Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [Wh adv] he could " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved to the side where he could watch the operation . |
| 2 | The erstwhile churchman , standing by the window where he could not be seen from below , turned round and advanced into the room , smiling , the patches of eczema on his face reddening with pleasure . |
| 3 | Open-mouthed , a little aghast perhaps , Frank Wharton pushed himself stealthily further out across the ice where he could view the parson 's progress , the better to see how the thing should be done . |
| 4 | He was indifferent to the house , indeed almost disliked the grander parts of it , preferring the fire in the hall where he could drink his dram in company with his dogs as if he were by the croft hearth of his childhood . |
| 5 | I was up there , stood on the landing where he could n't hear me and could n't see me I was |
| 6 | There was no doubt in my mind at the time that Ferrari wanted him and that negotiations had reached a fairly advanced point : perhaps exactly the point Mario wanted , the point where he could go to Chapman and say that he 'd like to stay at Lotus but that Chapman had to be able to match Ferrari 's money . |
| 7 | His desire had passed the point where he could lie there and forget it . |
| 8 | At the end of a few minutes , he had agreed to get Landau , and she had come up with the names of banks and accounts for both Foster and Landau , and the place where he could lay hands on Pete Foster . |
| 9 | He had very red hair and a pale complexion with masses of freckles all over his face , he was very popular with everyone and lived for the day when he could join the Army , particularly the Camerons . |
| 10 | The fearsome riots that swept the inner cities in 1981 , in Brixton first , then Toxteth and Hansworth , Moss Side and Bristol , came as no surprise , and convinced Charles that this was the area where he could be of some use . |
| 11 | Melanie pictured the safe , made of very black metal , set squarely at the end of the bed where he could see it all the time , in the strange bedroom where he slept with Aunt Margaret in a bed that must sag deeply on his side , since he was so heavy and she was no weight at all . |
| 12 | As it was a warm day with a bright sun overhead he walked in the shade wherever he could . |
| 13 | It is also the reason why he could lay claim to a rich blend of cultures , having an excellent grasp of the European legal system and Arabic poetry and customs . |
| 14 | Either that , or he could waylay one of the match officials and help run the line where he could not only point out to the referee the error of his ways but also use a brightly-coloured flag to do so . |
| 15 | I told Shama of the years that Thesiger had spent in Iraq with the Marsh Arabs and then in Iran , that now he had a small house in Kenya deep in the country where he could get away from the towns . |
| 16 | But he persevered , and soon began to master both the language and his camera to the extent where he could begin touting for work from the local magazines . |
| 17 | His co-pilot radioed the command centre , requesting a fix in order to enable him to plot the best route back to Britain , or at least to the channel where he could be picked up by the coastguard or a spotter plane . |
| 18 | He was confident he 'd brought her to the stage where he could lay her . |
| 19 | On the open land of Hampstead Heath , away from people and houses , he found a place in a field where he could sleep without being disturbed . |
| 20 | His speed was such he did n't approach it at a speed where he could erm er l lay off and er let something happen . |
| 21 | There were rivers he visited as a child where he could sit and watch water voles every day . |
| 22 | Once in , Barry was able to amass experience in film-making to a point where he could apply , with confidence of success , for the much-needed union ticket . |
| 23 | They were well out of sight of the broad flight of steps Quiss had entered the kitchens from , at a point where he could continue ahead into the mist , or turn either right or left , past huge fat stoves holding great rotund cauldrons of some bubbling , frothing liquid . |
| 24 | He settled into the new way of life and rarely thought about Manchester , a place where he could not recollect the sun ever shining . |
| 25 | Then he came to a place where he could not push between two heavy warren bucks . |
| 26 | Speaking at the service in St Nicholas 's Church , Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , he said Sgt Forth , 34 , was killed on a night when he could have been enjoying the festivities at a friend 's wedding . |
| 27 | He had written to me every week when he could , and I was longing to see him again . |
| 28 | In a season where he could do no wrong , he scored a remarkable 51 goals , became the undisputed Player of the Year , and dispelled the illusion that the former Celtic hero Kenny Dalglish would never be replaced . |
| 29 | He worked on farms to pay for food and hitched a ride wherever he could . |
| 30 | But if the patient could be restored to a state whereby he could enjoy a further period of life at the level of comfort he previously had , then it should be treated . |