Example sentences of "could [verb] [pron] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Dad is a war movie buff you could treat him to the classic Bridge Over The River Kwai . |
| 2 | Hard though he tried , Floyd could make nothing of the inward half and Couples , having gone to the front with a birdie at the ninth , was never caught again . |
| 3 | If he sets his mind to it he could make it in the cross-channel game , ’ says Scottish goal scoring ace Derek Cook , who himself will pose a considerable threat to Ards . |
| 4 | The all-alloy 24-valve twin-cam engine is described by Cosworth as being of the ‘ high-efficiency ’ type , and follows the ‘ modular ’ theory — meaning that the basic design could suit anything from the three-cylinder unit to a V12 . |
| 5 | Now , the reason we particularly were interested in this was that from the questionnaire we already were beginning to get back some information , and we discovered that eighty-six percent of people had seen their G P in the previous year , and maybe if we could introduce them to the age-well project at some point during that contact , we would be able to achieve something . |
| 6 | There was no danger now , he could enjoy it to the full . |
| 7 | They referred to his dependency upon the Black vote ( as though the Democratic Party itself could win anything without the Black vote , and as though Alaska and Vermont were strongholds of Black populations rather than white snow ) . |
| 8 | Hobbes ' solution was , order must be imposed on a recalcitrant human nature , to make society possible , Rousseau 's theory was , if only people could be liberated from the things that makes them selfish , selfish and anti-social , they would come together in a natural social contract , where individuals would spontaneously give up their freedom , in order to gain the benefits of social cooperation , and Rousseau 's view was , if only people were , were fully rational , and could free themselves from the unfortunate effects of , of er civilization , they would enter into a state of erm , perfect society in which they could er , associate er without the , the necessity of things like the state or or whatever . |
| 9 | Lucky for me that I got out before you could entice me into the ultimate folly of going to bed with you . ’ |
| 10 | She could view with contempt those of her fellow tourists who , after the Aegean , could excite themselves over the meretricious charms of Venice . |
| 11 | And at once I could smell it on the tied-on head-cushion — that same elusive , old-fashioned perfume of the towel , of the glove . |
| 12 | You could smell it from the far side of the room through its Father Christmas wrapping paper . |
| 13 | Its original purpose was to enable us to turn our work so that we could rehang it with the plain side towards us , knit a few rows of reversed stocking stitch and then turn it back again to continue in stocking stitch or pattern . |
| 14 | If anyone can add verses or even the inbetween bits then maybe we could send it onto the square ball or summit : - ) ) |
| 15 | Yet there is also a less determinate area , in which artists devoted themselves to religious art not only , and sometimes not primarily , because this was the willed commission of their Immediate patron , but because they could identify themselves with the religious purpose of which the immediate social organization was the available manifest form . |
| 16 | Using such stereotypes , one can then argue that the occult sciences of the Renaissance could contribute nothing to the new sciences of the seventeenth century . |
| 17 | He was so efficient , I 'm wondering if he could do something about the disgusting chick pea casserole they serve on the Intercity 125 . |
| 18 | Ruth kept her distance from him but she could do nothing about the wretched aura that surrounded him . |
| 19 | She could do nothing about the cold or the slick damp that covered the walls , but she had gathered as much straw as she could and had made a bed in the driest of the cells . |
| 20 | She saw Naylor 's sharp glance go over her , but , while she quickly lowered her glance , she could do nothing about the unexpected riot of colour that flooded her face . |
| 21 | We could do it on the National Health . |
| 22 | ‘ To get my 150th would be another landmark and it would be nice if I could do it in the Premier League . ’ |
| 23 | And you could do that in the all the rest area , you could do it in the whole club to be honest . |
| 24 | So I spent two years in the mother and baby home , then , and decided that if I was going to stay in social work , then I would erm be better a able to help people if I could do it from the theoretical background as well as the feeling erm background er of my own my own personal feelings . |
| 25 | He climbed the stairs but could see nothing through the hammered glass panels of the front door . |
| 26 | She could see nothing through the thick clouds of dust that choked her . |
| 27 | Again she glanced at the windscreen of the other car but she could see nothing through the darkened glass . |
| 28 | At first , in the fading light , we could see nothing but the icy path , the snow-covered trees on either side — but then the flicker of a candle flame caught our eyes . |
| 29 | Rory could see him through the open door as he crossed from the bungalow , through the yard of machinery and tractors , and into the business block . |
| 30 | For a long while , I could see her in the rear-view mirror , standing in the dusty road in her long white dress , holding her child and looking after the Felder . |