Example sentences of "who could [verb] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was she , too , alone , he sensed , who could satisfy him and he who could satisfy her . |
| 2 | Philip Winterbottom , Assistant Manager , Archives would like to hear from anyone who worked at Drummonds prior to 1960 and who could tell him about the branch as it was and of any changes or innovations which occurred . |
| 3 | Lastly , he made up his mind to see Charlie the Pigeon , who could tell him all the things happening in the neighbourhood , because he could fly so high + see so much . |
| 4 | She knew all that because , as Jack 's private assistant , she organized him : his TV appearances , his meetings with London 's shadier characters , his payments for some mucky chore or other , his alibis to the wife ( who could blame him , married to that bimbo ? ) , his hotel rooms . |
| 5 | And who could blame him ? |
| 6 | After Cap'n Cock-Up and Rothley Court , who could blame him ? |
| 7 | Who could blame him ? |
| 8 | And , in the circumstances , who could blame him ? |
| 9 | Who could blame him ? |
| 10 | She 'd lost him now — he 'd probably forget she was even there , and who could blame him ? |
| 11 | He obviously thought she was a man-hungry piranha , and really who could blame him ? |
| 12 | He was laughing , but who could blame him ? |
| 13 | And who could blame him ? |
| 14 | And yet there was no school of thought which cultivated and refined that enthusiasm , no influential and witty group of young film makers who could draw him in and use him as C. A. Lejeune perceptively realised he could be used . |
| 15 | Because of his betrayal of the Decembrists in 1825 and his long identification with the regime of Nicholas I , he had few friends on the left of the political spectrum who could advise him on the way in which emancipation should proceed . |
| 16 | The boy was present on that path , by his own statement and actions , he had , however he might regret the act afterwards , cause to be rid of a man who could accuse him . |
| 17 | Thinking of the provocatively slow way she might later take off her shiny red boots , dark hair falling down over her placidly unconcerned face as she bent to remove them , thinking of the longer , slower flow of her otherwise quick young body as she discarded her clothing bit by bit and turned with a sudden smile of submission towards his already rumpled bed , he was also holding in to himself and caressing within himself the glass-cased ideal of a woman — a Princess — who could be worshipped without being touched by bonily clutching fingers , who could transform him without being stickied by any of his bodily fluids . |
| 18 | For centuries , no one had come along who could make him afraid . |
| 19 | By June he had tried seven different prospective designers without finding one who could give him what he wanted , but was emphatic that he could not work at a distance with Hanns or other Johannesburg artists , ‘ so that 's that ’ . |
| 20 | MACAULEY Culkin 's Kevin may be a dab hand with a booby trap but when it comes down to straightforward , grimy-faced scallywaggery , there are a couple of Irish lads in Into The West who could give him a run for his money . |
| 21 | Freddie had never liked her , but he knew at once that she might be the one person who could give him valuable assistance with his research . |
| 22 | He asked a scout to search through the turmoil and pick out Tiguary , if possible , or someone who could give him a message . |
| 23 | But it is the horse who was third the day before who could give him his biggest win , matching Omerta 's success in the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham in 1986 . |
| 24 | The period opened with the usual resistance from the inhabitants , who dug an open grave for William Fairchild , the surveyor of King 's Sedgemoor , and announced ‘ a reward of a hogshead of cider … to anyone who could catch him ’ . |
| 25 | Yet there is no trace of arrogance in his writings or pronouncements , and for those who could track him down , there was a man who was more than ready to mull over the ideas of lesser mortals . |
| 26 | At the south-western corner of the city walls two smaller castles were built , Baynard 's and Mountfichet , but never allowed to become great fortresses ; and they were finally removed from this strategic place by Edward I in the late thirteenth century : by a king whose mighty works at the Tower mirrored his determination to keep the Londoners under firm control ; but who greatly expanded the western end and formed a large new enclosure there for the Dominican friars , who could help him to ensure that no hostile presence met him when he came from Westminster to the City . |
| 27 | Trawler boss Alan Ayres , who has accused the Navy of a cover-up , said he had found some schoolchildren who could help him prove the Pescado was sunk by a submarine 18 months ago . |
| 28 | Sampras , meanwhile , was planning to talk with Tom 's twin brother , Tim , who has been working with Eliot Teltscher and , although nothing had been settled at the time of writing , Andrew Agassi was looking for a coach who could help him improve what he knows remains a fundamental weakness in his game — his serve . |
| 29 | The brutal death of Duke John inevitably pushed Philip , his son and successor , onto the side of the one man who could help him . |
| 30 | Who could help him ? |