Example sentences of "could [verb] [verb] him [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't suppose he had the strength left in that little body to fight back no more , though you 'd have thought they could 've saved him with these new pills they got . |
| 2 | Whether we could risk using him in such a delicate area of research . ’ |
| 3 | Nothing in our four days on the felucca with this sullen boy had prepared us for this , as nothing could have prepared him for that afternoon in Asyut . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sure he could have saved him with all the modern equipment we have . |
| 5 | After studying the option , or take-note , Roe replied on the 19th July , from Liverpool , pointing out that only the moderate Royalty and the advanced price of copper ( this was around £80 per ton for metal ) could have reconciled him to such an " unprecedented manner of attaining a Mineral lease . " |