Example sentences of "i could [verb] he [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 I reckoned I could blackmail him into a job .
2 His leg seemed to have stopped bleeding , or very nearly , and he could n't have severed an artery or he 'd have bled to death by now , but all the same there had to be a pretty serious wound under the cloth of his trousers and the faster I could get him to a doctor the better .
3 I could phone him with a problem and he had such insight that he could steer me through it , although he knew very little of the problems over here . ’
4 I ask him if I could describe him as a lucky little wanker who became very rich and famous through doing very little apart from being his baffled , fitful , daft self .
5 ‘ Well , by Wednesday I 'm clear of the Committee , and I could take him to a Regional Office .
6 We will take it steadily and I could see him as a Festival hope .
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