Example sentences of "[noun] he could [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet in those eyes he could see fear . |
| 2 | As he bent down and began to force his way through the undergrowth he could taste alcohol in his mouth . |
| 3 | No wonder he could take time off whenever he pleased . |
| 4 | When the Ashleys needed help with construction work he could borrow farm tractors for them . |
| 5 | For him it held a special appeal ; the one day of the week he could break bread with his family and not have to feel that they were only loaned to him for the while — his son Joshua had no business to go to , his grandson Jacob no college lectures . |
| 6 | And i if the man in the field had got a grudge against a bloke who was stacking i or taking off in the stack yard he could make life hell . |
| 7 | Through her reins she felt the horse cock his jaw in the hope he could take hold completely , but having sat enough ‘ bolts ’ on both Buttons and Paintbox , Artemis was wise to this , and she quickly shortened up her reins and then relaxed them , confusing the horse quite deliberately . |
| 8 | He made colleagues of similar rank jealous for the way he could generate publicity . |
| 9 | On May 4th , before a meeting of the Council of the Americas , he said that the only way he could build support for a system of open trade was to apply the laws that Congress had put in place , and to hold America 's partners to agreements they have made . |
| 10 | It was the only way he could see Mijnheer with Danjit 's knife angling his head against the rocks . |
| 11 | Oag , formerly marketing director with a major computer industry concern in London , had grown tired of weekend commuting from Nairn , and began to look for a local company he could invest time and money in . |
| 12 | Even now as he stood there by the kitchen table he could see Caspar closing in on the weaker lamb , and he could hear that weird and terrible wailing of Lee 's . |
| 13 | It was in 1985 that he won this championship at Dornoch when nobody expected him to , but this time he could start favourite over what he calls ‘ my own private Shangri La ’ . |
| 14 | As Nathan pulled away for the second time he could hear Lumberjack in the kitchen , frantically sawing the legs off tables and chairs . |
| 15 | Those bastards and that Gun He could feel sweat start to gather in the lines of his forehead and in his eyebrows . |
| 16 | Still peering through the binoculars he could see movement on the other boat : two men looking ahead , one of them pointing towards The Abbott . |