Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [pers pn] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The treatment can offset some effects of menopause , including brittle bone disease — osteoporosis — but the study reveals that the wrong kind of HRT could expose them to the risk of womb cancer . |
| 2 | Leonora watched him go with mixed feelings , not really sure she could make it to the bathroom alone , despite her fine words . |
| 3 | ‘ You could make it to the end now , and I 'll tell old Sam you 've done a length . ’ |
| 4 | With fifteen laps to go , the race was his : if he could make it to the end . |
| 5 | She was Labour , she said , but was n't sure she could make it to the polls . |
| 6 | She sincerely hoped that she could make it to the track before any car came because she knew exactly what a mess she looked . |
| 7 | Well I could screw it to the wall . |
| 8 | Inside her she felt a power she could never manage to express ; it was trapped inside her like water under the ground and she was the only one with the dowser 's twigs who knew where it lay and could bring it to the surface . |
| 9 | If I could refer you to the block beneath there on carry forwards , you started this year , bringing forward savings and under-spendings and various other contingencies of just over one and half million . |
| 10 | Not that any amount of designer labels would or could reconcile her to the prospect of meeting Antoinette again . |
| 11 | But we could sell it to the wine merchants themselves and still make a handsome profit . ’ |
| 12 | Mr Singh could take him to the bus when he was on late shifts and collect him on early shifts . |
| 13 | I called my mum and dad and asked if they could take me to the hospital . |
| 14 | You could take it to the kitchen and put it under the grill of the electric cooker in order to get it hot , without knowing why it should be hot . |
| 15 | The dealer asked the proprietor of the shop if he could take it to the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin-Dahlem for an opinion and authentication , and was given the picture . |
| 16 | You could drag them to the pitch but you could n't make them perform . |
| 17 | The officer said she believed she could link them to the offence . |
| 18 | The court heard that Jones scoured the Penrhys estate after the burglary and took his friends to Mr Penrose 's house because he believed he could lead them to the culprits . |
| 19 | AN anonymous phone call to police could lead them to the mother of the newborn baby boy abandoned on a golf course . |
| 20 | There 's something about this matter which could lead us to the gallows or on to the knife of some hired assassin . |
| 21 | Robyn opened her mouth , but before she could put it to the test he clamped a hot sweaty palm over her lips . |
| 22 | ‘ You could put it to the test in a very few minutes , my lord . ’ |
| 23 | My lecture had to be cut short , so that could drive me to the airport to catch the evening flight to Delhi . |
| 24 | ‘ Andy , do you think you could drive me to the Sugar Bar ? ’ |
| 25 | I think 't is best if we could get him to the hospital . |
| 26 | We are working to achieve an agreement at Maastricht in December , but it must be an agreement that I could make in the confident expectation that I could commend it to the House . |