Example sentences of "and he could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All right for Jazz , cap or not , for his dark body had a natural grace and he could swim far better than anyone had suspected . |
| 2 | Snow settled on the blanket and he could feel it on the back of his neck . |
| 3 | And he could feel himself shaking . |
| 4 | He tipped his seat back and zipped his jacket right up and he asked for the music to go on again , and he lay there in the dark with the music on , feeling warm in the middle of the freezing night , and he could feel himself smiling . |
| 5 | The sun was high in the sky now and he could feel the heat of it on his head and shoulders . |
| 6 | Of the verderers he could see nothing , but so strong was his sense of present danger that Allen remained half-hidden watching until the sun came up over the forest and the wet rock slabs of the Waste shone like glass and he could feel the first faint warmth of the sun 's beams striking on his face . |
| 7 | Jack could see hard frost gleaming on the windows and he could feel the bleak coldness of the beds inside himself . |
| 8 | Charles II found land grants very convenient ; he could give them to people who at the beginning of the century would have asked for monopolies and he could feel confident that these grants would not rouse the hostility in England that monopolies had caused . |
| 9 | Her lips were parted and he could feel her heartbeat against his chest . |
| 10 | Her breasts were taut against his palms and he could feel their rise and fall as her breathing quickened . |
| 11 | There was a dark stain on his dressing gown and he could feel urine running freely down his leg . |
| 12 | He raged at the futility of it , and shouted for help as his blade hissed and crunched , but his arms were tiring and he could feel blood running down inside his tunic . |
| 13 | At such moments he knew that he loved Frances , and he could feel the seductions of a conventional marriage , of meals such as this happening every Sunday , of knowing each other 's daily news , not always having to catch up on a few months ' worth of events . |
| 14 | In his rear-view mirror he could see the glaring eyes and twisted blood smeared mouth of his assailant , and he could feel the pressure of the gun muzzle behind his right ear . |
| 15 | His pants were halfway up his bum and he could feel the sweat dripping from his armpits and trickling down his arm to emerge in the crisp , fresh air . |
| 16 | Behind him , the horses moved to a trot , and he could feel the wariness giving way to disbelief , and the disbelief to the first stirrings of a dazed expectancy . |
| 17 | And he could ensure those banks that have delayed interest re-adjustments cough up the entire amount — back-dated . |
| 18 | It sunk into 30,000 delegates and millions watching at home that this man knew he was not a charismatic orator but he knew , too , that he was going to be President and he could handle it . |
| 19 | He was good at sports , and he could handle a boat better than any of the other men 's fathers . |
| 20 | Craig has already undergone one operation to repair his shattered liver , but it seems there may be complications and he could undergoe further surgery . |
| 21 | Brearley did his best , but four were still needed off the last ball and he could manage only a single . |
| 22 | Jones is likely to undergo surgery over the weekend or early next week — and he could miss up to 10 games while he recovers . |
| 23 | Here he dismounted and prayed that whatever spirit had been working within him would continue to work , that this furious feeling of benevolence to all mind — if only a beggar would pass by and he could give him a shilling ! — would not abate , that he ‘ could truly and today start a new life , O Lord , for Thy sake and in Thy name ’ . |
| 24 | Well he he he was a sinful person , as we all are erm , I think he did not as the way I understand it , you know Jesus came perfect in everything but he had a he had a a message to give and he could give it better , I think because he had experienced so many things . |
| 25 | It is therefore extremely encouraging that , only this morning , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State took the 250,000th call on the single market hotline — and he could give the answer to the caller 's question . |
| 26 | ‘ His age is not a problem because I 've never been afraid to take a gamble on players and he could give us another option . ’ |
| 27 | He said that he too had lost an election ; he had felt very bad when the people of new York rejected him , and he could empathize with what the Shah now felt . |
| 28 | And he could collect some money for the |
| 29 | He could make mates and midshipmen into lieutenants , and he could advance some lucky lieutenants to the rank of commander or captain . |
| 30 | It 's an extension of what you do on stage and it became a full=time thing really , until after it stopped and he could change and get into the Diamond Dogs period and the other albums that he made . ’ |