jane ! |
| 19 | ‘ I could hear his voice , ’ he admitted . |
| 20 | I could hear his intake of breath . |
| 21 | I could hear his breath — it was puffy and fast . |
| 22 | I could hear his mother shouting at him . |
| 23 | I could imagine his agony . |
| 24 | It was an unpleasant shock to discover Bentley Drummle there , but I could imagine his reason for visiting the area . |
| 25 | I could understand his unease . |
| 26 | It would be great if I could include his name here |
| 27 | The musicians on one side and the great love of his life on the other and I could see his conflict , but it was my nightmare . |
| 28 | However , I could see his logic , which was that not only did it burn about three times as much wood as an enclosed stove but the draught from the chimney sucked up a considerable amount of the underfloor heating , and even though it cost us nothing , it was poor economics . |
| 29 | Through a tear in the singlet I could see his rib bones sticking out . |
| 30 | We were in opposite camps , and he could no more appreciate my line of reasoning than I could see his point of view , and finally we parted . |