Example sentences of "could [verb] [pron] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ceauşescu could trust himself to play the liberal , but he could not be certain of Gorbachev 's real intentions . |
| 2 | He seemed to hesitate , his face partly shadowed as the moon slid silently behind a cloud , leaving the boat in darkness , yet Fran could sense him studying the bruised swell of her lips , the faint tremble coursing through her body . |
| 3 | But there was no way she could bring herself to like the other woman , even though she suspected that , had the circumstances been different , she would have warmed to her immediately . |
| 4 | Once more the West could do nothing to oppose the Russian action . |
| 5 | She knew Guy could feel the sudden acceleration of her pulse , but she could do nothing to stop the traitorous throbbing . |
| 6 | As with most good tumbles , you could see this one coming a mile off — and could do nothing to prevent the inevitable . |
| 7 | One hand was tangled in her hair , holding her down , and with the other he traced a line past her collarbone and down on to the softer flesh beneath , tugging the neckline of her dress lower and lower , until Folly could feel it brush the swollen aureoles of her breasts under the silk of her bra . |
| 8 | A couple of hundred quid could see you become the proud owner of a 9ft 6in tall by 12ft wide wrought-iron masterpiece bearing the legend ‘ Millwall Football Club ’ . |
| 9 | But I understand Graeme Souness could use him to replace the injured David Burrows . |
| 10 | And we used to see how who could keep them going the longest . |
| 11 | I could call it Do The Right Emo or Do The Emo Thing . |
| 12 | I suppose we could fix them to read the same , but if we did that , ma'am , we would n't need two clocks , and it 'd be a shame to part with either of them ! ’ |
| 13 | It could mean him missing the next match as a result . |
| 14 | A knowledge of geometry was to be highly prized because it could help one to visualize the geometrical forms alluded to in Scripture . |
| 15 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
| 16 | You will not be the first debtor they 've had to deal with , and their experience and understanding could help you take the first step on the road to recovery . |
| 17 | However , when confronted with a new product or a new problem , there are a number of things to be done which could help you find the right answer : |
| 18 | Italy has refused responsibility for the waste and Turkey " has no wish to jeopardise its relations with a country which could help it to enter the European Community " . |
| 19 | Erm , so you could say what does the psychological agency , the ego , do ? |
| 20 | If in a sense it means how early can you teach children facts and contents and very straightforward knowledge , then I think the answer is not very early at all because it may be fairly meaningless that you could teach a child to repeat Newton 's law , perhaps the same way as you could teach him to repeat the eleven times table , but without a good concept of number or what Newton meant . |
| 21 | If in a sense it means how early can you teach children facts and contents and very straightforward knowledge , then I think the answer is not very early at all because it may be fairly meaningless that you could teach a child to repeat Newton 's law , perhaps the same way as you could teach him to repeat the eleven times table , but without a good concept of number or what Newton meant . |