Example sentences of "[prep] it he could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Out of it he could see Barry , his bike propped up against his house , mending his chain . |
| 2 | With it he could express the body , the mass and density of things . |
| 3 | But if he thought he could get away with it he could think again ! |
| 4 | Beyond it he could see the bright flag of a bus stop and the — bus shelter . |
| 5 | Posidonius confessed that at first he had been disturbed by the spectacle of human heads nailed up at the entrance of the aristocratic Celtic houses , but afterwards " becoming used to it he could bear it with equanimity " ( Strabo 4.4.5 ) . |
| 6 | But as his eyes grew accustomed to it he could make out a hand protruding from the open lounge doorway . |
| 7 | If he sets his mind to it he could make it in the cross-channel game , ’ says Scottish goal scoring ace Derek Cook , who himself will pose a considerable threat to Ards . |
| 8 | That caveat notwithstanding , those close to Mr Bush insist that there was an effort to get a non-military solution , and that if Saddam Hussein had reached out for it he could have walked away from Kuwait with something gained from his adventure . |
| 9 | He put his telescope to his eye , and through it he could see the shapes of ten dogs pulling a sledge over the ice . |