Example sentences of "[noun] he could [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Rodney replied that he wanted to work out which utensils he could improvise with and make a start on the boeuf bourguignon . |
| 2 | When there was nothing but ash he could crumble with a stick he went back up to his room . |
| 3 | These experiences he could share with Dad Uzzell , but not with his own father . |
| 4 | there were a few things he could bring with him . |
| 5 | She then tested his creativity by asking him to write down all the things he could do with various objects such as a brick or a shoe , and all the things that would happen if certain events suddenly occurred , such as everyone in the world losing their sight or having to walk on all fours . |
| 6 | When he was thinking about machines or things he could do with his hands , he started to ignore people . |
| 7 | Jarvis 's train set , the one which had diverted him from his mother 's grief on the day her father hanged himself , was laid out on the floor in Lower Six , a classroom on the top floor , and Jarvis had told Jasper he could play with it whenever he liked . |
| 8 | God was not a subject he could handle with any real heart , nor compete with . |
| 9 | The smell he could combat with his cigar , but the roaches — he would never get used to them . |
| 10 | He held it like a sword , perhaps imagining the gutting and the killing he could perform with this weapon which had once been used to carve the image of a woman in the land . |
| 11 | He was suddenly and belatedly delightfully aware of her adoration , of her devotion , of her light hand with the pastry , and even at breakfast time he could contemplate with pleasure how jolly nice it would be to kiss her . |
| 12 | well , well thank Mr very much , if you , if you could , I can accommodate Mr at any reasonable time tomorrow , erm , but although he may say he 's only got , he only wants to rest for a quarter of an hour d'your , as you gather from the interchange from the bench , that 's er , that will be the very minimum and I may well have questions to ask him , although I hope I 'd asked most of them to Mr , so , erm , but I 'm , I 'm I think for everybody 's convenience it , erm , unless he 's got a specific time he could deal with , we either start say at eleven thirty , when Mr can be here or at two , erm , but if he 's got some other clever idea I 'm perfectly prepared to entertain him , but er we ca n't leave this hanging around , I 've got ta write this and whichever way it goes we 've got ta look at it again , er and although I suppose I 'm not entirely unheard of and I disappear to the court of appeal next term it 's gon na make things extremely awkward to try and arrange anything else next term , cos I 've got two other judges to bear in mind as well as myself |