Example sentences of "[conj] he could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Doctor followed the narrow road down through a small valley , before climbing back up towards a bare hilltop where he could make out a number of tiny wooden crosses , like a forest of lifeless bonsai trees . |
| 2 | They agreed to release him as an uncontested registration to enable him to find a county where he could hope for greater opportunities , and although we ca n't guarantee a first-team place , he 'll get plenty of chances if he does the business . |
| 3 | On sunny days , when she had washed and dressed him , his chair would be taken out and placed under the Stocks Tree where he could watch the people come and go . |
| 4 | And then he had watched two men leave the Tower and walk across towards the Stones , towards his Stones , and he had clambered down from his perch and hidden himself where they would not see him but where he could watch them . |
| 5 | A man was sitting at an open window where he could watch the road . |
| 6 | He crossed over to the side wall where he could watch the entrance while he opened one of the crates . |
| 7 | When he reached an angle where he could watch the shop-front without being seen from inside it he stopped and consulted his guide book again . |
| 8 | It was less crowded at the rear of the room and he thought of pausing there , where he could watch la Principessa and still draw a breath of air that was not perfumed half to death , but then he patted the slender cigar in the breast pocket of the dinner-jacket that had been hand-tailored to fit his sinew-hardened body and decided that only a whiff of tobacco would fully cleanse his nostrils of the mix of scents that hung in the over-heated room . |
| 9 | Was it the blameless wonderfulness of God that forced Satan to go and live in the pit , where he could leave his things lying around and put his feet on the table ? |
| 10 | Then , as he was getting ready to haul himself back down the hill and into his bed where he could forget his troubles and try in vain to sleep them away , he saw it . |
| 11 | Yet it took ten years for the pope to arrive at the point he had desired in 1199 , where he could treat the parties as equals , the one and the other , alterum et alterum as he says , and make his decision in Rome . |
| 12 | Another sees Riesenhuber in charge of a new ministry of the environment , where he could head off the political challenge of the Green movement which enters the West German parliament for the first time after the election successes . |
| 13 | There were plenty of wild places downstream where he could wade ashore , and then — well , if the Patrician really had sent out word about him then a change of clothing and a shave should take care of that . |
| 14 | Finally , he found another field where he could hide . |
| 15 | Every other paper one picked up had something either about his ancestors or his own latest piece of rabble-rousing — It was a stroke of genius by the Prime Minister to make him Minister of Fine Arts , where he could shout his head off and do little real harm . |
| 16 | He moved along the hedge , feeling the breeze from the south and looking for some spot where he could sit and scent it without too much risk . |
| 17 | He ran quickly and followed the butterfly on to the marsh , but he knew exactly where he could go , and was not in any danger . |
| 18 | Then they all sorted out where he could drop — on the tractor path , which was in effect fairway . |
| 19 | Putting as much professional coolness into her voice as she could muster , she proceeded to do so , leading him into the side ward , where he could study the patient for himself . |
| 20 | Everyone then processed back to the Salle des fêtes , where coffee was served ; the Emperor left shortly afterwards to go to his study , where he could smoke his cigarette ; the male guests who shared his habit were allowed to retire to the smoking room , while the Empress remained behind with the ladies . |
| 21 | Very soon after his appointment he was pressing the Board to provide a consulting room where he could do his work , particularly the surgical operations . |
| 22 | He was happiest at the field meetings of natural history societies and the subsequent festivities , where he could give free rein to his talents as a ballad singer and after-dinner speaker . |
| 23 | FitzAlan rose and moved his sword nearer to the bench , where he could lay his hand on it quickly . |
| 24 | Sean asked if there was a place for him , where he could stay . |
| 25 | His mother had been silent when she first saw it , and his father had been angry at the lack of enthusiasm and had arranged to take Stuart fishing for a day to a small loch where he could borrow a boat . |
| 26 | Matthew would need to be hospitalised at least overnight where he could receive further epinephrine if necessary , and his vital signs could be monitored . |
| 27 | Only in the last ten years or so had he been able to give up going to the country towns and villages for uncomfortable , if lucrative , one- or two-day visits ; only then had he found it possible to move from Jewtown to commodious rooms in Patrick Street , Cork 's main thoroughfare , where he could live as well as have his surgery . |
| 28 | where he could found some godforsaken waste . |
| 29 | The Marshal crossed the sunny fore-court towards the shadow of the stone archway and into his office , where he could take off the dark glasses which he always had to wear when the sun was out . |
| 30 | Right now I was too busy working on where he could take her for a honeymoon . |