Example sentences of "[subord] he could [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another sees Riesenhuber in charge of a new ministry of the environment , where he could head off the political challenge of the Green movement which enters the West German parliament for the first time after the election successes . |
| 2 | The Marshal crossed the sunny fore-court towards the shadow of the stone archway and into his office , where he could take off the dark glasses which he always had to wear when the sun was out . |
| 3 | He had not been able to deal so skilfully with his own wife , however , that relationship needing more of himself than he could spare from the animals , and she had left him many years ago . |
| 4 | AN AZERI who hijacked a Russian plane so he could go to the United States to work was held on charges of air piracy by a Swedish court yesterday after giving himself up . |
| 5 | The proctologist stretched his sunburned legs on the cockpit cushions and rested his head so he could stare past the bimini cover at the stars . |
| 6 | She told me how much food to give him every day , and to be sure to leave the window open a bit so he could get into the garden and do his business . |
| 7 | I 'd built a cat flap in the flat door so he could get into the rest of the house and one more in the back door so that he could get out into the square yard of concrete which our landlord Nassim called our patio . |
| 8 | He took deep breaths , trying to calm his mind and soul so he could concentrate on the recent events in the Tower . |
| 9 | He planned to get me out of the way so he could bid for the portmanteau . |
| 10 | So excited had Mr Wolski become — though he kept quiet about it at the Zoo — that he had taken down his atlas of the British Isles so he could mark off the various places the eagle was seen . |
| 11 | He kept a set of bags packed inside the door of Downing Street , so he could escape at the earliest opportunity to the grouse moors or trout streams . |
| 12 | With the next general election not due until May 1960 , he had three years in which to establish himself as Prime Minister , provided he could ride through the political fallout from Suez . |
| 13 | Quickly Grant slid a few feet down the slates and leaned carefully out round the edge of the massive chimney stack , until he could peer over the coping . |
| 14 | He now watched Mick follow Carrie to the door way that led into the scullery , and he found himself also stepping in that direction , until he could take in the whole of the scullery and the open backyard door through which Mr Carver was now passing , saying as he did so , ‘ Ta-rah , then . ’ |
| 15 | He cadged fivers off various old school friends and workmates to tide him over until he could get to the bank . |
| 16 | He had asked if he could go to the seminary school at once , but he had seemed relieved when Tom advised against it . |
| 17 | Then there was the time Joe Hulme asked if he could stay for the weekend in his native Lancashire after an away match at Bolton . |
| 18 | He 'd asked if he could work on the girl , but Frick had refused . |
| 19 | He slumped , then turned slightly , staring through the gloom of the house towards the north , as if he could see through the walls , through the wood , to that place of battle , that cold place , which lay northwards and to which he and Tallis — as everything that passed this way seemed to be moving . |
| 20 | Geoff , of Abram , near Wigan read about the South Donegal Railway Preservation Society and immediately contacted members to see if he could help despite the little matter of 150 miles of murky Irish Sea . |
| 21 | Roland had once asked her if he could help in the garden , in exchange for the right to sit there sometimes . |
| 22 | In cotton weaving rates in 1808 had fallen so low that weavers were reported to be working upwards of fifteen hours , even to twenty , but as an employer remarked it was an impossible situation to sustain and a man would not choose to work eighteen hours if he could live from the labour of twelve . |
| 23 | He poked his nose outside to see if he could tie off the cord . |
| 24 | The cultural budget , which stood at FFr3 billion in 1981 , is now FFr13 billion ( £1.3 billion ; $2.3 billion ) thirteen years later , precisely because he could count on the unconditional support of President Mitterrand , who is not only an acknowledged lover of both the arts and literature , but also requires an element of grandeur to be orchestrated and injected into large-scale projects ( see p.12 ) . |
| 25 | He was born deaf , dumb and blind and was also mentally-deficient , and died in 1902 before he could accede to the bewildering duties and titles that went with the Dukedom of Norfolk , Earl Marshal of England . |
| 26 | Before he could return to the Redoubt , he would have to earn an income deemed acceptable to the Lance master and his treasurer . |
| 27 | In many ways the part of a horseman 's job calling for most of his skill was that concerned with working the land , and using a standard of craftsmanship set immeasurably high both by the tradition of his craft and by the immediate needs of cultivation ; and a horseman served a long and disciplined apprenticeship before he could attain to the standard demanded . |
| 28 | Before he could move for the doors , they were flung open imperiously , revealing a wide-eyed , agonised Auguste outside . |
| 29 | MOST of the money raised for disabled Courtaulds employee Chris Lumb , who sadly died before he could benefit from the appeal launched in his name , is going to help blind toddler Leannda Ward . |
| 30 | Mr Clerides , who beat incumbent George Vassiliou with a narrow majority of 1,998 votes in Sunday 's election , said that before he could go to the peace talks in New York he needed to consult with the Cypriot and Greek political leadership . |