Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] could [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She professed love for Gentle at intervals , but not with sufficient consistency to make him think he could prise her from her husband , even if he wanted to , which he was by no means certain he did . |
| 2 | And made him think he could trust me . |
| 3 | Fancy him thinking he could con her ! |
| 4 | As soon as he found out I knew about cameras and all that , he realised I could make myself useful round the studio , so I sort of moved in . |
| 5 | By half emptying one of the sacks onto the floor of the van he found he could drag it with his right hand and hold onto the box with his left . |
| 6 | Yet , strangely , even as he approached I could tell he would not harm me . |
| 7 | He says you could argue we 're just transferring the pollution from the streets to the power station . |
| 8 | No he says I could do it in a lot less time than that , he said and a lot neater , I said , you saying I 'm a scruffy writer ? |
| 9 | She almost felt sympathy for Marc if he imagined he could change what was deeply ingrained in Peter 's nature . |
| 10 | The court heard that Jones scoured the Penrhys estate after the burglary and took his friends to Mr Penrose 's house because he believed he could lead them to the culprits . |
| 11 | Not only did he see no advantage in change , he believed he could prevent it indefinitely . |
| 12 | The secretary laughed and said he thought he could guess who that was . |
| 13 | If he thought he could manipulate her , he 'd soon find out that it was a wasted effort . |
| 14 | He thought he could do it . |
| 15 | He thought he could talk his way out of this easily enough surrounded by educated people of a less prejudiced kind than Dr Kingsley . |
| 16 | If he thought he could scare her with his stupid little threats , he would soon find out that he was mistaken ! |
| 17 | He appreciated how that quality was still apparent tonight ; although now , in the half-light , he thought he could detect something else : relief , perhaps , at being able to unburden herself at last . |
| 18 | He thought he could detect something odd in the other man 's voice — a faint sing-song tone ; a little , obsessive rhythm , lilting and mad . |
| 19 | RELAXING AFTER The Searchers but still masterly , this is Howard Hawks ' critique of High Noon , arguing a true professional like Wayne would n't waste his time begging amateurs for help and would only go up against superior odds if he thought he could cheat his way to victory . |
| 20 | When he was a child and his mother was ill , he thought he could make her better by writing a play . |
| 21 | If he thought he could intimidate her he was gravely mistaken ! |
| 22 | The message read that she had been in the hotel that night ; that she had met David ; that a tape had been taken of the conversation ; that if he thought he could arrest her brother and charge him with murder , he should now try ; that , if he thought he could intern her whilst completely innocent , he should now try ; that several persons had listened to the conversation in the hotel that night and that one was an Ulster MP . |
| 23 | He went there , he shook hands , he 'd shake hands with a vulture if he thought he could get him up the pedestal , but that 's neither here , something was done . |
| 24 | In 1971 he thought he could help his brother in his illness by writing about their childhood . |
| 25 | He thought he could mindblast her as simply as he had put Tunney out of the picture . |
| 26 | The message read that she had been in the hotel that night ; that she had met David ; that a tape had been taken of the conversation ; that if he thought he could arrest her brother and charge him with murder , he should now try ; that , if he thought he could intern her whilst completely innocent , he should now try ; that several persons had listened to the conversation in the hotel that night and that one was an Ulster MP . |
| 27 | Reynolds had only the vaguest memory of his search of the Evergreens , but he thought he could find what he was looking for . |
| 28 | Did he mean he could get her a part in a play or something ? |
| 29 | It would n't be too easy , but he knew he could manage it . |
| 30 | It was astonishing that he knew he could do it . |