Example sentences of "he could [adv] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Walter Machin was just what we went for in those days : we were all daft about him could n't think o' anything else , from morn to night . ’ |
| 2 | He was doing well , anyway , getting more patients each month , would soon have more than he could comfortably cope with . |
| 3 | He could even walk about the room , leaning on Franca 's arm , and hoped to go , similarly supported , as far as the river when the weather improved . |
| 4 | And I believe that if none proves acceptable , he could even remain at Anfield on a week-to-week contract . |
| 5 | That he could even think of illustrating that perversity with purveyors of a contrary cosmology suggests that his opposition was born of the common conviction that a moving earth violated common sense . |
| 6 | For a while as he walked , faster as the sun began to dip more quickly towards Nut 's receiving mouth , he thought he caught a glimpse of someone following him ; but it was no more than a glimpse , and the figure — a ghost in a dark robe — slipped out of sight behind a building 's corner before he could even take in its size . |
| 7 | If such a program detective had descriptions of all the high-level languages ever written , and knew them to be all there were , then he could presumably work through them all in turn ( the obvious difference from the human brain case being that , even if it has a high-level programming language we have no idea what it could be like ) . |
| 8 | Now he knew he could n't manage without a butler . |
| 9 | In other words , he could n't benefit from the property or the dividends on the shares , or any part of the gift . ’ |
| 10 | He tried to think of a wife who had a larger car than her husband 's and he could n't think of one . |
| 11 | He could n't think of anything else to say , so he made as if to kiss her a third time . |
| 12 | It was Grand National time and he could n't think of anything but Top Spin Lob . ’ |
| 13 | Mariana did n't look up so the smile Trent gave her was a waste of time and he could n't think of anything else to say , or nothing that would make any difference . |
| 14 | When he could n't think of any more women in government , he added a few authors , actresses , athletes — ‘ Jane Fonda , ’ he muttered , ‘ Chrissie Evert , Dusty Springfield , Adriana Rich ! ’ |
| 15 | He was holding the gun out like a target-shooter , everything wrong , and he did n't speak because he could n't think of a thing to say . |
| 16 | The thought occurred to him that he should give them some orders , but he could n't think of any . |
| 17 | He asked the young men from the agents who showed him round if the pipes were lagged and whether the soil was chalk or clay ; he could n't think of any other questions . |
| 18 | On the spur of the moment he could n't think of another Christian name . |
| 19 | He could n't think of anything else to say . |
| 20 | He could n't think of anything else to say . |
| 21 | Even now , he could n't think of them as crimes . |
| 22 | For the life of him he could n't think of what to do next . |
| 23 | He could n't think of any C's . |
| 24 | He could n't think of any it was a quiet road , he 'd done nothing wrong , he had n't been speeding , and it was a lovely morning and I ca n't do the accent , I wo n't try to because it was a Welshman obviously but er he came What do you think you 're doing lad ? |
| 25 | He could n't continue to be so churlish in the face of Betty 's open-hearted goodwill . |
| 26 | But he got frustrated because , although he was playing well , he could n't compete with the younger players . |
| 27 | Because he knew he could n't speak of what was in his mind , he pretended he had n't heard her and continued to stare out of the window . |
| 28 | Yeah , he could n't speak after that |
| 29 | He could n't speak against that policy once he 'd accepted a government post . ’ |
| 30 | He could n't start on his plane because there were n't any helpful books and now Mr Crangle was probably going to catch the Bookman before he could make friends with him . |