Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you feel very strongly that the background to the Unit 's formation needs to be set out , I could perhaps draft it in the form of an ( again brief ) annexe . |
| 2 | So marvelous was the migrating instinct of birds that he could only ascribe it to the superior intelligence of their Creator . |
| 3 | Rubberneck could only compare it with a wedding , the crush , as a fight , when the cars drove off and they always threw out coins . |
| 4 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 5 | ‘ If the weather 's dry and if you do n't mind how you treat your car — or maybe you could only do it in a jeep , I 've never tried it . |
| 6 | Which is sold everywhere today , you could only buy it in a chemist shop , tea . |
| 7 | Churchill , the First Sea Lord and England 's hero , could only describe it in the House on October 17 as ‘ a remarkable exploit of skill and daring ’ . |
| 8 | So she had stayed in and got the dinner prepared early , she could just shove it in the oven and it would look after itself . |
| 9 | Could just see it in a Trivial Pursuit question |
| 10 | Peggy could just glimpse it through the leaves . |
| 11 | See I could , I could just take it round the edge of your carpet , you know , just , if er , if you want me to , if you want me to I 'll , I can lift the edge of your carpet and put it down onto the floor |
| 12 | Right good so we could just cut it into a half . |
| 13 | With × 12 the haze is much more pronounced , and an unwary observer could easily mistake it for a comet . |
| 14 | ‘ Your measurements are exactly the same as Dana 's and the dress suits you even better — you could easily wear it on the day . ’ |
| 15 | The woman lowered her voice so that Ianthe could hardly hear it above the noise of the train . |
| 16 | council to , if you could like lump it with the next year 's . |
| 17 | Their manager , Graham Turner , had said before the game that Wolves could still make it into the play-offs , but this result has put paid to those hopes . |
| 18 | He had fought off his anger , but Jenna could still see it at the back of his eyes . |
| 19 | Well I do n't see how , all you 've got to do is turn it upside down , you could still run it through the same way |
| 20 | You could still have it in the morning , ’ McQuaid said . |
| 21 | If anyone needed a small amount he could still raise it on the security of a treasured possession left with a pawnbroker . |
| 22 | Or you could always take it off the hook , which has a similar effect . |
| 23 | It was beautiful how they 'd laid it down that the baby should be brought up in Dynmouth so that they could always see it about the place . |
| 24 | If you wanted to be an instructor and you were serious about gliding , you could probably achieve it in a couple of years . |
| 25 | Ah mind you he could probably sell it to the TV companies for about that I should think . |
| 26 | The Teleprocessor needs no special software ; you could probably run it from a palmtop machine . |
| 27 | He could now lose it on the last ball ! |
| 28 | You could even sense it in the village , ever since those two kids had been drowned ; business was running as usual , but the spirit of the place somehow was n't quite the same . |
| 29 | She could even sense it in the air . |
| 30 | She could sometimes experience it as a physical thing — a slender cord strung between the two of them , as though they each held one end , and she , she had to balance on that tight rope , poised and tricky . |