Example sentences of "[prep] [subord] he could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very handy with a hip flask , but did n't look as if he could tell a Renoir from a Renault . |
| 2 | We were approaching the Rover works at Cowley when Michael declared that he felt as if he could pull back the steering column and take off . |
| 3 | Then words , distant and unknown to him , began to form in him and to speak through him , and a name loomed before him as if he could feel the place it represented ; and the name was Callanish . |
| 4 | as if he could feel her glowering gaze resting on him , he briefly turned his head and looked back at her . |
| 5 | It was as if he could feel the life-force vibrating through his being , and tingling out of his fingertips . |
| 6 | Paul , in his shabby old suit , did not look as if he could pay for anything ; and the lawyer had sized him up . |
| 7 | Bodie raced up the stairs to Doyle 's apartment , and rang the buzzer furiously , stabbing the button as if he could make the door open by doing so . |
| 8 | Her father turned , to look suddenly up the stairs , as if he could sense Ellie hidden there , listening . |
| 9 | Because the women were so strange to him , it was as if he could sense the warmth of their spirits as a palpable force in the house . |
| 10 | ‘ Anyway , ’ said Amiss , ‘ from what you say , it 's not as if he could bring in the police and have the club cleansed of sin . |
| 11 | Twilight left , as if he could smell the storm coming . |
| 12 | Eudo summoned all his strength , as if he could stand the pain no longer , and whispered a name . |
| 13 | He looked as if he could do with one . ’ |
| 14 | He was gormless , spoke in a funny nasal accent and looked as if he could do with a kick up the backside . |
| 15 | ‘ Alright … alright … ’ said Duvall , complacently now , as if he could sort out their problems rationally . |
| 16 | as if he could arrest their development at that stage , and set them working like articulated models in a shop window , mechanically repeating the same gestures — Mrs Mallory always pouring out a cup of tea with a warm , motherly smile ; Mr Mallory always easing himself blissfully into his chair ; Patricia always reaching for the aspirins with womanly resignation , Clare always shyly yielding to the one good-night embrace … |
| 17 | Always he made her uneasy , as if he could see right through to the deeps of her scheming soul . |
| 18 | And once again his eyes flicked past my shoulders , as if he could see something inside the trees . |
| 19 | Harry looked into his glass as if he could see for miles and Charles nudged him back on to the subject . |
| 20 | He slumped , then turned slightly , staring through the gloom of the house towards the north , as if he could see through the walls , through the wood , to that place of battle , that cold place , which lay northwards and to which he and Tallis — as everything that passed this way seemed to be moving . |
| 21 | It felt as if he could see right inside her head so that he knew beyond doubt the minutest detail of her response . |
| 22 | It was n't as if he could see her in the flimsy satin nightdress , was it ? |
| 23 | He nodded , as if he could read her thoughts , and moved to leave . |
| 24 | But then she realised that the customer in question was looking at her as if he could read her thoughts — and found them highly amusing . |
| 25 | His hands left her shoulders as he breathed a sigh of relief , and his gaze locked with hers as if he could read her soul in its depth . |
| 26 | ‘ I think , ’ he continued as if he could read my thoughts , ‘ logic has shown me a way to solve the murders of Selkirk and Ruthven . ’ |
| 27 | She was about to ask him why the party had been using the OBEX pool when , as if he could read her thoughts , he said , ‘ I used to take them to the public swimming-pool in town , but it gets so crowded that some of them used to get frightened . |
| 28 | Len , however , had his gaze fixed on David 's face and almost as if he could read his mind , and ignoring the other two , he said roughly , ‘ They 're not taking the case , are they , Doc ? ’ |
| 29 | He looked as if he could afford it . |
| 30 | Keyserling looks as if he could afford it . |