Example sentences of "[conj] he could [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was happiest at the field meetings of natural history societies and the subsequent festivities , where he could give free rein to his talents as a ballad singer and after-dinner speaker . |
| 2 | There were two options : he could either take unilateral measures to challenge US hegemony or he could seek alternative partners with a common interest in breaking down hegemonic control . |
| 3 | Some months earlier , in the autumn of 1182 , young Henry had once again asked his father to give him a principality , Normandy , so that he could make proper provision for his own knights . |
| 4 | Currently a ‘ non-executive director for hire ’ , he gave up his partnership at Arthur Young in 1987 so that he could devote adequate time to his role as chairman of the Eurogroup for Animal Welfare . |
| 5 | Suddenly he remembered his wish in Basil Hallward 's house … his wish that he could stay young , but the picture could grow old . |
| 6 | Jehan was confident that he could beat Sidacai if it came to a fight . |
| 7 | Then , pretending for a moment that he was back there , he would turn round and face the back of his cage , open his wings , and glide down the few feet to where his food lay on the ground , pretending that it was prey and that the few feet was hundreds of feet , and that he could feel strong winds on his wings and was an adult eagle , and free , free to fly where he liked . |
| 8 | At this stage , de Gaulle still held out hopes that he could rally Western Europe , especially West Germany , against this hegemony . |
| 9 | For the client , the advantage was that he could go direct to those various tradesmen who , collectively , could provide all that made for an average funeral . |
| 10 | Rubbing out Kylie meant , of course , that he could escort other women , without being accused of being unfaithful . |
| 11 | His bed was also within easy walking distance of the toilet and bathroom so that he could remain independent and active without being in danger of falling or of tiring himself excessively ( see also Chapters ) . |
| 12 | Yet , it was his originality that he could represent prevailing moods , drawing together themes in striking images and captions , thereby intensifying the attitudes from which his an emerged . |
| 13 | It was the concept of parole , originally at the discretion of the Home Secretary , but amended in the course of the passage of the legislation through Parliament so that he could grant early release on licence to a prisoner only if advised to do so by a statutory Parole Board , that commanded the keenest interest of penal reformers and had the most extensive effects . |
| 14 | He found that he could sit right among them , and equipped with faster film , a special lens , and a waterproof housing for the camera , the results continued to improve . |
| 15 | After all , only Canute believed that he could alter external forces without actually doing anything , and we all know what happened to him ! |
| 16 | He never committed an army to the field without being sure that he could bring overwhelming force to bear and never fought a battle without being sure he could win it . |
| 17 | Perhaps the stories were even more popular , for when Conan Doyle decided in 1894 to kill off his hero , so that he could write serious books , historical novels , there was such an outcry that bands of young men wearing black armbands marched on the Strand Magazine office . |
| 18 | Dewey , as is well known , divided knowledge into tens so that he could employ decimal notation ; when a particular subject turned out to have more than nine facets he had to group them together , often at the expense of logic , and if a new facet arrived in-conveniently there was no way of including it at an appropriate place in the hierarchy . |
| 19 | Thus the fact that the tsar possessed a large army did not mean that he could risk significant external commitments . |
| 20 | The technical department provided a base for him in order that he could pursue Technical Studies over and above normal classes . |
| 21 | Again Scathach hushed the man , raising a beaker to his lips so that he could sip cool water . |
| 22 | Taylor rejected Sawyer 's proposals , apparently convinced that he could win military victory and install himself as president . |
| 23 | Yeah he call it the holy seed and that he could have righteous children . |
| 24 | I wanted him to know that in plenty of time so that he could get used to the pressure . |
| 25 | At the end of the year the Board agreed with the Chief Executive , Mr Philip Court , that he could take early retirement , and this took effect from the end of January 1990 . |
| 26 | He had climbed so high that he could see damaged slates on the roof of the house and sections of guttering choked with leaves and other debris . |
| 27 | He reached out and caught her chin , tilting her face so that he could look deep into her eyes . |
| 28 | By rejecting violence , King hoped that he could convince white people of the justice of the black man 's cause . |
| 29 | As the mosaicist had to understand but not devise geometries it is likely that he could amend illustrated motifs but would copy , as a whole , the arrangements suggested for a mosaic . |
| 30 | It seems as though he would n't hurt a fly , except there is an inkling that he could become nasty when he starts to throw fruit and vegetables at the cat , who is as suspicious of this ‘ foreigner ’ as the natives . |