Example sentences of "could [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [det] way " in BNC.
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1 | You always had a few explanations for why something did something and you could never pick out which — why it did it … you could explain it in several ways , and it just was n't positive enough for me . |
2 | one of our serious of the year , we should er extend that debate er we could extend as late perhaps half past one for lunch or we could bring it to half way between half past one , so the feeling in respect of that |
3 | For example , if it was important to distinguish between a high level and low level tone for English we could do it in this way : |
4 | because the editor picks it up and say ‘ I can use that because I can see an angle , I could use it in this way or that way or , |
5 | He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted . |
6 | Now , at the sight of the river , Bigwig 's assurance was leaking again and unless he , Hazel , could restore it in some way , they were likely to be in for trouble . |
7 | We have tried to obtain glassfibre moulds in the past , have not succeeded and would be grateful if you could advise us on any way that is known to you of building such a craft . |
8 | I had not been there long when an officer appeared , shook my hand and asked if he could help me in any way . |
9 | ‘ Perhaps you could help me in some way by raising funds ? ’ he said . |