Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In episode three , the script required this seasoned gourmet to turn to his wife with the wide-eyed enquiry : ‘ Annie , what exactly IS a truffle ? ’ before scampering to open a reference book on the kitchen table so that the camera could zoom in on the illustration . |
| 2 | ‘ Go ahead , ’ said Jay , enjoying this objective discussion where she could focus entirely on the delirium and dilemma of Lucy . |
| 3 | Not only that but the Board predicted that with its second station it could improve substantially on the Sizewell performance , setting British construction times and operating records among the best in the world . |
| 4 | This way they they could tip over on the grass verge could n't they ? |
| 5 | He looked at her searchingly , then stopped and led the way across the rabbit-nibbled turf to a point where she could look down on the inlet he called Seal Haven . |
| 6 | Across the open space one could look down on the town , a busy , self-important place boosted in the last few years by highrise office blocks full of income-tax men and VAT clerks . |
| 7 | From where he stood , high up , he could look down on the roofs of the houses . |
| 8 | Only the score and what we could work out on the piano and what we were able to hear in the opera-house from singers like Mayr . |
| 9 | Carolyn lay on her side , spine curved , head right on the edge of the bed so that she could stare down on the baby in its cot beside her . |
| 10 | It would have been physically and economically impossible for the whole of Africa , for example , to twist and turn its way out of the straitjacket that colonialism imposed upon its economies and industrialize to the point where it could compete effectively on the world market in the space of 10 years . |
| 11 | About half an hour before the return of the aircraft on operational nights we would wake up the duty Met Officer , who was usually snoozing in the ante-room , so that he could mug up on the weather situation before the first of the returning crews came in . |
| 12 | She did n't know if Betty knew how long Beuno had been there , so endeavoured to give the impression that she could babble away on the topic of cooking game for hours at a time . |
| 13 | We could go up on the railway sidings . ’ |
| 14 | You could , you could go back on the Permitabs if you want . |
| 15 | Wood engravings can accompany type , and so once again pictures could go back on the page ; they were also very durable , so that runs of hundreds of thousands were possible . |
| 16 | Then we could go down on the line and wave it , ’ said Peter . |
| 17 | Unfortunately , puppies in particular may rush out through the door in this situation , often ignoring the visitor , and could end up on the road . |
| 18 | Next day , the clan met out on the shore , where Eachuinn Odhar could stand up on the rocks among his officers , Donald Crubach at his side , and speak to all together . |
| 19 | Oh you could tell right on the phone you were sort of all keyed up with it . |
| 20 | He remembered it from childhood , a lugubrious , undistinguished tune which , as a ten-year-old , he could pick out on the drawing-room piano . |
| 21 | Phillips thinks the research councils could lose out on the transfer . |
| 22 | Private investors would only be in an equally good position as institutions if they owned Topic screens and could get through on the phone to their broker as quickly as the big fund manager . |
| 23 | Whether this one could get back on the screen , I do n't know . |
| 24 | Whether this one could get back on the screen , I do n't know . |
| 25 | We had to make the game all-ticket so no-one came thinking they could get in on the day . |
| 26 | Employees of other ‘ foreign ’ railway companies could travel also on the B.C.R. on a Privilege Ticket . |
| 27 | Celia moved to an easy-chair , so that David and Juliet could sit together on the sofa . |
| 28 | Funny I used to sleep on the side of banks , you could dig out on the banks , sleep , sit on the oh yeah . |