Example sentences of "could not [verb] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She endured his lovemaking , sometimes she even enjoyed it , but for the greater part she could not love him in the way he truly deserved . |
| 2 | She could not picture him behind the grim walls of Swansea Prison , instead she remembered him riding with her in the park , smiling down at her with his dark eyes , making her feel so small and helpless . |
| 3 | He became concerned when he could not locate him on the premises , because Mr Jowett was due to take over the lambing . |
| 4 | For a second she saw a man on top of the rock , then she could not see him behind the waves . |
| 5 | Even the after effects could not keep him from the final . |
| 6 | But any rational analysis of the outcome of the Democratic primaries makes it clear that Jackson 's racial identity did not and could not defeat him in the voting booth . |
| 7 | As the living room of his end-terraced council house in Cherrywood Drive , Beith , Ayrshire , became a court , Mr McTear admitted that even the awful price of his former 60-a-day habit could not rid him of the temptation . |
| 8 | I do not rightly understand how the medical men could not save him after the accident since you say the cut seemed small and did not appear to trouble him but I have heard that for the blood to be poisoned it takes only a pin-prick and that a cut where there is manure about can have this effect if not noticed . |
| 9 | I could not look him in the eyes . |
| 10 | I knew he was so incensed he could n't control himself ; I could n't blame him for the fury which inhabited him . |
| 11 | But even I could n't blame him for the phone ringing just as I was at the front door . |
| 12 | He could n't throw him to the wolves of his colleagues at the Factory . |
| 13 | I could n't kick him in the teeth after three years of good work and live with myself . |
| 14 | His friends at the time knew better , especially the seemingly laid-back J Mascis , who could n't eject him from the group on a face-to-face basis . |
| 15 | Pity she could n't take him into the nightclub , Tramp . |
| 16 | It 's like , with Sharon Stone , even at the end she was still dependent on Michael Douglas , like , when he was going she was crying and she could n't kill him at the end cos she loved him so much and , you know what I mean , so no , Body of Evidence , it 'll probably have a rubbish end and she 'll probably marry the lawyer or something , but it was still good to see her beat , tying a man up , putting candle wax on him and shit . |
| 17 | He could n't see him by the house or in the trees at the bottom of the big lawn . |
| 18 | And Miguelito could n't see him from the bank . |
| 19 | Maggie started to laugh , saying , ; ‘ If you could n't find him among the five hundred there 's less chance you 'll find him among the fifty . ’ |
| 20 | The partner there was terribly embarrassed , rang me up and apologized for hours afterwards , could n't get him off the phone . |
| 21 | She could n't look him in the face any more . |