Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] could [vb infin] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The three found they could speed up the development of the 601 chip by combining work already under way at IBM with Motorola chip technology , and early next year , IBM , Apple and Motorola will announce the PowerOpen Association to rally support for the chip , which has so far won the backing only of Compagnie des Machines Bull SA and Thomson-CSF SA . |
| 2 | There is a new self-confidence in unionism , since its talks representatives showed they could face down the opposition , and he is determined to build upon it . |
| 3 | He just said he 'd met his solicitor friend who reckoned he could find out the details of the will . |
| 4 | The windows were obscured by curtains , but if I strained my eyes I thought I could make out the shadow of a figure standing behind them , never moving . |
| 5 | I thought we could switch on the yard lights and have it outside . ’ |
| 6 | Straining to listen , the boy thought he could make out the soft fall of footsteps on the snuffled ground between the trees . |
| 7 | The Scapegoat had been secured by ‘ wrists ’ and ‘ ankles ’ to the inner ring and Wycliffe thought he could make out the four points where the ropes had been . |
| 8 | I do not suppose I am the first naive monolinguist who thought he could pick up the language on the street , somehow acquiring it passively just by basking in the babble of the market , like getting a tan . |
| 9 | All the pictures he showed me looked the same messy blur but he insisted he could make out the individual features of each person . |
| 10 | As he spoke I could make out the red roofs of the bungalows dotted among the green trees . |
| 11 | I said you could pick out the ones Ma had done . |
| 12 | She wished she could turn back the clock . |
| 13 | Wished she could turn back the clock to when , only a matter of ten days ago , she 'd led a calm and orderly life back in London , in control of her business and her private life … |
| 14 | Celia wished she could take back the words . |
| 15 | Four mills hadn ‘ t the necessary equipment but a fifth , Smith Anderson & Company , said they could carry out the process . |