Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] he [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told me that he would donate £5,000 to the fund if I would undertake to invite his little son , then at school in Oxford , to tea on odd occasions , so that I could acquaint him with some of the matters relating to Judaism . |
| 2 | If I could just get a role doing some of the falls in the action replays , say , I could save him from horrible injury , or at least the odd booking . |
| 3 | I could rip him to fucking pieces with my bare hands ! " |
| 4 | I was told I could get him on 2001 . ’ |
| 5 | If only I could see him before next week . |
| 6 | ‘ What are your plans for the rest of the afternoon ? ’ she asked in her best trying-to-be-friendly voice , thinking that if she could pin-point him to some specific part of the house then she could at least do her best to avoid it . |
| 7 | She could hate him for those , and lose any incomprehensible hurt they occasioned in the heat of that hatred . |
| 8 | He might work off his lust on her body and she could despise him for that . |
| 9 | Seb spent many of the long winter evenings at the Hankses ' cottage and his reading and writing improved so much that Carrie was reluctantly forced to admit there was little more she could teach him in these two spheres of learning . |
| 10 | ‘ My prevailing power with Harry seems to be rather limited , but perhaps you could try him with some straight questions . ’ |
| 11 | According to evidence at a murder trial , the police found the weapon when they freed the alleged murderer so they could keep him under secret surveillance . |
| 12 | Louis the Pious had done all he could to oust him by encouraging opponents in the region . |
| 13 | Gabriel had to wait until Sergeant Troy had finished his dance with Bathsheba before he could warn him about possible damage to the ricks . |