Example sentences of "he could [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daniel had explained to her that he liked very simple food that he could eat with one hand , because of his inability to eat without reading , and so , for supper his first night , she had brought him scrambled egg on a piece of toast that she had already cut up into precise and helpful squares . |
| 2 | For a big man , he could move with surprising speed when he wanted to . |
| 3 | He had overcome the main drawback of living in the country at Etten , since now he could associate with other artists , exchange views , be stimulated by the work and lives of others with whom he had something in common . |
| 4 | If Balliol was already down a back stair , he could mingle with this crowd of panic-stricken servants and nowise stand out , in his shirt and breeches , since others were in approximately the same state . |
| 5 | there were a few things he could bring with him . |
| 6 | He prided himself , with high justification , on being a great House of Commons man , but it was only from the Treasury bench that he could lead with ease and pleasure . |
| 7 | He could sit with his very big brandies when Claire had gone to bed and talk about the Gordian Knot of the Arbuthnot relationships . |
| 8 | He asked if he could stay with them , and eventually they agreed that he could , but only if he worked . |
| 9 | She could make quite sure that he did , and then he could stay with her ; at least for a little longer . |
| 10 | He could walk with the help of a nurse , but very slowly and with great difficulty , as his balance was extremely poor . |
| 11 | And then , that if he could walk with his eyes shut all the way back to the town , it might magick him back . |
| 12 | He was sitting in a chair — we were all having our picture taken — and I mentioned that it would be good if he could stand with us , so we could all be together . |
| 13 | He said that he too had lost an election ; he had felt very bad when the people of new York rejected him , and he could empathize with what the Shah now felt . |
| 14 | Laker was a highly charismatic individual ; a self-made man who had built his airplane business on a visionary self-determination and zeal , a refusal to take no for an answer — all qualities which Branson fancied he could sympathise with . |
| 15 | He held it like a sword , perhaps imagining the gutting and the killing he could perform with this weapon which had once been used to carve the image of a woman in the land . |
| 16 | He could start with a win against Frederik Johnson , the Swedish international , but it is hard to see any of the other rejects surviving , except perhaps Jamie Hickox or Chris Walker . |
| 17 | He could start with the federal government itself . |
| 18 | All his friends noticed that no matter how drunk he was , his hand remained steady and he could draw with astonishing skill and sensitivity . |
| 19 | When there was nothing but ash he could crumble with a stick he went back up to his room . |
| 20 | God was not a subject he could handle with any real heart , nor compete with . |
| 21 | He asked for two or three days ' grace so that he could consult with his friends and when this was granted , he took his leave . |
| 22 | He reminded himself of the details and exulted as he saw what he could do with it . |
| 23 | Though he admits he could do with the cash from ticket receipts ( £2.4m at the Science Museum in 1989 , £1.9m at the Natural History ) , Sir David argues that the British Museum ‘ should be freely available to everyone — to stretch minds , stimulate their curiosity and provide for their academic needs . ’ |
| 24 | Joking with Kalchu , he said he could do with a guard dog like that , fierce and resilient . |
| 25 | The other children were clean and decently fed , but this one had a smell of the gutters about him and looked like he could do with some good food to fatten him up . |
| 26 | Dalgliesh remembered that he had always drunk beer ; now he accepted whisky but said he could do with coffee first . |
| 27 | Looks like he could do with some of our country air . ’ |
| 28 | Mr Bush started rehearsin' us last night and he could do with some extra voices , like . ’ |
| 29 | She then tested his creativity by asking him to write down all the things he could do with various objects such as a brick or a shoe , and all the things that would happen if certain events suddenly occurred , such as everyone in the world losing their sight or having to walk on all fours . |
| 30 | ‘ He has come on nicely since the Hennessy and has been working well but he could do with a run this week , ’ he added . |