Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as time went on he realised he could not convey how the style had evolved without understanding the techniques at first hand . |
| 2 | He was a big fit man but he realised he could not go on much longer , and his iron resolve began to melt in the face of the powers of nature surrounding him . |
| 3 | And he goes you could n't have got the odds on it like putting a pound on like , I bet you no horses finish , you know . |
| 4 | Afterwards , though , he admitted he could hardly concentrate on Celtic for thinking about Ibrox . |
| 5 | He wanted to yell for joy but when he tried he could n't get any sound out . |
| 6 | the time he phoned he could only get Friday of the first week |
| 7 | At fourteen he found he could also copy perfectly any handwriting placed in front of him . |
| 8 | It was then he found he could not get out of the finance deal . |
| 9 | He could control his left arm on the handlebar when riding a push-bike , but he found he could not use an exercise bicycle because the effort involved automatically increased his spasticity beyond his control . |
| 10 | And he found he could n't handle it . |
| 11 | Even so , he found he could n't walk away . |
| 12 | He found he could n't pursue the thought to its proper conclusion . |
| 13 | The wind caught at him , blew at him , a gusty enemy he found he could hardly overcome . |
| 14 | Had he been caught or had he panicked he could well have been in very serious trouble : the charming young tearaway could have become a court case . |
| 15 | he says we could either put it forward because the windows are obviously a lot wider |
| 16 | He says we could not approve his application . |
| 17 | Oh he says we could n't do that he says that now , he says I could n't get that done for you . |
| 18 | Had it not been for anti-depressant drugs and psychitaric help , he says he could easily have taken his own life . |
| 19 | He says he could n't believe it . |
| 20 | He says he could n't afford it . |
| 21 | Oh he says we could n't do that he says that now , he says I could n't get that done for you . |
| 22 | It was a question of how he believed he could best attain his major political purposes . |
| 23 | That he reckoned he could still do . |
| 24 | It was hard for the Major to see the little procession that moved away from the Administration block towards the heart of the camp , but he fancied he could still make out one dark head amongst the hazing image of the retreating column . |
| 25 | Sniffing the moist morning air , he fancied he could still detect sickly traces of the opium smoked by his guest , and his scowl deepened . |
| 26 | Once he started he could not stop ! |
| 27 | At no time did he indicate he could n't cope . |
| 28 | No he said , and I went over and I picked him up anyway , and sat him on , I sat him on my knee and I said we 'll just do some rhymes and I could feel him sort of going mm , mm , mm , like they do all pathetic and whiny , anyway Phyllis arrived and afterwards it was , by then he had calmed down and he was fine and I said wan na read the story now cos he missed it of course when he decided he could n't do without his car , so I said next week perhaps come without your car , I think I 'd won him over by the end but , it was a bit hairy . |
| 29 | Early in the 1630s Calvert announced his conversion to Catholicism and , though Charles I valued his services and asked him to stay at court , he decided it could only cause trouble if he did so . |
| 30 | Perhaps he thought I could n't lie in bed with my clothes on . |