Example sentences of "[subord] he could [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he thought about it rationally , on the basis of the evidence presented to him , he had no basis for trusting Jesus Christ any further than he could throw him . |
| 2 | So they kept changing the man on the next machine , and until he could talk him into using the System , William 's grandad would have to lurch down machine alley every few minutes , heaving his stiff leg behind him like Long John Silver and cursing like his parrot . |
| 3 | Beckman had indeed contacted Branson to see if he could advise him on the taking of anti-trust action , but the offer had not been taken up . |
| 4 | It explained his interest in Heather 's disappearance as well as his offer of money to Harry if he could give him a story . |
| 5 | Zak , I improvised instantly at the first enquiry , had thought the gaunt man had an interesting face and he wanted to ask if he could use him in a scene . |
| 6 | My Lord the started sum of money originally , sixty thousand pounds was the total loan and there were further overdraught facilities and and it 's the plaintiff 's case that without it it was simply not going to be manageable and as a result of that having thought carefully about erm , position it is his case that he rang Peter , told him that there were major problems in the financing of the deal and asked him if he could get him out of the contract because the finance he anticipated was no longer going to be available and it was his case that Peter advised him that there was no way out because contracts had been exchanged , er Mr was told very clearly that he was committed legally now to the deal and that he 'd better try and rearrange some finances since clearly they were moving towards er the completion date . |
| 7 | Boddy , describing very slowly and emphatically how Asquith had died just before he could meet him , put his own hand through the same manoeuvre , and one by one all the other spare left hands disappeared behind their owners ' backs , too . |
| 8 | Gabriel had to wait until Sergeant Troy had finished his dance with Bathsheba before he could warn him about possible damage to the ricks . |
| 9 | He got his way in most things , had despotically guided Stephen 's life , had chosen Lyn for him , before that had picked him out of this school , pushed him into that , as soon as he could removed him altogether from academic threat . |