Example sentences of "it he could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With it he could express the body , the mass and density of things . |
| 2 | Posidonius confessed that at first he had been disturbed by the spectacle of human heads nailed up at the entrance of the aristocratic Celtic houses , but afterwards " becoming used to it he could bear it with equanimity " ( Strabo 4.4.5 ) . |
| 3 | But if he thought he could get away with it he could think again ! |
| 4 | But if he if he plays it and misses it he could give it to Thompson . |
| 5 | But as his eyes grew accustomed to it he could make out a hand protruding from the open lounge doorway . |
| 6 | So how was it he could make her feel uncertain and inadequate , yet set her a-quiver with treacherous delight at his lightest touch ? |
| 7 | If he sets his mind to it he could make it in the cross-channel game , ’ says Scottish goal scoring ace Derek Cook , who himself will pose a considerable threat to Ards . |
| 8 | He said he hoped that if he had to do it he could count on me . |
| 9 | Out of it he could see Barry , his bike propped up against his house , mending his chain . |
| 10 | Beyond it he could see the bright flag of a bus stop and the — bus shelter . |
| 11 | He put his telescope to his eye , and through it he could see the shapes of ten dogs pulling a sledge over the ice . |
| 12 | Entering it he could imagine her sitting there in the summer days and evenings , working on the papers which she occasionally contributed to ornithological journals and looking up from time to time to gaze out over the headland to the sea and the far horizon , could see again that carved , weather-browned Aztec face with its hooded eyes under the grey-black hair , drawn back into a bun , could hear again a voice which , for him , had been one of the most beautiful female voices he had ever heard . |
| 13 | That caveat notwithstanding , those close to Mr Bush insist that there was an effort to get a non-military solution , and that if Saddam Hussein had reached out for it he could have walked away from Kuwait with something gained from his adventure . |