Example sentences of "he could [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he could again seal victory at the 11th . |
| 2 | He could again ask parliament to put him at the head of the government . |
| 3 | He had never invited anyone to dinner at the house , for the simple reason that they never had anything he could honestly call dinner . |
| 4 | A man could put his feet up here without fear of being rebuked , and maybe he could even leave things about . |
| 5 | He could even strike gold . ’ |
| 6 | He could even feel gratitude as the climax neared its end . |
| 7 | I suppose he could even let units on behalf of owners , on an agency basis of course … |
| 8 | And when it comes to cash he could even say ya-boo-sucks to Britain 's wealthiest woman , revealed this week as shipping heiress Christine Goulandris . |
| 9 | Baby , if he keeps on grabbing his chances as a dad he could even become top of the pops . |
| 10 | But he could n't tolerate incompetence . ’ |
| 11 | Even if the law allowed it — which it would n't — he could n't leave Zoe bereft of everything except ornaments and pictures . |
| 12 | He could n't leave Florence any later than twelve o'clock . |
| 13 | He could n't speak Spanish and they could n't speak English . |
| 14 | He could n't speak Arabic , as he 'd been brought up in Zanzibar . |
| 15 | But he could n't organize people any more . |
| 16 | He could n't tell direction in the fog . |
| 17 | But he could n't tell Graham . |
| 18 | His hands were cold He could n't tell fish from weed . |
| 19 | The scheme the mother and this brother were plotting entailed Sien somehow , and though he could n't make head nor tail of it he feared the worst . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ she swiftly apologised , when she could see he could n't make head or tail of what she was talking about . |
| 21 | ‘ And if he could n't make love to his wife because she was paralysed from the waist down … ’ |
| 22 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 23 | He could n't recognize love . |
| 24 | He could n't waste time in useless persuasion . |
| 25 | Now , though , he could n't care tuppence . |
| 26 | He could n't ignore circumstances . |
| 27 | HEARTBROKEN husband Robin Hood killed himself because he could n't face life without his murdered wife ‘ Maid ’ Marion . |
| 28 | O'Hara said he could n't face Potter . |
| 29 | ‘ He could n't handle Mum , he could n't handle me , ’ John says . |
| 30 | Mr Munro was Arnold 's caddie , a nice man but he could n't handle Palmer , who asked him too many questions . |