Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you feel very strongly that the background to the Unit 's formation needs to be set out , I could perhaps draft it in the form of an ( again brief ) annexe . |
| 2 | So marvelous was the migrating instinct of birds that he could only ascribe it to the superior intelligence of their Creator . |
| 3 | Rubberneck could only compare it with a wedding , the crush , as a fight , when the cars drove off and they always threw out coins . |
| 4 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 5 | ‘ If the weather 's dry and if you do n't mind how you treat your car — or maybe you could only do it in a jeep , I 've never tried it . |
| 6 | Which is sold everywhere today , you could only buy it in a chemist shop , tea . |
| 7 | Churchill , the First Sea Lord and England 's hero , could only describe it in the House on October 17 as ‘ a remarkable exploit of skill and daring ’ . |
| 8 | But Alexander could not hold it against the Edoni , local tribesmen , which may have given the Athenians the idea that they could move in and plant a colony ( 465 ) . |
| 9 | England had a target of 240 in 140 minutes , but could not meet it in the end , and as a result the Test was drawn . |
| 10 | My source tells me : ‘ The firemen were very helpful and attempted to remove the offending smoke sensor but could not isolate it from the system so the demonstration continued with shorter cooking times and lower temperatures to reduce the flames . |
| 11 | However , she could not avoid it at The Tamarisks , for although Fru Møller offered a generous choice of hors d'œuvres and puddings she did not provide a choice of main course and Elisabeth would not have dreamt of placing herself at a disadvantage by drawing attention to her disability and pleading for something easier than steak to swallow . |
| 12 | The next logical step was to present the bream with a small hook and bait which would be more likely to be right inside their lips when they began to carry it off , but to still retain the heaviness so that they could not manage it with a mere suck . |
| 13 | Clearly Parliament would last its full five years and the Government could not bring it to a premature end . |
| 14 | The hair on his face was untrimmed , and his nose had spread with drinking , but the weather-hard skin was not the skin of a drunkard , and if the hair on his temples was thinning , you could not see it for the leather fillet he wore . |
| 15 | Though the hardpressed French could not see it at the time , something had in fact gone dramatically wrong with the meticulous German plans ; that is , with the Crown Prince 's plans . |
| 16 | That is true , but it does not issue in the conclusion that we do not ordinarily have and use the given conception of a causal circumstance , or that we could not use it in the confirmation of causal hypotheses . |
| 17 | On paper , Peter could have described his mother 's face in terms of its component parts but he could not visualize it as a whole . |
| 18 | He could not reconcile it with the images he had preserved . |
| 19 | And while nobody wanted precisely to abandon the Fidchell which everybody enjoyed so much , there was really no reason why they could not play it with the Gnomes tonight and save Fenella for tomorrow , or even the day after . |
| 20 | A proliferation of pentecostal and evangelical sects , and the success of the Salvation Army ( founded in 1878 ) seemed to show that though the masses could still be moved by religious fervour , they could not find it in the established churches . |
| 21 | So she had stayed in and got the dinner prepared early , she could just shove it in the oven and it would look after itself . |
| 22 | Could just see it in a Trivial Pursuit question |
| 23 | Peggy could just glimpse it through the leaves . |
| 24 | See I could , I could just take it round the edge of your carpet , you know , just , if er , if you want me to , if you want me to I 'll , I can lift the edge of your carpet and put it down onto the floor |
| 25 | Right good so we could just cut it into a half . |
| 26 | With × 12 the haze is much more pronounced , and an unwary observer could easily mistake it for a comet . |
| 27 | ‘ Your measurements are exactly the same as Dana 's and the dress suits you even better — you could easily wear it on the day . ’ |
| 28 | The woman lowered her voice so that Ianthe could hardly hear it above the noise of the train . |
| 29 | council to , if you could like lump it with the next year 's . |
| 30 | Their manager , Graham Turner , had said before the game that Wolves could still make it into the play-offs , but this result has put paid to those hopes . |