Example sentences of "if he could [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had asked if he could go to the seminary school at once , but he had seemed relieved when Tom advised against it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He 'd asked if he could work on the girl , but Frick had refused . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Roland had once asked her if he could help in the garden , in exchange for the right to sit there sometimes . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He poked his nose outside to see if he could tie off the cord . |