Example sentences of "he could [adv] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if it is inconceivable that he could successfully shepherd nervous unionists through new talks with their nationalist counterparts and Dublin , equally his head can not be sacrificed in a Labour-Unionist deal to take Neil Kinnock to Downing Street . |
| 2 | The intention of the Old Testament law on usury , for example , was to make a man use his good fortune to help tide his less fortunate neighbour over a bad patch until he could again become self-sufficient . |
| 3 | She all but yelled the words at him , incensed beyond reason that he could even consider such a thing . |
| 4 | He could take her away , I thought , he could just do that , he has such power to hurt me , this little furry creature who has n't even noticed that I 've given up the weed . |
| 5 | He could also go broke — last year , farm incomes fell by 25 per cent . |
| 6 | By publicly opposing the recourse to a notorious Vichyite , he could also crystallize pro-Gaullist feeling within the French Resistance . |
| 7 | He could also see another large steamer flying the Swedish flag further up the dock . |
| 8 | He could also recall three aspirins making a triangle on the palm of Dougal 's hand . |
| 9 | If the hon. Gentleman is called to speak in the debate on the Consolidated Fund Bill or the Adjournment motion , he could well raise those points then . |
| 10 | On good soil he could probably plough two or three acres in a day , but on the more difficult land that had until recently been forest he would be lucky to manage half of this . |
| 11 | Kubitsky was bringing his rifle to bear on a target which lay somewhere in the direction of the grove of trees on the river bank to Rostov 's rear , but before he could open fire three more arrows took him in the chest and he fell over backwards without a sound . |
| 12 | He could already hear distant sounds . |
| 13 | Septimus was younger than me and not very big and he could scarcely carry this big lovely dolly . |
| 14 | I suggest to my hon. Friend the Minister that he could simply delete that line of clause 60 . |
| 15 | There were two large exercise courts in the house , where he could either practise alone or with others , depending on his schedule for forthcoming performances . |
| 16 | There were two options : he could either take unilateral measures to challenge US hegemony or he could seek alternative partners with a common interest in breaking down hegemonic control . |
| 17 | If Imran sows the seeds of a five-man Pakistan attack capable , in years to come , of dismissing sides consistently within 50 overs , he could easily revolutionise future World cups — certainly in Australia . |
| 18 | Edberg sees the ball so early , hits it so sweetly and executes his shots so effectively , that one suspects that he could easily defy any West Indian or Australian pace attack . |
| 19 | He could distinctly taste cold tea . |
| 20 | But although he could see areas of hewn stonework that seemed to close him in , and although he could certainly see barred windows through which light streamed , there were no gaolers , and there were no other prisoners . |
| 21 | At noon today the caliph must show the sacred sceptre , to prove his right over the realm of Baghdad ( alternatively he could always start another Gulf War ) . |
| 22 | He could always get old Benny Robinson , his helper , to sweep the place up and tie up the piles of cardboard , but Benny had already swept up twice that day and he was now busy sorting out bundles of twine which had fallen out of a damaged carton and become unwound . |
| 23 | It was Septimus Coffin 's weakness that , after a lifetime of schoolmastering , he could never leave alone the flat , meaningless cliche . |
| 24 | He could never love any other woman . |
| 25 | He could never feel sure that he was being accepted . ’ |
| 26 | Smith knew that Wilson was a socialist : that he could never admit any discrimination based on racial factors , and all the things that Smith abominated . |
| 27 | But he could never realize enough to pay all he owed . |
| 28 | And the great full summer world , instead of being a throbbing and a weight and a grinding torture , stretched its arms towards him , a lush open welcoming meadow he could never have enough of and was all there , all his , waiting . |
| 29 | He could never get tired of the tube . |
| 30 | He could never get enough of the latter . |