Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] his [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Branfoot , greeted by the now familiar chorus of jeers and an assortment of banners demanding his resignation , could scarcely contain his delight at Monkou 's performance . |
| 2 | She was about his age , and in the chronic torpid state that overcame him daily as he faced work , he could not make his embarrassment at her gesture connect with his limbs . |
| 3 | He could not use his arm at all , by himself , and his shoulder was very painful . |
| 4 | She could not read his face at all , that was the problem . |
| 5 | But the worried schoolboy could n't reach his mum at her office . |
| 6 | Her father had wanted her to turn out to be something exotic , an actress perhaps , or even , in the camera-obsessed sixties , a model , and he could n't conceal his disappointment at the growth of a big-boned daughter who seemed without ambition . |
| 7 | Hitler could barely contain his irritation at the audacity of Franco 's claims and the pomposity of his discourse , but did not lose his temper . |