Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All he needed — as far as anyone could make out from the hogsheads of salted pilchards that were assembled in two separate groups at the harbour — was one more good catch and victory , together with Martha 's hand , would be his . |
| 2 | An obvious possibility is that the QPO timescale ( 500s ) is an orbital period ; the modulation could arise directly from the presence of bright spots on an accretion disc , or could drive physical variations , as in the accretion disc corona model . |
| 3 | Until now he had never believed it to be true , that something as heavy as gold could fall naturally from the sky . |
| 4 | As far as they were concerned , and like most Arab players in the narcotics game , the DEA was welcome to play one side off against another , so long as they could watch safely from the sidelines . |
| 5 | But now TODAY can exclusively reveal that every time Hendry went to the table he feared that a lethal shot could ring out from the crowd . |
| 6 | And you could see just from the body-language that she felt the policemen 's warning was unjustified . |
| 7 | And you could see just from the body-language that she felt the policemen 's warning was unjustified . |
| 8 | to get to the menu you could work out from the menu |
| 9 | an interest in the history of their island and its legends , knew a great deal of the Gaelic poetry of the bards and the native songs , could quote extensively from the Bible and Gaelic proverbs and often had an unusually accurate memory of dates . |
| 10 | They start at the beginning and tell the whole story , pulling no mathematical punches but providing so much historical and biographical material , as well as physical explanations , that a complete mathematical ignoramus could gain much from the work by reading the words and skipping the equations . |
| 11 | Dickie was in the gardens there , Pammie drove two tractor driver , Jo , Jo was the , where 's Jo , Jo was the dairy , milk , then I used to drive the other tractor when we wanted two , and what we did we all could take over from the milker when she was off , or Pammie , we could all interchange . |
| 12 | And while neither manager was wholly satisfied with events , Liam Brady could take more from the proceedings , in which his side dominated the second-half . |
| 13 | I think that 's what turned him off club management — he knew what his interests were and decided he could walk away from the hassle . |
| 14 | In three hours we managed to get the contractors to build an earth ramp , roll it flat , cover it with gravel and put a handrail alongside so that people could walk down from the road to a flat area beside the ceremony site . |
| 15 | Nothing could seem further from the days of J.P . |
| 16 | If he could do this then surely he could come down from the cross and save himself . |
| 17 | I told Shama of the years that Thesiger had spent in Iraq with the Marsh Arabs and then in Iran , that now he had a small house in Kenya deep in the country where he could get away from the towns . |
| 18 | When there were , the engine driver would stop the train and get out of his cab and shoo them off , and sometimes he 'd wait so that everyone could get down from the carriages and stretch their legs and pick blackberries before they set off again . |
| 19 | You could paddle out from the right alongside a rock jetty , or you could go from the left . |
| 20 | Intending clients could stroll in from the street , look over what was on offer , and come to an arrangement with the young lady of their choice . |
| 21 | They were allowed out to the ground-floor cloakroom under tactful escort , and had been told they could telephone home from the library . |
| 22 | George said : ‘ Well I dare say I could find out from the Land Registry . ’ |