Example sentences of "[conj] he could [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was more , the Substitute gave the impression that he could cope with any third party interference , at any level , with nothing more than the pursed lips and flicker of amusement with which he seemed to regard everything that went on around him . |
| 2 | He had then gone to Hollywood in the early fifties and stayed there long enough to show that he could cope with the system and be moderately successful , but not so long as to alienate his chauvinistic British following . |
| 3 | At length , after consulting his mother , the reluctant player finally agreed — on condition that he could continue with his electrical engineering studies . |
| 4 | Daniel had explained to her that he liked very simple food that he could eat with one hand , because of his inability to eat without reading , and so , for supper his first night , she had brought him scrambled egg on a piece of toast that she had already cut up into precise and helpful squares . |
| 5 | He asked for two or three days ' grace so that he could consult with his friends and when this was granted , he took his leave . |
| 6 | Later , when I felt that he could do with even more experience than he hid got at Warboys , I sent him up to RAF Grantham which at that time was training navigators . |
| 7 | He prided himself , with high justification , on being a great House of Commons man , but it was only from the Treasury bench that he could lead with ease and pleasure . |
| 8 | Some early critics of Wordsworth 's ‘ simple ’ style thought that he was stupid and incompetent ; but we have already seen that he could write with due regard to eighteenth-century decorum . |
| 9 | Hacking had an additional office in Great Portland Street headquarters , so that he could liaise with Citrine , Self and the administrators , but his organisation at Trafalgar Buildings remained basically that of the CEB . |
| 10 | A voder commentary accompanied the recording , but Rostov had switched off the auditory input to his chair so that he could converse with the Manchu technician who was running the session . |
| 11 | I had no doubts that he could deal with Shakespeare 's text . |
| 12 | But this contrast should not blind us to the fact that he could work with Henry to an extent that was impossible with Rufus . |
| 13 | Soon he realized that he could wound with words , teasing his sister mercilessly . |
| 14 | He was eighteen but still a lad , awkward , like his arms and legs were longer than he could cope with . |
| 15 | Business was coming faster than he could deal with . |
| 16 | He was in the middle of more grief than he could deal with , yet he was piling onto it the commonplace misery of subterfuge , as if he had to protect some clandestine happiness that did n't even exist . |
| 17 | Geoff Link had a firm grasp of classroom techniques and a deep knowledge of children , so he could cope with a small part of his week in exploration of a subject matter with which he had only a tenuous acquaintance . |
| 18 | Susan suspected her quarry had decided to stop wearing his own face for a while , so he could deal with his guests . |
| 19 | He said that he too had lost an election ; he had felt very bad when the people of new York rejected him , and he could empathize with what the Shah now felt . |
| 20 | All his friends noticed that no matter how drunk he was , his hand remained steady and he could draw with astonishing skill and sensitivity . |
| 21 | Mr Bush started rehearsin' us last night and he could do with some extra voices , like . ’ |
| 22 | Reluctance was a diffuse prejudice rather than a lobby , and he could deal with the people who expressed reluctance one by one . |
| 23 | The other children were clean and decently fed , but this one had a smell of the gutters about him and looked like he could do with some good food to fatten him up . |
| 24 | Looks like he could do with some of our country air . ’ |
| 25 | He was sitting in a chair — we were all having our picture taken — and I mentioned that it would be good if he could stand with us , so we could all be together . |
| 26 | He looked as if he could do with one . ’ |
| 27 | He was gormless , spoke in a funny nasal accent and looked as if he could do with a kick up the backside . |
| 28 | As the trucks made to leave the following day for the final part of the journey to Arcady , Cabochon asked Ari if he could speak with her , and then told her about what he feared waited in Arcady for him . |
| 29 | And then , that if he could walk with his eyes shut all the way back to the town , it might magick him back . |
| 30 | He asked if he could stay with them , and eventually they agreed that he could , but only if he worked . |