Example sentences of "[noun] he could [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It gave him , too , if he wanted it , an unthreatened view of passing life : from the terrace he could train his opera glasses on the pleasure-steamers taking Sunday lunchers to La Bouille . |
| 2 | Before he was twenty ( an age at which most FI drivers today are already well established in the regular line of ascent towards FI ) , Mario was racing several times a week — sometimes five races in a day — in whatever cars he could get his hands on : jalopies , sprints , three-quarter midgets , midgets . |
| 3 | In some areas he could plant his land with windmills . |
| 4 | Through the side window he could see his grey garments and underwear hanging on a small washing line outside . |
| 5 | As his feet touched the bottom he was thinking of the tanks the Allies had intended to land on the rocky promontory before him ; clearly this was not possible , for now in the starlight he could see its rock face was impassable . |
| 6 | Ralph Williams is just 39 and for 30 of those years , he 's bought every ancient tractor or old machine he could get his hands on . |
| 7 | With a slight wiggle of the hips he could get his pants to descend below his buttocks after about twenty steps . |
| 8 | ‘ If we find that it is true that he made these deals he could lose his permit , ’ he said . |
| 9 | He was immediately released from his confinement , but he was still liable to the man who had given him credit in the belief he could keep his promise to pay later . |
| 10 | On the last day of the month he could collect his money from Fouché as usual . |
| 11 | From the front door he could see her walking along the road past the graveyard with three of her friends , their heavy skirts swinging . |
| 12 | He had experimented with various foods and found that by restricting his diet to one of fresh fruits and vegetables he could control his migraine . |
| 13 | The cat jumped on his knee and as he stroked its fur he could feel its heart beating very fast , almost imperceptibly , like the quiet ticking of a clock . |
| 14 | Being in a position of absolute power , Mussolini did every thing he could to ensure his continuing popularity by constructing autostrade , electrifying railways and making the trains run on time , as well as by such elaborate schemes as draining the Ponrine Marshes , previously infested by malarial mosquitoes , and reclaiming them for agriculture . |
| 15 | Yet he was endlessly intrigued with himself , and he decided early on that the only way he could make his mark was to be Decidedly Different . |
| 16 | The convener who replaced Clasper , for example , at the Merseyside plant , was elected because he had stressed to the union membership that the best way he could serve their interest was to help make sure that the Merseyside plant became the most efficient plant in Europe . |
| 17 | That way he could have his cake and eat it too . |
| 18 | Wallace came from a poor background , and the only way he could finance his interest in natural history was as a professional collector of rare specimens . |
| 19 | She was now only a step away from her target , so she was n't far from getting to know him well enough to question him about his allegiance — just as long as she could keep his escort sweet , which would probably mean more bondage if that was the only way he could get his nuts off . |
| 20 | One night they crept into our house but he had arranged for us to sleep on the roof whilst through a crack he could watch our sleeping chamber . |
| 21 | And the leading man of the railway union went out and bought all the shares he could get his hands on and off the railway company . |
| 22 | But less discreetly , when haggling over prices in the house he could lose his temper and shout ‘ Do n't think I am hard up ’ , as he took from the cupboard a quarter pewter pot full of sovereigns ’ to flash at his antagonist . |