Example sentences of "could have [vb pp] him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing in his IBM Corp background could have prepared him for the kind of speech he gave — in fact had to give , if Taligent is to be seen as the answer to the world 's ills . |
| 2 | Nothing however could have prepared him for the drama to come . |
| 3 | I was mad with him , could have battered him into the ground I could if I was strong enough . ’ |
| 4 | You tell me how any of us could have chucked him over the balustrade even if the whole lot of us got together to do it . |
| 5 | But having said that surely Wilkinson could have kept him at the club , for someone who says that players are picked on the performances they produce how can he explain Deane ? |
| 6 | Her desire for such a life was so passionate , and her gratitude to Walter for this glimpse of it was so great that she could have kissed him in the street , and later that day she did in fact allow him to undo her brassiere strap without a word of protest . |
| 7 | ‘ I could have forgiven him for the debts he piled up , but the lies , having another woman — I can never forgive that , ’ Jean says . |
| 8 | Then the man was running , and Blagg could have shot him in the back but he had only one round left . |
| 9 | Heydrich could have shot him in the head . |
| 10 | Goering could have shot him from the skies . |
| 11 | Ultimately , it was all too easy for Sainz , who could afford to enjoy the scenery in yesterday 's Scottish forest stages after Kankkunnen , the only man who could have overhauled him in the world title race , lost crucial time when his Lancia hit a rock . |
| 12 | She could have asked him about the carrots . |
| 13 | If he 'd been on the train and had walked with the other racegoers towards the station , Filmer could have seen him through the window … and just the sight of him had caused the tensing of the neck muscles … and if Filmer had n't yet paid him for whatever … then he would come back to the train … |
| 14 | Whoever was inside could have seen him from the windows . |
| 15 | I could not help feeling that if we could have had him from the moment of the return of Civil Government Burma would have been in a happier and more disciplined condition , ready to see the real task which the nation would have to face as soon as its political future was decided . |
| 16 | If we could have got him to a warm climate we might have kept him alive for a year or two more than we did . |
| 17 | I could have belted him with a bicycle chain . |
| 18 | As for Joe , who blithely missed a fracture a yard across , she could have pinned him to the wall with a scalpel , she was so cross . |
| 19 | He was described as an enthusiastic , determined and well-turned-out soldier with leadership qualities which could have taken him to the top warrant officer rank . |
| 20 | Oh , I knew that that night I was in a very difficult position , if he had been on the public highway I could have taken him to the police station and taken him |
| 21 | I could have taken him if he 's on the public highway , I could have taken him to the police station . |