Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it is , Elizabeth could perhaps encourage him to do some voluntary work or find part-time employment to redefine his identity and meet new people . |
| 2 | Merrill had the distinct feeling that he had noticed her distraction and she could only hope he had n't guessed the reason for it . |
| 3 | He might be directly responsible for taking away her pleasure in singing — though that would surely be only a temporary aberration on her part — but she could only hold him to account for her loneliness if it was his company she was missing . |
| 4 | She had the feeling that if she could only get him to turn and look at her she 'd recognise him . |
| 5 | In 1985 his batting reached its peak at Taunton against a Warwickshire team who bowled and fielded well but who could not stop him making 322 , the highest first-class innings in England for thirty-six years ; after a slightly uncomfortable start , the second and third hundreds came off sixty-seven and sixty-three balls respectively , and only tiredness after a drive from Leeds the evening before caused his downfall . |
| 6 | Oh , this could not be happening — that she loved him so , and yet could not bear him to caress her ! |
| 7 | ( 155 ) … and even the Soviet morticians could not make him look presentable . |
| 8 | That is to say , he could not admit he had made a mistake in siding with the Axis , without jeopardizing his continuation in power . |
| 9 | " Why does n't your father tell him to go ? " asked Clara , for from what she could recollect of Mr Denham , she could not picture him suffering fools gladly . |
| 10 | She could not imagine him chasing after other women once he had committed himself , could not imagine him being so insensitive as to leave a woman — his woman — wondering why he was so late arriving home , or whether he was coming home at all . |
| 11 | When I told him I could not come he turned up the collar of his coat and walked away , looking at the pavement beside the unlit shop windows , hands deep in his pockets , and passed into the night going towards the Bridge of Three Eyes . |
| 12 | He left because he had decided that his conscience could not allow him to take part in military action arising from the Gulf crisis . |
| 13 | She could not let him throw last night in her face . |
| 14 | But at that moment , as Cicely and Guthrie Hepwood came back into the house from the stables , all she knew was that , while she still wanted Naylor , she could not let him make love to her — not in his aunt 's and uncle 's house with them only in the next-door room , for all she knew . |
| 15 | No matter what it cost her , she could not let him leave without trying to speak to him . |
| 16 | She could not let him read it now , in the middle of the preparations . |
| 17 | Yet I could not let him go : his love was too precious to me , and I knew I would never find its like again . |
| 18 | Now they could not let him slip away . |
| 19 | She could not let him get close to her . |
| 20 | Well , yes , I mean I can remember having a friend in Oxford who was schizophrenic and to be quite frank he needed to be certified and we could not get him to go to the doctors , and when he did he told sufficient stories that the doctor home with eye drops because he was seeing things . |
| 21 | Could not believe he expected to get it through without having a formal appraisal system . |
| 22 | Two days later , he brought me a charcoal drawing of her , very lightly done , a sort of dream-like impression and it was so like her , it captured the essence of her so minutely , that I could not believe he had never seen her , only listened to me . ’ |
| 23 | I could not have him put down as I am a widow and he keeps me company . |
| 24 | You could just see him getting more and more het up but if he just sort of sat down and wrote things down what he 'd got to do and do , try and do them in a set order . |
| 25 | I was saying , ‘ Just think what fun it 's going to be , following Cilla Black … ’ and you could just see him succumbing . ’ |
| 26 | She could just imagine him saying , ‘ Yes , of course , ’ while his eyes betrayed amusement and pity . |
| 27 | She could just imagine him saying ‘ Oh , but I can help . |
| 28 | She could just imagine him closing in for the kill . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd like to know it , all the same , ’ he said , as if the knowledge could somehow enable him to come to grips with it and defeat it . |
| 30 | He needs it because I suspect he 's hooked on the secrecy and excitement that could easily make him run off again . ’ |