Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] could [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | His handwriting was so bad that Mr Sunderland had pinned his composition to the notice-board in the hall so everyone could see he was the worst writer in the whole school . |
| 2 | Mazzin did n't lose his temper , although I could feel he was itching to have a go at me , but , as before , he knew he had no justification for doing so . |
| 3 | Although she could see he wore pyjamas , he had on his head as usual his old straw hat with its black band . |
| 4 | But Eubank had only harsh words for Piper saying : ‘ The only thing that impressed me about him was that you could see he was thinking about what he was doing . |
| 5 | He was a good local caddie but Mr Palmer made him nervous , and I could tell he 'd sooner be with Gary player and a quiet life . |
| 6 | He came at me again and I could tell he was gonig to make another stab at a heavy masculine embrace . |
| 7 | He was clutching his attaché case as usual and I could see he was strolling slowly along the path that runs the outer perimeter of the lawn , deeply absorbed in thought . |
| 8 | Father hated to be disturbed when he had anybody with him and I could see he was annoyed so I made myself scarce ; I mean I did n't stay to say what I wanted . ’ |
| 9 | He was dressed in cloth of gold from head to toe , a simple crown on his head , and I could see he was as bored as I by Dacourt 's vapid pleasantries . |
| 10 | it was too late came Saturday night he was on morphine tablets , I stayed with him all day Sunday , and I could see he was dying then , I stayed with him all night , all day , and then , gone Saturday night |
| 11 | The ball come across and er I see Bedford had his back to the goal , and I could see he was going to swivel and hit it with his left foot , and I 've just come across the goal and er , he just hit it down low to my right hand side and luckily I 've come the right way and pushed it wide . |
| 12 | But he 's done us proud and you could say he 's an improving nine-year-old and there are n't many of those about . |
| 13 | The boy got up and you could see he was still nervous . |
| 14 | He looked tired and a little drawn , and she could swear he had lost weight , too . |
| 15 | He rubbed his fingers through his hair and she could tell he was anxious . |
| 16 | ‘ She was dead to me , ’ he had said and she could see he meant it . |
| 17 | Juices were seeping from her hot crack to soak into her knickers , and she could see he had the most enormous jack-on . |
| 18 | The Muzak reached a gap as she was about to knock on the door and she could hear he was being told by the hotel that his credit was n't good . |
| 19 | He looked at me apathetically through a mist of weakness and pain and one could see he 'd been in that water a lot too long . |
| 20 | And anyone could see he was as simple as a child , just by the look of him . ’ |
| 21 | Richard laughed but I could tell he was alarmed . |
| 22 | But I could see he looked sad as he added , ‘ I think it 'll be fer the best fer all of us . ’ |
| 23 | But I could see he was perfectly serious . |
| 24 | He grimaced , but I could see he was not unpleased , though he tried to hide it by marching me off to give his vegetables their evening watering . |
| 25 | The hammer lock kept my head down , but I could see he was carrying a bottle of whisky by the neck . |
| 26 | The visitor was wearing a suit , but you could tell he was n't in the City as it was single-breasted . |
| 27 | He leaned on her , not wholly unconscious , but she could tell he did n't know what was happening to him . |
| 28 | But she could tell he was doing it for effect , he was still himself . |
| 29 | But she could see he did n't believe her , and she turned her head away in deliberate rejection , refusing to sink to pleading for his belief . |
| 30 | I told Michael what he wanted to hear , pretty much , without actually promising anything , because I could tell he was going to make it easy for me He was falling asleep on my shoulder When he did , I slipped out from under him , picked up his sexy uniform , which did n't seem quite so sexy any more , and took his glider key off the chain Then I got dressed quick , holding the key in my teeth , and then I went over to the kite , but I must have made a noise ; because Michael woke up I looked back and saw him putting both feet in one leg of his trousers , calling my name , trying to back out of it |