Example sentences of "could [adv] [vb infin] [noun] ['s] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilcox and Hill set up the move , Stowell could only block Shearer 's shot and Sellars followed up to put Rovers ahead . |
| 2 | Nothing but a beast , dumb and rude and mute and savage , she called him under her breath ; a man who could only talk men 's talk , who had none of the graces a nobleman would have , but of course Tommaso Talvi would never make a nobleman . |
| 3 | Jukes could only parry May 's blockbuster at the foot of the post and the alert Deighan squared the ball back in for Steve Stairs to force it over the line . |
| 4 | They could only see Blefuscu 's warships coming closer , as I was swimming and my head was occasionally under the water . |
| 5 | It is unfortunate that the influential Dudek could only illustrate Leonard 's work by quoting from the admittedly despondent poem ‘ Rededication ’ , without a reference to the many other elements of positive delight that the book — and Leonard 's work elsewhere at that time — demonstrates . |
| 6 | Chief Lebanese delegate Suhayl Shammas said that Lebanon could only address Israel 's security concerns within the framework of UN Security Council Resolution 425 . |
| 7 | Morrissey found it terrible that people were so rigidly divided , that men could only like men 's things and women women 's things . |
| 8 | After beating him , they ransacked the house , but could only find £10 's worth of coins . |
| 9 | When , however , in one district , private hospitals attempted to provide data they found that in most cases they could not identify patients ' districts of residence ( S Israel , personal communication ) . |
| 10 | Wolves huffed and puffed , but they could not blow Tracey 's house down again . |
| 11 | ‘ He was a natural , ’ says Williams , continuing in the long line of those men and women of experience and the most foxy intelligence , who could not analyse Burton 's gift any more clearly than that . |
| 12 | The Commission ruled that France 's failure to perform its obligations under the Covenant could not affect Mexico 's obligations under the agreement between itself and France . |
| 13 | But such moments of uplift as were provided by the mystics could not prevent Lewis 's common-sense humility from seeing ‘ how much of one 's philosophy and religion are mere talk ’ . |
| 14 | Jack was puzzled at Johnnie 's sudden change in behaviour and although initially he reasoned that his colleague must be troubled with a domestic problem , he could not forget Johnnie 's parting words that he intended to leave the box for good . |
| 15 | But according to Paul Holmes , Date could not return Minton 's affection and seemed always a little embarrassed to be the object of such attention . |
| 16 | Mr Utterson could not open Lanyon 's letter after/until … |
| 17 | I suppose it was this that made Richard think I could not manage Flora 's job . |
| 18 | She could not lead Liza 's life for her . |
| 19 | But it was Vose who came through with a strong finish on the final circuit to claim second place , but he could not match Pearson 's strength on the hills . |
| 20 | They could not provide doctors ' services or for old age . |
| 21 | She could not see Finn 's neck for the hair . |
| 22 | She could not see Lamont 's feet , but she was sure he ought to wear spats . |
| 23 | Its terrible grasp could not cut Aenarion 's armour but the pressure was too much for any mortal to bear . |
| 24 | Fourthly , one could not describe James 's home life as entirely perfect background for a racing championship . |
| 25 | Opponents of rearmament in the Labour Party ( and until 1938 this included the leader Attlee ) argued that , however desirable under a Labour Government , the Party could not support Chamberlain 's rearmament without appearing to endorse the foreign policy that went with it . |
| 26 | Mother and I decided that in the interests of hygiene we could not take Father 's body into Chiguana , but must bury him where he lay . |
| 27 | Nevertheless the Church could not preserve men 's minds from modern heresy ; it failed in the campaign to exclude ‘ dangerous ’ books nor could it prevent the influence of contacts established by Aranda and others with the French intellectuals . |
| 28 | But he could not say Vivien 's name then , he could not even think it , only look about him fearfully , clenching his hands . |
| 29 | Under this threat , Churchill sent a long reply on 28 November , explaining why Britain could not accept Berle 's proposals . |
| 30 | By 1938 the Unemployment Insurance Statutory Committee ad-mitted that it could not increase dependants ' benefits without pushing the level of unemployment benefit for the family man above the level of many workers earnings . |