Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pron] could [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between them they could think of no way to get the food Mrs MacDonagh had cooked that afternoon , and the plates she had left in the stove , from the kitchen to the table at dinner time without something getting cold . |
| 2 | He is very wealthy and everyone looks up to him but as for me I could understand from my limited Italian he is very sad because one of his ships is very late in arriving in port and is feared lost . |
| 3 | They know that it would be almost impossible for them , even though it would be for only a week , after which they could return to their comfortable lives . |
| 4 | He also arranged with the school resource centre for him to have access to the library area at certain periods , during which he could relax with a book or magazine . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , ‘ sweat is of such a nature that it would not appear upon the skin unless pores existed through which it could pass from inside to the outside ’ . |
| 6 | The spider-web lightning twitched and surged at the windows , as if hunting for some small crack in the glass through which it could get to them . |
| 7 | Alongside , it grew other patterns of pastoral care and supervision , based upon organization by years , with year-tutors often moving up through the school with the pupils , at least some of whom they could teach on a regular basis . |
| 8 | May I , once again , ask anyone who knows of someone who could benefit from a grant to please let us know . |
| 9 | Incidentally , mooning is n't one of my habits but for another canoeist to refer to the ‘ dork2 who owns a red Escort van is a rather nebulous description of someone who could fall into that category simply because he owns a red van and whose hobby happens to be canoeing — it makes one feel guilty without trial . |
| 10 | Yet Mr Kohl seems more interested in getting votes from right-wingers than in winning them for Turks : the most he has done to change the citizenship law is to wonder aloud whether Germany 's Turks might be granted dual citizenship for a trial five years , at the end of which they could choose to be either Turks or Germans . |
| 11 | He noted that the Canberra meeting ‘ is the start of something which could grow into a very significant development not only for the region but for the global economy . ’ |
| 12 | I have a fitting on Sunday for the ‘ New Faces ’ final — one gown with three jackets to ring the changes over the ninety minutes of live T.V. It 's imperative that I do the show as I ca n't think of anyone who could step into the breach should I become ill . |
| 13 | He wrote what became a celebrated memorandum to Cordell Hull , the secretary of state , in which he declared that he was " thrilled by the idea of using iran as an example of what we could do by an unselfish American policy . |
| 14 | I admit it sounds like a lot ; but that 's because everybody thinks of what they could do with it if it ended up in their bank account . |
| 15 | She was working for his charity for a third of what she could earn in the City , he enthused . |
| 16 | She hesitated , then went on in a small voice , ‘ I think I was afraid of what you could do to me . |
| 17 | ‘ How right I was , ’ she whispered , ‘ to be afraid of what you could do to me . ’ |
| 18 | And the Royal Welch did sing in the rehearsal , it was a record of course , and they sang of what you could see from the hills above Jerusalem , and it was in the minor key and sad as the devil or death , and the green light flickered , and Dylan , short , bandy , prime , obese , and famous among the bars , screamed as I have never heard , but sometimes imagined a scream , and we were all appalled , our pencils silent above the crossword puzzles , and invisible centuries-gone atavistic hair rose on our backs . |
| 19 | His back was already turned , so he did not see Hilary Frome 's gesture , expressive of what he could do with the Cullbridge Athenaeum . |
| 20 | I 'm realistically assessing it and I 'm aware of what it could mean to the company . |
| 21 | Sadly there was no mention of what it could do to a 13-year-old child . |
| 22 | And with it , the sudden fear of what it could do to the tourist trade . |
| 23 | Russian designers have certainly taken advantage of anything they could learn from the West . |
| 24 | I mean he knew that because he 'd contacted me up here and I said well , to make it easier for you we could meet in Middlesbrough , save you coming up from er , Mansfield . |
| 25 | Behind them she could work with a charm and singleness of attention that became so smooth as to be chilling , except for the friendliness of her large grey eyes . |
| 26 | Behind them she could work with a charm and a singleness of attention that became so smooth as to be chilling , except for the friendliness of her large grey eyes ’ . |
| 27 | To Melanie 's dazzled eyes , they seemed to mingle and become one single arch of living substance raised up over her , beneath which she could sleep in safety . |
| 28 | In some cases we will take action against you which could lead to you being dismissed . |
| 29 | ‘ Let's think about it some more — but it sounds like something we could go for . ’ |
| 30 | Behind her I could see into what is rather optimistically known as the vestry — which is nothing more than a curtained-off area of the floor , rather like what you might see in a hospital casualty ward . |