Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't suppose he had the strength left in that little body to fight back no more , though you 'd have thought they could 've saved him with these new pills they got . |
| 2 | This pistol was so heavy that he could not , of course , stick it in his belt ; it was all he could do to lift it with both hands But he had been so enthusiastic about it that he had willingly gone through the laborious loading of its honeycomb of barrels , one after another , and now it was ready to wreak destruction . |
| 3 | This was a relief as his coughing at night had irritated us , and it meant that Alex could stop hitting him with a broom handle when he woke us up . |
| 4 | ‘ We could try tracking it with this . ’ |
| 5 | One could try to approach it with the notion of spheres of competence . |
| 6 | If only he could have done it with the Palace ! |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sure he could have saved him with all the modern equipment we have . |
| 8 | ‘ Maybe we should have jumped him , then perhaps you could have injected him with something . ’ |
| 9 | He was alone ; a single Russian with a musket could have slain him with ease , but with fixed bayonets none could fire . |
| 10 | Maybe she could have surfeited him with pleasure as surely as she could have overwhelmed him with agony . |
| 11 | You could have sliced it with a spatula . |
| 12 | It would have been easier if I could have discussed it with Karen . |
| 13 | They could have easily made that to us the local planners who have to determine what kind of jobs go where and we could have discussed it with them . |
| 14 | This is the most splendid autumn we have had here , and I wish you could have enjoyed it with us . |
| 15 | I could have belted him with a bicycle chain . |
| 16 | She did n't know whether it was from the night that she had overheard his conversation with her mother in the bedroom , or when she saw him fling that shovel at the young man who , she knew , could have felled him with one blow , that she had lost all respect for him . |
| 17 | Maybe she could have surfeited him with pleasure as surely as she could have overwhelmed him with agony . |