Example sentences of "[vb past] he could [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bradl also found he could cope with pressure last season . |
| 2 | He 's something of a hermit by nature and imagined he could cope with it all by himself , apart from getting in labour when necessary . ’ |
| 3 | Laker was a highly charismatic individual ; a self-made man who had built his airplane business on a visionary self-determination and zeal , a refusal to take no for an answer — all qualities which Branson fancied he could sympathise with . |
| 4 | That was as much as he felt he could cope with for a while , but he was soon to be ‘ prevailed upon by government ’ to become chairman of British Steel in double harness with the Tate $ Lyle job . |
| 5 | His manner relaxed , as if he felt he could cope with ignorance , if not defiance . |
| 6 | In his autobiographical reminiscences with the Viennese critic Franz Endler , Karajan has explained why , for all its youthful brilliance , the Philharmonia was not an orchestra he felt he could grow with beyond a certain point . |
| 7 | The pan was past rescuing but he thought he could manage with a nonstick saucepan . |
| 8 | He had picked somebody he thought he could work with smoothly rather than somebody who might try to steal the credit . |
| 9 | Joking with Kalchu , he said he could do with a guard dog like that , fierce and resilient . |
| 10 | Dalgliesh remembered that he had always drunk beer ; now he accepted whisky but said he could do with coffee first . |