Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [pron] [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the last he was in front , but he was dead tired and Winter could do nothing to hold him together for the final desperate few yards to the line . |
| 2 | We could do nothing to sort him out because we had decided not to do anything foolish . |
| 3 | Pausing to watch the big man stride away , his broad shoulders bent as though beneath a great weight , Tilly despaired that she could do nothing to help him . |
| 4 | Mr Wilcox 's son Adrian said : ‘ No one could do anything to save him — it was such a total shock . ’ |
| 5 | In any case , he made feeble efforts to help me get him to his left foot , and with my almost total support he made the few hops to reach the boat , though I could see it hurt him sorely . |
| 6 | She could wait for him — no one could stop her marrying him once she was twenty-one . |
| 7 | I could hear her scolding him for not having contacted her sooner , not having brought me to see her , asking whether I was safe , was someone with me , who was looking after me . |
| 8 | One gate that he could open himself let him into a front garden patrolled by two Dobermans , but he was okay with dogs because there had always been dogs at his mother 's home , and at his grandparents ' home . |
| 9 | ‘ I could help you carry him in , ’ she said . |
| 10 | But you could say I loved him . |
| 11 | Sometimes he would have to wait for an hour or more before he could find someone to carry him to the Collector 's side . |