Example sentences of "could [vb infin] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , he could modify his model by supposing that the gradient has its high point at the back edge of each segment , and that bristles point up the slope , and it would work just as well . |
| 2 | The latter did not want the prime ministership , calculating that another tough spell of cohabitation could damage his presidential chances in 1995 . |
| 3 | John always remained very concerned about the designing of his own ballets but was never specifically credited with responsibility for their designs , preferring to collaborate with an artist to whom he could explain his ideas and from whom he expected further ideas to enhance the final outcome . |
| 4 | The case , heard in February 1929 , revealed that , since his association with Arsenal began in 1910 , Sir Henry had placed some £15,000 of his own money at the club 's disposal ( a bounty which could explain his campaign against rising transfer fees ) . |
| 5 | It 's the sort of fruitless post-mortem that bridge-players do but the point of the incident is that it showed the extent to which Hunt 's temper could affect his judgement , for in motor racing , as Nigel Mansell was to find out a decade later , to lose one 's cool harms only oneself . |
| 6 | Erm one chap thought he could cash his A B C before his pension , and he 'd actually bought a massive amount of A B C business , to retire at fifty five . |
| 7 | He hoped greatly to be able to go to Oxford in the autumn ; there should be enough money from a sale to support his mother , his brother and himself till he obtained a degree and could earn his living . |
| 8 | still , he did n't have to spoil his debut by insisting he left the game ten minutes before the interval so he could prepare his half-time pizza slices . |
| 9 | He could build his own Government with few debts or commitments . |
| 10 | He could throw his lot in with the Lord General , and perhaps become a governor of one of the colony worlds . |
| 11 | The devout Buddhist sees the hare who was willing to be roasted alive so the starving brahmin could eat his flesh . |
| 12 | That 's July the seventeenth , he could loose his licence . |
| 13 | He wanted the best stars , effective US distribution and adequate finance , and no longer felt the British industry could deliver his requirements . |
| 14 | In some areas he could plant his land with windmills . |
| 15 | what it serves to emphasize in the present context is that the user of the STV is inevitably denied knowledge that could influence his preferences . |
| 16 | Before I could answer his questions he remarked slowly , ‘ You know , Boyo , I had a bloody good dream . |
| 17 | For St Helens , Tea Ropati , the New Zealand centre who was invalided home from the recent tour after only two matches , could make his debut . |
| 18 | Pat Cash , out for eight months with an Achilles tendon injury , could make his comeback in the doubles at the Australian Open in Melbourne next month . |
| 19 | When his mother took him to school on the first day , he decided from then onwards he could make his own way to school and did n't hesitate in telling his mother just that . |
| 20 | He clipped the lead on to the dog with cold hands which would hardly function , and let her pull him up the slope as fast as he could make his legs move . |
| 21 | Yet he was endlessly intrigued with himself , and he decided early on that the only way he could make his mark was to be Decidedly Different . |
| 22 | Turning the big key in the back door and easing up the latch , Mungo began to feel free , as though now he could make his own rules and ignore the restrictions imposed by daylight . |
| 23 | He had learned to bear their ridicule without so much as a tear , but the names Sweetheart called him when she was really angry could make his body hurt like a bad pain on the inside . |
| 24 | To enable as many as possible to run their lives on the basis of the manageable commitment which was the essence of the new orthodoxy , credit had to be available from a variety of sources from which each could make his choice to suit his circumstances . |
| 25 | For those who sought symbols in inanimate objects its message was both simple and expedient , that man , by his own intelligence and his own efforts , could understand and master his world , could make his transitory life more agreeable , more comfortable , more free of pain . |
| 26 | If he , Paul Arkwright , could make his own name again in this way it might lead to even better things than a University chair . |
| 27 | Willi Dungl was still around making Niki work out and adjusting his psyche and Niki knew , if he wanted to , he could make his comeback . |
| 28 | He was used to handling a great variety of young men , and his piercing stare , as he considered the request , made Hank quail ; he had a suspicion that Peter Dawson could make his wife quail at times , and in this he was right . |
| 29 | The 22-year-old pack ace will arrive tomorrow and could make his debut in Sunday 's First Division home clash with Wigan . |
| 30 | Altogether Baldwin , like most Prime Ministers who succeed a member of their own party during a Parliament , felt that he would be happier and stronger if he could make his own Cabinet afresh , and yet was inhibited from so doing . |