Example sentences of "[noun] [noun prp] could [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | All Mr Ross could remember of the burglars was that they both had Glasgow voices and called each other Pat and Jim . |
| 2 | The scientists provided the sound base from which Harold Wilson could talk about the white heat of the technological revolution in 1963 , and be believed , rightly , because it was no gimmick , but sincerely meant , and potentially a huge success . |
| 3 | Lola Hahn-Warburg could call on the services of a neurologist ‘ who is at our disposal every second Thursday for a whole afternoon ’ , a psychologist and two psychiatric workers . |
| 4 | Only Mr Hattersley could prophesy about the past and still get it wrong . |
| 5 | And all Mrs Thatcher could say in the face of that mocked Mr Kinnock , was that tax cuts looked unlikely next year . |
| 6 | Whereas Arthur Rank could argue in the 1940s that the diversity of production activity within the company eliminated the dangers of monopoly , Davis did away with alternative centres of initiative . |
| 7 | People in the British colony of Hong Kong could settle in the British colony of the Falklands and form an independent state . |
| 8 | Through a narrow gap in the curtains Wycliffe could see across the road to the churchyard with its sycamores and the little grey tower of the church pointing its slender steeple into blue sky . |
| 9 | The only reason Trent could imagine for the attack was to link him to Don Roberto 's murder — this presumed that the three men were Don Roberto 's hirelings . |
| 10 | The withdrawal of Rangers ' Stuart McCall could lead to the re-emergence of Celtic 's John Collins in midfield for his tenth cap . |
| 11 | St Helens prop Kevin Ward is struggling to be fit for Sunday 's Regal Trophy first round tie against Leeds at Knowsley Road because of a neck injury , but New Zealander George Mann could return to the pack after a being out for a month with back trouble . |
| 12 | Reynolds poser ATHLETICS : Officials of The Athletics Congress , the US governing body , said its executive committee would hold a teleconference to discuss whether banned 400 metres runner Butch Reynolds could compete in the US Olympic trials later this month . |
| 13 | ‘ Pugna pro patria ’ , ‘ Fight for your country ’ , was a call which Bishop Brinton could make from the pulpit in the 1370s . |
| 14 | When Harry asked if ‘ Mrs Molly Diamond ’ was at home , the youth slouched back along the passage , shouted ‘ Ma ’ once at the top of his voice , then carried on without change of pace towards a dismantled motorcycle Harry could see beyond the back door . |
| 15 | LINFORD CHRISTIE and Carl Lewis could collide in the richest-ever race to claim the crown as fastest man in the world . |
| 16 | With these ships the merchants of La Rochelle could compete in the markets of England and Flanders with wines produced nearer at hand in the Paris Basin and the Rhineland . |
| 17 | Quite an achievement but Ernie would put all that to one side if his 18-year-old son Mark could get to the top as a racer — although Mark gives every indication that he will stick with the short circuits and avoid the roads . |