Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yorath reports no injury worries and he was further heartened last weekend when Rumania , who thrashed the Welsh 5–1 in May , could only manage a draw at home to Czechoslovakia . |
| 2 | No wonder their coach Tony Rodgers could scarcely restrain a grin at the end as a cluster of Northampton committee men tried to work out why they had also travelled with little sense of direction , wit , wisdom or work rate . |
| 3 | Souness could not resist a dig at referee Manuel Diaz Vega , who dismissed Mike Marsh , saying : ‘ I thought his performance was very disappointing . ’ |
| 4 | The British driver , whose Formula One career ended in acrimony when he failed to agree new financial terms with Williams , could not resist a jibe at old rivals Senna and Frenchman Alain Prost , who has taken his place at Williams . |
| 5 | I am not offering excuses , but up against such class it was unfortunate that we could not field a side at full strength . |
| 6 | Perhaps we could just have a look at what sort of angles we 've got here . |
| 7 | You could always make a splash at your local pool . |
| 8 | In a week 's time it would be the longest day of the year when , in these latitudes , a gunner could accurately sight a twelve-pounder at half-past nine of an evening . |
| 9 | Morrison , 24 , won a unanimous verdict over a man 20 years older than him , and could now get a crack at Lewis ' WBC crown . |
| 10 | Rainey believes he could n't make a corner at GP speed if he merely sat on the bike without pushing down — hard . |
| 11 | There have been many doubts that Gazza could n't make a come-back at club level or even contemplate straddling the international scene again with the outrageous talent that made him a folk hero . |
| 12 | He could n't resist a swipe at the Germans , either . |
| 13 | Before starting the walk we could n't resist a peek at the 12th century Norman Cathedral , the oldest in Wales . |
| 14 | Even though I have a degree in Bio-chemistry I still could n't get a place at medical school in Britain . |
| 15 | It is well-known that the Blitz started with the burning of the London docks , and that this created a blaze so fierce that you could almost read a newspaper at night eight miles away . |