Example sentences of "and [pron] could [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | People got snappy , and nothing could compensate for the lack of leave . |
| 2 | The hostel was fairly close to town and no-one could complain about the prices . |
| 3 | I repeat what I have always said : 175 is the best estimate that the senior chief inspector and I could make of the number required after the transitional period to carry out the duties that I have described . |
| 4 | My figures were the best estimates that the senior chief inspector and I could make of the numbers required to carry out the policy that I have laid before the House . |
| 5 | The concerns about what to wear , the latest haircuts and how to deal with acne were subjects I knew well — and I could identify with the girls ' interests too . |
| 6 | The figure that the hon. Gentleman is quoting from the newspaper article bears no relation to the figures that I used , which constituted the best estimate that the senior chief inspector and I could give of the numbers required to carry out the policy . |
| 7 | The occasion was the purchase of a new carpenter 's apron for my father and Mum said that as a special treat , my two sisters and I could travel on the bus , one way . |
| 8 | Might even go nursing — I did a bit once — and I could live in the hostel . ’ |
| 9 | I looked at my watch , the time was just after 11 p.m. and I could see through the doorway the rain was still driving hard . |
| 10 | And I could see during the week this was , in the mornings you know , say about eight or nine to ten in the morning , and I could see the figures of the ladies there , cleaning the windows in the morning . |
| 11 | Light was coming from Duke Michael 's window opposite me across the moat , and I could see into the room . |
| 12 | She had lean flanks and no tummy , and I could see from the way her breasts moved slightly when she walked that she wore nothing underneath her blouse ; I also had the feeling that she knew instantly that I knew . |
| 13 | Dad moved slowly towards Mum and I could see by the look of him that he was furious . |
| 14 | And I could run through the wood . ’ |
| 15 | I was relieved when the daylight came and I could surrender to the exhaustion in my brain . |
| 16 | Such errors show up from time to time as inconsistencies in the records , but much worse are those that go undetected , and which could lead to the wrong conclusions being drawn when the records are analysed . |
| 17 | ‘ But it was three-and-a-half years in development and nobody could foresee at the start what the economy would be like now . |
| 18 | Wait , I 've got an instant who 's taking part in the conversations and you could type in the first names of those people and then again you 'll get back some why the use of the first name . |
| 19 | And you could sit in the back . |
| 20 | And we went to Frinton of all places and you could go to the chippie and get fish and chips and everything . |
| 21 | And you could live in the country on what you 're wasting in rent for this dump ! ’ |
| 22 | Erm er it was current well you just sort of sw swam round in it and you could get to the side easily . |
| 23 | For a month everything was beautiful and inspired , and you could believe in the innate and irresistible urge towards freedom and fellow-feeling that would take care of political nastiness , or of the crap , as our eloquent friend might have put it . |
| 24 | If she was good , maybe ‘ soon ’ would be sooner still and she could dance in the meanings … . |
| 25 | He looked straight at her , and she could tell from the way his lower eyelids were drawn up at the inner corners and his nostrils distended that he was trying not to cry . |
| 26 | He probably would n't be very interested in what she had to say , but at least he would be near her and she could dwell upon the handsome face which was exactly as she had remembered it . |
| 27 | What little hair he had shone with a silver sheen in the lamplight and she could see in the crumpled , brick-red face , the likeness of Stephen . |
| 28 | I wish you were here and we could talk in the dark . |
| 29 | He said no and I 'm getting worried now he said me , my wife works full time and we could cope on the money but he said now we do n't go out . |
| 30 | I have mentioned Janis and some of the others and we could add to the list — Heather Couper , the astronomer , for example . |