Example sentences of "could [verb] him [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told me that he would donate £5,000 to the fund if I would undertake to invite his little son , then at school in Oxford , to tea on odd occasions , so that I could acquaint him with some of the matters relating to Judaism . |
| 2 | I knew ‘ Butcher 's Boy ’ was Danny 's call sign but who on earth could want him at two 0'clock in the morning ? |
| 3 | ‘ What are your plans for the rest of the afternoon ? ’ she asked in her best trying-to-be-friendly voice , thinking that if she could pin-point him to some specific part of the house then she could at least do her best to avoid it . |
| 4 | David Speedie lost his rag with an invading fan at The Dell yesterday — but his one-man pitch clear-ing job could land him in hot water . |
| 5 | Having turned only 25 last month , while possessing the fighting qualities which Souness admires , the Reds ' chief could see him as better value than Scales — and the man to put steel into a brittle defence which cost so many points last term . |
| 6 | If only I could see him before next week . |
| 7 | His voice was now re-forming into a pleasant tenor and his clamp of a memory could breeze him through Welsh songs and hymns , music-hall ditties and comic specialities half the night . |
| 8 | So that was the journey waybill and that was handed in at the end of the day and from that and a visual check of the tickets that were returned by him to the ticket office , they could tell which tickets were missing and therefore they were sold to him and er there be , there was the odd shortages but in those days if anybody was short in his takings by , I think it was about sixpence in those days , he was the subject of a another warning by letter and if he persisted , well then he was brought in to see the Traffic Superintendent who erm , could suspend him for two or three days , so he lost pay for two or three days . |
| 9 | According to evidence at a murder trial , the police found the weapon when they freed the alleged murderer so they could keep him under secret surveillance . |
| 10 | She could hate him for those , and lose any incomprehensible hurt they occasioned in the heat of that hatred . |
| 11 | ‘ My prevailing power with Harry seems to be rather limited , but perhaps you could try him with some straight questions . ’ |
| 12 | And so , resentfully , he learned concepts that could stand him in good stead . |
| 13 | The 28-year-old Briton knows a second defeat could leave him in desperate trouble against the man rated by many as the best player in the chess history . |
| 14 | If I could just get a role doing some of the falls in the action replays , say , I could save him from horrible injury , or at least the odd booking . |
| 15 | Louis the Pious had done all he could to oust him by encouraging opponents in the region . |
| 16 | I was told I could get him on 2001 . ’ |
| 17 | He was a field marshal and , when acting in his military capacity as Inspector General of the Imperial forces , his wife could accompany him in public . |
| 18 | He might work off his lust on her body and she could despise him for that . |
| 19 | Gabriel had to wait until Sergeant Troy had finished his dance with Bathsheba before he could warn him about possible damage to the ricks . |
| 20 | I could rip him to fucking pieces with my bare hands ! " |
| 21 | Seb spent many of the long winter evenings at the Hankses ' cottage and his reading and writing improved so much that Carrie was reluctantly forced to admit there was little more she could teach him in these two spheres of learning . |