Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] could [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just now he 's working on a deal that could give him a big say in the life of a lady who 'll ‘ definitely ’ be in the Top Ten within weeks . |
| 2 | The burgesses of the ‘ husband town ’ allocated such divisions on behalf of the Crown , the arable land being measured to assess its user 's liability for military service : a ‘ husbandland ’ was the area of ploughland sufficient to provide a man with a living that could afford him a horse and harness when called on in a Border emergency . |
| 3 | WALES prop Mike Griffiths is facing a suspension that could rule him out of the clash with world champions Australia , after his dismissal in CARDIFF 'S match at Aberavon yesterday . |
| 4 | He let go then of every dignity but the dignity of defiance , and fought like a wild-cat , lashing and struggling and biting , wearing himself out uselessly in an effort that could gain him nothing . |
| 5 | Every half-minute or so , he peered over at the Loran navigation indicator — as if looking at it would make the numbers showing their position change more rapidly — then glanced up at the sky as if there was something to be divined in the matted darkness that could warn him of approaching doom . |
| 6 | Virgin were the only company that could pull him out of the hole , and it was to Virgin that McLaren now turned , cap in hand . |
| 7 | The marshal 's favoured plan — Susan gathered — was that she should B into Daine 's Dream , as herself but with a few improvements and then rip the sub-universe apart until she found the fugitive and could tase him awake . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought it was the sort of injury that could prevent him from fighting again . |
| 9 | Well I do n't think and nobody will turn this you know this he nobody would , he 'd put his mind to something and there is nobody on earth that could turn him . |
| 10 | Some kind of smuggler that could find him a secret cave to hole up in until the search died down ? |