Example sentences of "[noun sg] he could " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pilot stated that as the aircraft rose above the treeline , at about 150 feet above the ground it involuntarily banked to the right , and despite maintaining the climb speed he could not prevent the roll to the right — which continued past ninety degrees of bank . |
| 2 | With access to a typewriter he could even knock off another column about the lighter side of his literary tour , not mentioning any of the events at Perth . |
| 3 | He had done all the thinking he could . |
| 4 | He had access to Hammad Haiba whose mother 's sister was Salah 's wife 's sister-in-law ; and with Salha on his side he could redouble the pressure : Hammad was Salha 's grandson . |
| 5 | Equally it might be argued that since withdrawal from NATO was the last card he could play in his campaign against American influence , short of defecting from the West altogether , there were good reasons not to play it until it seemed likely to be effective or became absolutely necessary . |
| 6 | He knew that the platform was there , but in the nightside blackness he could see nothing at first . |
| 7 | From his bedroom he could see Macleod 's Tables , two flat-topped hills , Healaval Mhor and Healaval Bheag to the south-west . |
| 8 | Matthew thought his mother sounded very young , her voice bright with some emotion he could not quite define but which made him feel instantly — paternally — protective . |
| 9 | Under the old system , if a player was dissatisfied with his terms at a League club he could move to a Southern League team at the end of a season without waiting for a fee to be agreed . |
| 10 | She turned to the bookcase : ‘ Those were his books , but after he had his stroke he could n't read for any length of time without tiring his eyes and I used to read to him . |
| 11 | Over its roof he could see the forecourt patterned with parking lots , the police cars tidily aligned and what looked like a mortuary van . |
| 12 | For the same outlay he could have hired 120 childminders at £2 an hour or ten secretaries at £25 an hour . |
| 13 | It gave him , too , if he wanted it , an unthreatened view of passing life : from the terrace he could train his opera glasses on the pleasure-steamers taking Sunday lunchers to La Bouille . |
| 14 | As a freelance journalist he could report them because just enough editors were just sufficiently interested to pay him just enough for doing so . |
| 15 | He hurried out into the garden but to his disappointment he could n't see a pear tree anywhere let alone one with a partridge in it . |
| 16 | Dexter flicked through the files with all the concentration he could muster . |
| 17 | Ellen would doubtless tell me that the senator was trying to turn an electoral liability into an advantage , meaning that if he could parade his cured children in front of the electorate he could then pose as both a noble parent and as an expert on drugs , but I preferred to ignore that imagined cynicism , choosing a different reservation . |
| 18 | It did not matter that Ben could not physically see the pages of the journal : in his mind he could turn them anyway and read the tall columns of cyphers . |
| 19 | With Wagner in mind he could say it now . |
| 20 | As he bent down and began to force his way through the undergrowth he could taste alcohol in his mouth . |
| 21 | During debates on gravel extraction he could be seen flicking through its pages . |
| 22 | During debates on gravel extraction he could be seen flicking through its pages . |
| 23 | The Exhibitors Film Exchange recommends a ‘ Neighbourhood Advertising Plan ’ , the essence of which was that every manager would define ‘ the radius or zone ’ from which his ‘ logical business ’ was secured and that he should then proceed to go directly to the individuals whose patronage he could reasonably expect . |
| 24 | In the event , Ramsay himself made the most useful contributions to the debate , with the young Steward and Moray backing him , the Regent out of his depth and almost pathetically grateful for any guidance he could get . |
| 25 | The slanting sun was behind her , and as she stood there in the doorway he could see the outline of those smooth , slim thighs through the fine fabric . |
| 26 | If she fell at a fence he could not avoid trampling her . |
| 27 | I am not obsessed with Jeopardy , but simply concerned about the effect he could have on our society . ’ |
| 28 | Subconsciously , she must have sensed the potent effect he could have on her , an instinctive recognition of the dangerous power he would assume if once she had known his touch . |
| 29 | But he did come upon the little house that was waiting for him , in a clearing in the depths , and was cheered by the lines of yellow light he could see between and under the shutters . |
| 30 | By the watchfires ' waning light he could discern a handful of ghostly figures flitting about nearby . |