Example sentences of "[conj] he could give " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was happiest at the field meetings of natural history societies and the subsequent festivities , where he could give free rein to his talents as a ballad singer and after-dinner speaker . |
| 2 | Mozart 's reputation preceded him on the return trip , and the family were frequently detained so that he could give performances and display his talents . |
| 3 | In the midst of all this , Stirling calmly called a halt so that he could give orders for further targets . |
| 4 | This , coupled with the notion of the magistrate as being responsible for enforcement of the judgments handed down by himself or his deputy , would surely suggest that he could give judgment for performance and enforce it specifically . |
| 5 | I often sleep in my coat , ’ he backed away from her , all the way towards the door ; then on the landing , and for no reason that he could give to himself , he turned and ran not towards his bedroom but across the landing , over the gallery , down the stairs , through the hall to the front door . |
| 6 | To the question , can ‘ high risk ’ situations be identified in advance , Professor Greenland told us that he could give an answer , ‘ a cautious yes — in some cases ’ . |
| 7 | Switzer noted that he could give ‘ directions once or twice a Year in most of the … |
| 8 | Hence if a registered shareholder , A , first executes a transfer to a purchaser , B , and later to another , C , while both remain unregistered B will have priority over C. If , however , C succeeds in obtaining registration before B , he will have priority over B so long as he had no notice , at the time of purchase , of the transfer to B. If C did have notice , although he has been registered his prima facie title will not prevail over that of B who will be entitled to have the register rectified ( assuming that there are no grounds on which the company could refuse to register B ) and in the meantime C 's legal interest will be subject to the equitable interest of B. If both transfers were gifts , the position would presumably be different ; the gift to B would leave A without any beneficial interest that he could give to C and , not being a ‘ purchaser , ’ C could not obtain priority by registration ; his legal interest , on his becoming the registered holder , would be subject to the prior equity of B. |
| 9 | Here he dismounted and prayed that whatever spirit had been working within him would continue to work , that this furious feeling of benevolence to all mind — if only a beggar would pass by and he could give him a shilling ! — would not abate , that he ‘ could truly and today start a new life , O Lord , for Thy sake and in Thy name ’ . |
| 10 | Well he he he was a sinful person , as we all are erm , I think he did not as the way I understand it , you know Jesus came perfect in everything but he had a he had a a message to give and he could give it better , I think because he had experienced so many things . |
| 11 | It is therefore extremely encouraging that , only this morning , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State took the 250,000th call on the single market hotline — and he could give the answer to the caller 's question . |
| 12 | ‘ His age is not a problem because I 've never been afraid to take a gamble on players and he could give us another option . ’ |
| 13 | Even eighteen months ago he said that he doubted if he could give enough time and energy to securing a World Cup place . |
| 14 | If he could give up smoking the Army in Sri Lanka would benefit by another one hundred and thirty dollars a month . |
| 15 | It explained his interest in Heather 's disappearance as well as his offer of money to Harry if he could give him a story . |
| 16 | I understand that the changes are fairly limited , and I should be grateful if he could give me any further information . |
| 17 | Well I , I took the liberty of the Lord Lieutenant 's appointed me to something called the Sussex Rural Options Land Bank and I brought you a copy of the leaflet , having notice of your question and I did ask the officer who deals with this in the Sussex Rural Community Council if he could give me the latest score on housing I thought that the news was bad from what he had said , but having said that , I mean every effort is being made to deal with the issues you raise in this council which is now chaired by Peter . |
| 18 | But he could give the new boy his debut in Lisbon on Tuesday , when United take on Benfica in a testimonial for Eusebio that also marks 25 years since United beat the Portuguese to win England 's first European Cup . |
| 19 | just pure inset , and just headquarters , that 's all they 're interested in , not whether he knows his job or not , not whether he could give advice because he has no control over whatever comes into that shop , he does n't decide we 're not having these T-shirts in or , or we 're not having these suits in because really they 're a load of rubbish , headquarters decides it , all he does is put a nice little display out , usually , and it 's shown how to do it by headquarters and so on , these people come round and show them what to do and so on , do all that , in fact he 's as much expertise in there as I have or you have , anybody could literally with a bit of training in the company way of doing things |
| 20 | Before he could give a warning , the Doctor slammed on the brakes . |
| 21 | and as long as he could give a residence |