Example sentences of "could [verb] them [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On winter days the thin spirals of blue smoke were particularly visible , although , in fact , you could see them on most days save when heavy rain , snow , or mist came down like a curtain over everything except the immediate slope of the hill and its scattered beeches . |
| 2 | ‘ Maybe we could suspend them from this bit in the middle with a length of thread , ’ Norris grunted , sticking his head almost right inside the appliance . |
| 3 | How could gas companies give any guarantees to gas suppliers , especially on gas volume , if their customers could by-pass them at any time ? |
| 4 | It 's like all good things to come , I do n't like to count my chickens , so I 'd rather not , not the little memorandums say , oh you 've got another X million , if only we could take them in this year . |
| 5 | If two pairs { x , y } and { z , w } are the same distance apart , then the sorter could put them in either order . |
| 6 | A member of staff at the centre , who asked not to be named , said : ‘ If there were another six beds here we could fill them without any help from outside . ’ |
| 7 | Some months ago a gang of local youngsters asked if I could help them in this direction . |