Example sentences of "[noun sg] we could [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the window we could see to the right a barrel-organ with a small dog dressed as a clown , to the left a pile of rags heaped on the Métro ventilation grille . |
| 2 | I had moved a table into a big window , for I foresaw that we should need all the help we could get from the view . |
| 3 | From any starting point we could move through the maze in such a way as to recreate the dodo , the tyrannosaur and trilobites . |
| 4 | Although Viking was lying quietly enough at the moment we could tell by the sudden gusts which hissed down from the high southern cliff that it was blowing quite hard on the weather side . |
| 5 | It was the nearest base we could find to the track . |
| 6 | Yesterday was the last possible day we could have on the tour that was near enough London to get up there easily , only about one hour away . |
| 7 | You did n't even wax lyrical about the incredibly romantic island we could see from the cliff-top at the cape . |
| 8 | It happened that he decided to go back and found himself commanding a squadron on operations at about the same time that Salmon and Gluxstein as we called the two German battle wagons , decided to leave Brest , head up through the Channel and escape the wrath of the Navy and whatever airborne effort we could produce in the teeth of extraordinarily adverse weather conditions at the time . |
| 9 | Perhaps next summer we could go to the Continent — drink at a pavement cafe . |
| 10 | Most impressive of all to us children was the fact that the house had two staircases , the staircase we could see from the front door , and the back stairs , used by the servants . |