Example sentences of "he could [vb infin] [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was unbelievable that he could suggest such a thing — and she wondered if it was a test of some sort . |
| 2 | ‘ Afraid of you ! ’ she gasped , and , truly horrified that he could think such a thing , ‘ No , of course not ! ’ she faced him squarely to state . |
| 3 | He could exhibit such a stolidity in this regard that the Captain more than once suggested that he might drop down the order , ‘ to add ballast to the middle ’ . |
| 4 | Nobody who knew Uncle Maurice could possibly believe that he could do such a thing . |
| 5 | And how he could make all the village wealthy . ’ |
| 6 | The realization bit into Harry 's confidence that he could outwit such a man : who was he really fooling ? |
| 7 | Really , he could use half an hour to digest the gobbets of this person . |
| 8 | There was a man here once , he could take half an hour to drink a bowl of soup , big as an ox . |
| 9 | When he saw the saxaphone he told his father about it and his father said that if he could save half the money , he would make up the other half . ’ |
| 10 | He was sure , not only because he could have written out a set of instructions there and then , if he had had any paper , but because he could imagine all the minute details of doing those things . |