Example sentences of "[indef pn] [pron] could [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father was the sweetest man in the world and there was nothing I could fight him for , or do against him , or he against me , because nothing was said that I did n't agree with , or he did n't agree with , because I was a very easy child . |
| 2 | He asked a scout to search through the turmoil and pick out Tiguary , if possible , or someone who could give him a message . |
| 3 | Desperately Leith racked her brains , but there was nothing she could tell him , only the truth . |
| 4 | Of course , he played war that he 'd got rubbish for his dinner , but he 'd got everything I could give him . |
| 5 | I read to him , and talked to him , and did everything I could to make him comfortable . |
| 6 | ‘ I was doing everything I could to keep him because of the jobs in the area . ’ |
| 7 | Well that 's something somebody could get him . |
| 8 | By June he had tried seven different prospective designers without finding one who could give him what he wanted , but was emphatic that he could not work at a distance with Hanns or other Johannesburg artists , ‘ so that 's that ’ . |
| 9 | They were happy , I think , that I had found such a good friend , and did everything they could to make him feel at home . |
| 10 | He wanted his son to be a champion , and he did everything he could to force him to go on racing against his better judgement ! ’ |
| 11 | His father walked beside him , behind him , leaned on him , did everything he could to teach him to drill . |
| 12 | The period opened with the usual resistance from the inhabitants , who dug an open grave for William Fairchild , the surveyor of King 's Sedgemoor , and announced ‘ a reward of a hogshead of cider … to anyone who could catch him ’ . |