Example sentences of "could [verb] [pron] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Now they will be scared rigid of stepping up and saying anything which could land them on the same mat upon which Lamb was so unfairly punished at Lord 's yesterday . |
| 3 | I mean I wo n't go into detail , but I mean she could do endowment , she could do it on a maximum investment plan basis , to back up her P E P , erm and save regularly through different funds . |
| 4 | We could do it on the National Health . |
| 5 | To save time , he decided to take the bicycle with him across the fields so that he could ride it on the smoother sections . |
| 6 | As she is only three you will need a lot of patience and persistence to get the message across , but do keep trying , otherwise her bossiness could leave her on the wrong side of the fence from her friends . |
| 7 | What Alice could not forgive herself was that she had been taken in by it all well , she had had the sense to get out in time , and meet people who could lead her on the right path … |
| 8 | To hell with reason , she was scared today : what if she 'd lost her way , and nothing could put her on the right track . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's the worst thing for a hangover and could put you on the slippery slope to alcoholism , ’ warns the magazine . |
| 10 | By the time CAMRA celebrated its first ten years it could pride itself on a large national membership and a series of hardhitting reports that had exposed the market domination of the big brewers and the shoddy beers they produced . |