Example sentences of "he could [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might not matter in the end — Forester fully expected to be traced and caught-but every difficulty and delay that he could strew behind him could make a final difference of hours or even minutes that might determine the distinction between success or failure . |
| 2 | Stevens was one of the most meticulous of film directors and any actor working with him could expect a gruelling time . |
| 3 | That ingrained courage , the belief that he must continue to fight on — the ability to fool himself into thinking that he could fight on — was all that was left to Tubby , and Colonel Windsor realised that to take it away from him could precipitate the final breakdown . |
| 4 | No one who heard him could doubt the strength of his commitment . |
| 5 | Maybe he could eat the pages . |
| 6 | When Squire Osbaldeston won the bet at Newmarket he proclaimed ’ He was so hungry he could eat an old woman ! ’ |
| 7 | Biff thought he could perceive the pattern well enough . |
| 8 | He died before he could reach a hospital and was later found to have a fractured skull . |
| 9 | He realised the medium 's power , and realised that , through it , he could reach a different public and establish a new image with them . |
| 10 | But if he survived the storm , there was a chance that he could reach the President ahead of Louis , men . |
| 11 | He was ridden down before he could reach the comparative safety of his parsonage at Yateley . |
| 12 | He was crowned European indoor champion in Genoa early in the year and went to Barcelona believing he could reach the 100 metres final and challenge for a medal . |
| 13 | It drove two of the witnesses to the door , one of them Bloxham , whose nausea overtook him before he could reach the corridor . |
| 14 | Before he could reach the hatch , there was a sharp crack and it slid slowly open . |
| 15 | If he stood on tiptoe , he could reach the shelf . |
| 16 | A top-level sprinter could not be a top-level javelin thrower and even less possible is it that he could reach the top in another sport as well . |
| 17 | Anyway , he knew Steve Hilaire , and he could reach the picture through him . |
| 18 | But if he thought that he could goad a reaction out of her then he was sorely mistaken . |
| 19 | Long before he could goad the aircraft to anywhere near its optimum ceiling , Vologsky would be frozen , evacuated or crushed to death . |
| 20 | The Chancellor was thus in a much stronger position than under Weimar , and , additionally , he could request an early election if he asked for a vote of confidence and this was rejected by the Bundestag . |
| 21 | He was a fool to expect anything other than he got , however : surely only vanity could have made him think he could seduce a mob of Madness fans ? |
| 22 | Perhaps he could obliterate the signature ? |
| 23 | If he could get up to Dunbar Castle , he could borrow a good horse there and be in Edinburgh five hours later . |
| 24 | His mother had been silent when she first saw it , and his father had been angry at the lack of enthusiasm and had arranged to take Stuart fishing for a day to a small loch where he could borrow a boat . |
| 25 | He had been tempted , so amusing did he find the situation , to ring the doorbell and ask if he could borrow a jack to change a wheel , or something . |
| 26 | if he could borrow a screwdriver on the end of our little shops there . |
| 27 | He never mentioned Nordhausen or the involvement of the Russians , but knew that if he could commit the British Secret Service , it would keep the CIA off his back and give him the time he needed . |
| 28 | The family were surprised to hear that he had written to his father asking if he could bring a friend to stay . |
| 29 | The man behind him , holding the Skorpion with practised casualness , not the careful tension of one unused to handguns ; balanced , relaxed , self-confident , knowing he could bring the machine-pistol to aim and fire in a fraction of a second . |
| 30 | ‘ But , unluckily , he could bring the power of Cumbria with him . |