Example sentences of "he could [verb] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Davide could almost fancy he could smell again the stale vaporous emanations of the law in the room as he began to take down details of the wrong that had been done . |
| 2 | But then Ronnie , in his own phlegmatic way , could live with it better than most : his skills as a driver were so refined , his reflexes so quick , that he could handle even the trickiest cars . |
| 3 | He could emulate neither the austere aristocracy of Pius XII , whom he revered and always defended , nor the comfortable geniality of John XXIII for whom he felt great affection ( dating back to 1925 ) . |
| 4 | At first , he could utter only the first syllable of each name . |
| 5 | Here , he could see only the occasional flutter of movement , as the fearful denizens of the area tried to keep out of the way and out of trouble . |
| 6 | An eminent preacher claimed that he could overcome even the worst disaster if he could have fifteen minutes of contemplation . |