Example sentences of "could [verb] [noun sg] of a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They thought they could make fun of a country girl , but my answer took them by surprise . |
| 2 | So , for example , a single engineering project could provide evidence of a candidate 's achievement in outcomes of specialist engineering and maths and problem solving and communication . |
| 3 | Rocks stained a particular colour , sudden changes in vegetation , material thrown up by borrowing animals — all these could provide evidence of a mineral deposit . |
| 4 | The effect resulted mainly from the fact that larger coalitions could maintain tenure of a pride for longer . |
| 5 | Its funny ( sort of ) , Iwas contemplating sending a begging letter to Mr Humphries to see if he could get hold of a shirt for me … |
| 6 | I 've heard it 's out for the Commie ( well , has been for years ) , and was wondering where I could get hold of a copy . |
| 7 | If you ca n't wait for next month then you could get hold of a copy of my book ‘ QBasic:The Language of MS-DOS ’ . |
| 8 | The only way it would matter is that somebody breathes the information to , if they could get hold of a card , and get into an office , they could actually use the information to make a payment . |
| 9 | More selfish economic motives were also involved , given the British wish to see limitations imposed on Japanese economic development , which could form part of a treaty . |
| 10 | Upon their argument , the local authority could delay service of a demand indefinitely . |