Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] could [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked round for something with which I could knock him out after we had taken off . |
| 2 | So that when , one evening , Sally-Anne , radiant in pink and silver , a fortune in pearls around her neck , the mere sight of which made Havvie salivate internally , was gently led by him into a conservatory — at the Keppels ' this time — and proposed to , there was only one answer which she could give him , and that , of course , was yes . |
| 3 | He would baffle and intrigue her , just as he had done Cassie on their first meeting ; and Cassie could think of no way in which she could explain him away . |
| 4 | If only there were some way in which she could let him know that his feelings for her were not something for which he needed to apologise without landing them both in a situation from which they could not retreat . |
| 5 | There was a momentary silence during which she could imagine him rallying for another attack . |
| 6 | We did what we could to help him but I am afraid it was little enough . |
| 7 | ‘ They all had it in for Jonathan and they did what they could to harm him , but they were glad enough of his money , of his custom in their shops and of the work he provided . ’ |