Example sentences of "[pron] could [adv] [vb infin] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also I could n't shake off the imprint of The Fat Controller 's locutions . |
| 2 | ‘ Despite several rests ranging from a few days up to a whole week , I could n't shake off the injury and it just got worse . |
| 3 | I could n't keep up the pretence any longer . |
| 4 | I , standing on my tiptoes I could n't see out the window to , to look out to the stage erm , and there was a huge step up , it was about that , which was great for people 's bad backs and if you got up on that , erm then you sat on top of a very high cocktail chair , in fact one of our people had to kneel on top of the high cocktail chair , to look , to see down , over the window , down to the stage and they did n't give us a sound feed which would sound familiar |
| 5 | I could just make out the figure of a boy , running from the house on the right , who was joined by a group of people from the other . |
| 6 | I could just make out the spot he indicated . |
| 7 | I took a few cautious steps forward to where , by craning , I could just make out the ghostly crescent of the beach opposite the pier . |
| 8 | By peering hard in the same direction , I could just make out the faint flicker of a distant plane . |
| 9 | From the tiny amount of light leaking around the door behind me , I could just make out the boards of the platform I stood on , and the first few feet of three narrow walkways emerging from the gloom , one cutting sharply away to my right , another straight ahead and a third branching left off this a few yards along . |
| 10 | It was very dark , I could just make out the path and some trees . |
| 11 | Turning to the north-east , I could just make out the lines of the walls of Siri , the first completely new city to be built by the Muslim conquerors in the Delhi plains . |
| 12 | If I could just pick up the point you made Councillor , I think that at the A C C discussions , there was a great deal of cognition and understanding of the need to consult with staff side , in the run up to the beginning of formal consultations . |
| 13 | To my left was a rough wooden handrail , below , to right and left , I could now make out the grey slopes of two of the conical pits formed by the vault of the transept beneath — the floor under the catwalk was really a negative ceiling — but , apart from a yard or two near the edge , it was completely submerged in nest , as was the catwalk itself a few steps further in . |
| 14 | Having perfected each manoeuvre in the flat water , I could then sail down the estuary to the open sea and practise what I had learned on the waves . |
| 15 | I could hardly walk up the front door . |
| 16 | The driver 's cab reminded me of the bridge ofa ship and , as in mid-ocean looking into infinity , I could almost make out the curve in the surface of the earth . |
| 17 | She could not make out the patch of canary-coloured light on the opposite wall , could not make out why the sun was shining and why her brown-stained hand , on the sheet , would not move for cold . |
| 18 | The position had been reached where she could not make out the labels on the cans of food she was heating up . |
| 19 | She could not make out the words , but knew instinctively they 'd been uttered by the uncle of her child . |
| 20 | She could not shake off the effect of the dream despite Comfort 's kindness , and her muscles still trembled . |
| 21 | Her latest ally , Soviet Russia , was reeling under Hitler 's onslaught and it was widely expected she could not last out the year . |
| 22 | As his lips pressed against hers , warm and exciting , she could not hold back the longing inside her . |
| 23 | Millions and millions of bits of information were still in her head , correctly labelled and neatly stored , but she could not work out the geography of this house , she was seeing green tigers and she was afraid in a way she had not been since childhood . |
| 24 | The TV commentator was excitedly describing the drama , but although she strained to hear she could not pick out the name of the victim . |
| 25 | If she could not get out the train would carry her on to the next station , to London Bridge , it would carry her on under the river . |
| 26 | He lifted his head and , in the semi-darkness , she could just make out the wry smile that touched the corners of his mouth . |
| 27 | Briefly , as she followed Lucenzo across the marble floor , she caught a glimpse inside a dark , spacious room where she could just make out the shape of elegant furniture and banners hanging from a painted ceiling lit by the light from the hall . |
| 28 | She could just make out the shape of the fork stuck in the ground , the bulbs scattered around as she had left them , and as the moon disappeared behind the clouds she shivered and a feeling of desolation flooded over her . |
| 29 | She could just make out the shepherd resting beneath a tree , and the tranquillity of the scene helped to make her feel less frantic . |
| 30 | To her right , as her eyes adjusted to the faint lifting of the darkness , she could just make out the first steps of the spiral tower staircase . |