Example sentences of "he could [vb infin] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chairman of the company told him he was most impressed with the contribution he 's made to the business , and that he could go right to the top if he keeps it up . |
| 2 | He was thinking maybe , just maybe , he could dive over to the locker and grab his coat and get out . |
| 3 | Anyway , Reverend William Lee , his son and his brother , went over to France to see if Henry , King Henry of France could help him er but before he could get through to the court there King Henry died and then William Lee died without seeing his machine come to any sort of commercial fruition . |
| 4 | And with a short night 's sleep behind him and a miserable hour ahead of him before he could get away to the hospital , the day would be spoiled before it started . |
| 5 | Ken tried to rid himself of the guests , so that he could get away to the theatre , by telling Pat to call him to an imaginary telephone call . |
| 6 | There was no other way in which he could get up to the roof . |
| 7 | Asik simply wished he could live closer to the village but he knew there was no way his grandparents would survive the move , so he trundled on and tried dearly not to think about it . |
| 8 | He could drive down to The Randolph , and sort out that lying sod Ashenden ! |