Example sentences of "could [verb] [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He carried no weapon save his own sharp needles and scissors , but it occurred to him that he could make do with the slivers of glass from the broken sarcophagus . |
| 2 | I , I and you could 've done with a queen . |
| 3 | but erm I think she could 've done with a bit of company . |
| 4 | Er Harry Truman could 've run for the presidency in nineteen fifty two but chose not to . |
| 5 | and could 've gone round the corner for |
| 6 | Apart from that they could 've sat on a wall and done exactly the same thing , she was in the street . |
| 7 | He could 've come in the shop and bought them , yeah . |
| 8 | In theory , one action the authorities could consider adopting during a smog is to modify the adverse meteorological conditions or try to remove the pollutants from the air . |
| 9 | It was also noted that interventionist action could include leafleting in the area , talks to local groups and the preparation of kits and materials as well as the organisation of pressure groups and similar activities . |
| 10 | If the pilots , flight attendants and management can not agree a new buyout , Coniston said it would force a restructuring of UAL which could include selling off the company 's planes and its air routes . |
| 11 | They ran about in a panic , those that could climb taking to the rigging , those that could swim going over the side . |
| 12 | The resolution included a guarantee of rights and liberties to all residents of Latvia in accordance with international norms of human rights , and stated that after independence residents could choose to remain in the republic either as USSR or Latvian citizens . |
| 13 | If you started from the insect , and jumped like a demented flea half a trillion times , you could expect to arrive at the fox once . |
| 14 | Churchill , while being ‘ too much a man ’ to kick the PM on the ground , had agreed to send a letter to Downing Street demanding to know by midday on Sunday the exact position he could expect to hold in the government . |
| 15 | Will he confirm , in line with undertakings given at the time of privatisation , that he expects British Steel to consider offers for the sale of Ravenscraig on a commercial basis at opportunity cost — at a price which British Steel could expect to get for the plant on world markets ? |
| 16 | Further , it identified three main ways in which coordinators could expect to contribute to the school 's teaching programme : |
| 17 | In fact , as the press release says , ‘ almost every rock climbing feature you could expect to find in the mountain environment . ’ |
| 18 | And , indeed , she was more than anxious to do what she could to help look after the twins . |
| 19 | And of all fighters Hotspur could remember holding at the end of his own sword , this was the bonniest . |
| 20 | He could remember lying on the floor of his office on a carpet bright with the shards of his shattered windows , and how he had howled in his frustration . |
| 21 | She could remember standing by the window of the flat and crying , but not why she was crying , or indeed much else . |
| 22 | It was his hope that whereas an essentially Ukrainian background would rule behind the front door of their home , his son could become assimilated into the society that had adopted his flotsam parents . |
| 23 | His only fear is the region could become trapped in a cycle of boom and bust . |
| 24 | Away to the north , curving smoothly , stretched a branch line that Holly could see illuminated by the arc lights . |
| 25 | Olomouc is full of churches , huge and chillingly ornate , freezing inside and as far as I could see deserted during the week . |
| 26 | After each such movement , the small old woman , not stiff , but poised , erect and in good rhythm with her horse , responded with minute disposition of hand , leg or body weight which the informed eye could see reflected in the horse 's performance . |
| 27 | The only other regular vehicles to come by would be cement lorries , large yellow giants driven by steam which , as darkness fell , you could see coming with the fire boxes aglow . |
| 28 | THE ONLY automobile that you could use to compete in the East African Safari or at Le Mans , drive to the theatre or thread through New York city traffic ’ . |
| 29 | How this could work depends on the nature of the objects concerned . |
| 30 | The first and last of these were both Welsh , ( 112 , pp.151 , 161–3 ) and it is likely that the element of tribal loyalty was one factor which they could employ to help in the exercise of their authority . |