Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I could only feel the sun on the back of my head and a sad , frightened sensation , as if something inside me was crying . |
| 2 | FARWELL L.J. : The plaintiffs could only accept the money on the terms upon which it was offered . |
| 3 | ’ Pilinski had to redraw his copy of the old and valuable original because he could not paste the original on his block and engrave through it . |
| 4 | As Coote himself protested , both men were privately committed to legislation but believed they could not involve the government on the issue . |
| 5 | From where I sat I could not see the clock on the mantelpiece . |
| 6 | We could not put the ship on the beach when we reached North Inlet because the sea was too high . |
| 7 | Slimane Bekki and John Pyle said they could not calculate the effect on ozone depletion , but believed the northern hemisphere would be worst affected , because it has most of the main air routes . |
| 8 | One of the patients could not categorize the expression on faces that she was shown in photographs in terms of whether the expression was one of happiness , anger , surprise and so on . |
| 9 | She could not understand the look on his face , and she was afraid . |
| 10 | She could still feel the imprint on her brow . |
| 11 | So she could always dump the baby on somebody . |
| 12 | The better view ( both for the logic of the law and for press freedom ) is that the expression of opinion may still be defended as " fair comment " if it can be shown to satisfy the test of whether a hypothetical fair-minded man could honestly express the opinion on the proven facts . |
| 13 | I could n't hold the car on the clutch and I rolled back down the hill , getting very embarrassed , especially when a man had to help me push the car up the hill again ! |
| 14 | In front of her most of the herd seemed to be grazing alongside the path , on either side of it , but Brenda could n't leave the path on her bike . |
| 15 | She could n't interpret the expression on his face as he looked at her . |
| 16 | One final observation : It is possible , although I could n't reproduce the effect on the three models made , that a switch-mode power system may oscillate or be unstable on open or very light loads . |
| 17 | Anyone selling aluminium step ladders outside the Belfry could have made a fortune because after the first few minutes of the match , newcomers realised they could n't see the action on a flat course , unsympathetic to any onlooker less than six feet in height . |
| 18 | He needed the sound of a forest fire running under the voice-track , but he could n't find the effect on file . |
| 19 | Could n't find the door , I did n't , did n't put the light on , I could n't find the handle on the door . |
| 20 | For years I could n't catch the bloom on a child or young girl 's cheeks , but more recently I managed to capture this with one stroke of the knife . |
| 21 | It was just really terrible I mean the first I was just scared stiff that I never could n't enjoy the dance on Sanday I was that scared of the thought coming back . |
| 22 | I could n't get the game on tv or radio , but was glued to BBC world service for any news on the game . |
| 23 | When we were buying the house , he said he could n't get the mortgage on his salary . |
| 24 | No , I could n't get the television on earlier so I 'm thinking he |
| 25 | It was , by now , Saturday , a day on which the registrar 's office was normally closed , so special arrangements had to be made and the registrar had to open up just for me , which , I imagine , had n't put him in the best of moods , which manifested itself when I could n't remember the date on which Nigel and I were married . |
| 26 | ‘ Anyhow , ’ he added with endearing honesty , ‘ I could n't afford the rent on my own . ’ |
| 27 | It is believed that the report will criticise successive corporate affairs ministers at the department of Trade and Industry , despite a claim last year by Lord Young , the former Trade and Industry Secretary , that an internal investigation concluded his department could not be held responsible , and could even throw the spotlight on the role of Lord Young . |
| 28 | While Montserrat and St Kitts-Nevis could plausibly provide the focus on the basis of the phonological evidence , it is unlikely in practice , as there are so few speakers of those varieties in Britain . |
| 29 | The magistrate could then decide the case on the spot , though postponements were often granted on the grounds that witnesses were missing . |
| 30 | Some wholly unexpected event could yet tip the balance on Thursday . |