Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , he had proved he could stay up with the leaders , and he went to South Africa in March in good spirits . |
| 2 | Had he not better make that clear to both the Conservative and Labour Members who still believe that Britain could stay out of the developments that will take place in Europe ? |
| 3 | All he needed — as far as anyone could make out from the hogsheads of salted pilchards that were assembled in two separate groups at the harbour — was one more good catch and victory , together with Martha 's hand , would be his . |
| 4 | Neither Dobson nor Hunter is eligible to play for Ulster in next season 's inter pros , but they could line out with the Exiles Under-21s . |
| 5 | From where he stood , high up , he could look down on the roofs of the houses . |
| 6 | Sipping an evening martini at the Top of the Mark ( the glass-encircled roof garden of the Mark Hopkins Hotel high on Nob Hill ) one could look down at the lights of that most cosmopolitan city — over the warehouses and docks of the Embarcadero , over to Grant Avenue and Chinatown , down the cable-car track to Fisherman 's Wharf and beyond to the lights of the Golden Gate Bridge which crossed the bay to Sausolito . |
| 7 | Across the Bristol Channel we could see over to the cliffs of North Devon , while off to the west Carmarthen Bay and the Pembrokeshire coast stretched out into the distance . |
| 8 | Cawthorne was leaning over the machine , blocking my view of anything else inside the bunker , and I slid around to check whether I could see in through the slits . |
| 9 | This is the finest war memorial you could set up to the men who gave their lives , their limbs , or their health , and those who lost their dear ones in the country 's cause . |
| 10 | Even by the standards of ships that could set down upon the surfaces of worlds , the Tormentum Malorum was singularly sleek and streamlined for rapid departure or arrival through atmosphere . |
| 11 | I could step out between the bars , and a day like this declared every reason for the risk . |
| 12 | When the wind was south-westerly , and it usually was , they made the hearth at the north end of the house so that the smoke could filter out through the stones . |
| 13 | We could walk round to the stables , if you do not object to it — I can vouch for it that the grass is not wet — and then perhaps Miss Araminta will not hear as the horses will not come to the front door . ’ |
| 14 | thing you could pass on to the police and they could take it up with the local council . |
| 15 | She could go back to the Rosenblooms , to the big house outside Glasgow where she had lived as one of the family for twelve years . |
| 16 | You could , you could go back on the Permitabs if you want . |
| 17 | You could go out to the walkways , you could talk to somebody twenty four hours a day . |
| 18 | I really think , although I would not be prepared to put it to the test , that you could go out in the streets of London in your nightdress and nobody would notice . |
| 19 | With a top capacity of some 75 litres it 's large enough for a week 's backpacking , or even extended expedition use , although I do have some doubts as to whether it could stand up to the rigours of expedition life . |
| 20 | Next day , the clan met out on the shore , where Eachuinn Odhar could stand up on the rocks among his officers , Donald Crubach at his side , and speak to all together . |
| 21 | Stegosaurus , for example , could stand up against the trees to reach upper branches . |
| 22 | We should pay the coaches to go to tournaments and watch and perhaps they could put over to the kids how hard they have to work ’ |
| 23 | Prior to the moratorium on meetings , the committee had highlighted the following issues as meriting urgent attention : ( 1 ) the need for " more information about what other departments could get out of the resources now that there was considerable potential " ; |
| 24 | When there were , the engine driver would stop the train and get out of his cab and shoo them off , and sometimes he 'd wait so that everyone could get down from the carriages and stretch their legs and pick blackberries before they set off again . |
| 25 | With the words had come the fleeting impression of dark , sinuous creatures who could slither out of the shadows and wind their cold , serpentine fingers about you , so that you were trapped , who could twine about your entire body , so that you were smothered and suffocating from the cold embrace … |
| 26 | Funny I used to sleep on the side of banks , you could dig out on the banks , sleep , sit on the oh yeah . |
| 27 | The longer this persisted , the hotter the planet got , because energy from the Sun could penetrate down through the clouds but was incapable of escaping back out through them ( the famous ‘ greenhouse effect ’ ) . |