Example sentences of "he could [vb infin] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court heard that Jones scoured the Penrhys estate after the burglary and took his friends to Mr Penrose 's house because he believed he could lead them to the culprits . |
| 2 | He just asked if he could hide it in the museum . |
| 3 | Later he asked , at second-hand , if he could accompany me into the Danakil country , where I planned to travel . |
| 4 | By the time Roger had recorded from sixteen birds , he told me he thought he could detect regular differences between them so large that he could assign them to the two groups even without being given the code . |
| 5 | If anything went wrong , he could blame it on the Minister 's interference . |
| 6 | Charlotte had telephoned Derek from Boston late on Friday night to ask if he could meet her off the plane at Heathrow on Saturday morning . |
| 7 | The Bristol University graduate , the third-choice keeper until last night , did not put a hand , or foot , wrong and he could do nothing about the Spartak goals . |
| 8 | He was so efficient , I 'm wondering if he could do something about the disgusting chick pea casserole they serve on the Intercity 125 . |
| 9 | They now told him , in no uncertain terms , that if he had something important to communicate , he could do it in the plant car park during the lunch break , or after working hours . |
| 10 | ‘ Will you telephone Harriman and ask if he could do anything in the way of intervention ? ’ |
| 11 | Beckman had indeed contacted Branson to see if he could advise him on the taking of anti-trust action , but the offer had not been taken up . |
| 12 | He could picture himself at the court of King Louis , accepting the thanks of his grateful monarch . |
| 13 | He had mistakenly believed that total retirement from first-class cricket was necessary before he could avail himself of the pension fund for West Indies Test cricketers . |
| 14 | He could feel them at the small of his back , feel the scratch of the lavender garland which she still held . |
| 15 | Snow settled on the blanket and he could feel it on the back of his neck . |
| 16 | He could feel it in the bite of the breeze , the faintly golden light of the afternoon . |
| 17 | Odd-Knut — whose English was good enough to know that he did not want us to call him ‘ Odd ’ — suggested that he could leave us near the Finnish border and we could ski or walk the last bit . |
| 18 | His opening 76 in reality had been his practice round because of his late arrival , and he could make nothing of the greens in his outward 36 yesterday , starting at the tenth . |
| 19 | With fifteen laps to go , the race was his : if he could make it to the end . |
| 20 | ‘ That was when I knew he could make it in the bigtime , ’ he says . |
| 21 | If he sets his mind to it he could make it in the cross-channel game , ’ says Scottish goal scoring ace Derek Cook , who himself will pose a considerable threat to Ards . |
| 22 | Now he was n't held down , he could unleash them on the world . |
| 23 | When the visitor had left an hour later he could remember nothing of the rest — hence the uncompleted lines of verse with which we are left . |
| 24 | Paton told the court he could remember nothing of the crash and claimed he had lain unconscious in hospital for five days afterwards . |
| 25 | Thinking back Rostov realised that he could remember nothing after the moment when he had operated the lock control and the door had hissed aside . |
| 26 | The book had found a publisher ; he could hope to write others ; he could support her in the manner expected . |
| 27 | There was no danger now , he could enjoy it to the full . |
| 28 | But this was n't his case ; he could discuss it with the detachment of a man who has a professional interest but no responsibility . |
| 29 | To save time , he decided to take the bicycle with him across the fields so that he could ride it on the smoother sections . |
| 30 | Frankie wriggled free so that he could remove himself from the confrontation . |