Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [verb] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This I could have done from the Royal College — but it was Oxford I wanted — and to go to Somerville where I had a friend who told me about it . |
| 2 | This theory is quite untrue , as Mr Hughes could have discovered from the simplest textbook . |
| 3 | Some thought Labour would have had its ideal leader , a courageous genius in party management , and with a streak of inspiration in philosophy , if it could have bred from the two of them . |
| 4 | It was obvious that not all these people could have come from the upper classes . |
| 5 | I suppose I could have thought from the little he 'd said up until then that my half-brother was dead , or ill , or that something had happened to him , but I knew then it was something Eric had done , and there was only one thing he could have done which would make my father look worried . |
| 6 | Hitch could hear shouting from the other boat , though most of the words were indistinct . |