Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] could [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The plinth at the base was used as an altar , Mass being celebrated in the open so that people too afraid to move from their houses could benefit from the service .
2 They liked to check on the weather situation after briefing — they knew very well their lives could depend on the forecast .
3 For them , they played it on the ground , and so their forwards could get to the ball … or pressure the defence for a back pass , or a throw in .
4 Their hopes could rest on the performance of the country 's best bowler : Courtney Walsh .
5 To the west his eyes could travel along the narrow road between the reed beds and the dykes to the flint-walled and Dutch-gabled cottages and the pantiled roofs of Lydsett village and the round tower of St Andrew 's Church .
6 Er plus the fact your hands could slip off the wheel or or whatever .
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