Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless , he had proved he could stay up with the leaders , and he went to South Africa in March in good spirits . |
| 2 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 3 | Now the choice was hers — she could stay on in the cottage for the weekend as planned , or she could cut her losses and head for home . |
| 4 | Had he not better make that clear to both the Conservative and Labour Members who still believe that Britain could stay out of the developments that will take place in Europe ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It was unfair that Rosa appeared to others to stumble through the day with her heavy clumsiness when Cati knew the brilliant forkings of her sister 's spirit in intimacy , the bright patterns she could weave out of the darkness , that made her something rare and starry . |
| 7 | Michael Howard , the employment secretary , was left to make the best of this glum news by telling the TECs ' directors — 1,200 of them , by December 1990 — that they could make up for a shortfall in cash from the Treasury by raising money from the private sector . |
| 8 | The government has a list of long-promised infrastructure projects that could make up for the fall in private investment , though a bitter dispute in progress between the government and foreign banks that have lent 20 billion baht ( $187m ) for an elevated motorway in Bangkok may make finance for future projects harder to come by . |
| 9 | But no amount of talking could make up for the unhappiness and lost innocence of my childhood . |
| 10 | Looking more like a bewildered Old English sheepdog than a thwarted child-molester , he throws himself around the place , lying on his back and waggling his feet in the air , as if by an excess of physical effort he could make up for the thinness of the script . |
| 11 | It was n't a slum terrace , as she had expected , but from what she could make out through the moonlight they were good working-class houses , each with its small rectangle of iron-railed garden in front . |
| 12 | It was just dawn in Shepherd 's Bush , and he could make out without the flame of a candle the narrow , tightly packed words crabbing across the paper . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The idea burst into her mind , a sudden radiant solution , that she could rush along to the pet shop at lunchtime and apologize , ask him to forgive her and make everything all right . |
| 15 | Then he could think back over the rising and understand and admit its weaknesses and set himself to imagine a better future … |
| 16 | If it could bring its cost-effectiveness nearer the average , it could recruit up to the establishment that the Home Secretary has recommended . ’ |
| 17 | Many ex-servicemen had given up all hope of ever seeing the tribute after the Ministry of Defence warned supplies could dry up following the break-up of the USSR . |
| 18 | So , for example , your High Elf army could include up to a quarter of its points value as Wood Elves chosen from the Wood Elf list , or Dwarfs chosen from the Dwarfs list . |
| 19 | So , for example , your Orc and Goblin army could include up to a quarter of its points value as Dark Elves chosen from the Dark Elf list , or Chaos chosen from the Chaos list . |
| 20 | So , for example , your Empire army could include up to a quarter of its points value as Wood Elves chosen from the Wood Elf list , or Dwarfs chosen from the Dwarf list . |
| 21 | Neither Dobson nor Hunter is eligible to play for Ulster in next season 's inter pros , but they could line out with the Exiles Under-21s . |
| 22 | It is quite possible clearly that that number could be reduced , during the consultation process on the on the local plan , I think that 's an important point because of the issue of windfall that was mentioned by Mr Davis , and was raised yesterday , reference to historic trends in the city of York do show that erm we have exceeded structure plan targets by substantial amounts , I think the figure is is forty percent or or more , er the County Council could confirm that , slightly difficult calculation to do because I 'm sure you 'll be aware that to our eternal shame , the City Council has not to date adopted a formal local plan , with reference erm to your question on day one er as to whether or not we might calculate contribution of windfalls in the past , we have looked at the nineteen eighty seven residential land availability er study , which was agreed with the house builders , adjacent districts , and of course the County , and in the five year period of that study , by comparison with the sites that we agreed in the study , an additional four hundred and thirty dwellings came forward and were completed on sites that had not been identified in the study , now I 'd I would say very clearly that that level of windfalls erm would not continue in the future and it could not be a reliable basis for erm looking at windfall contributions in the city in the future , clearly the supply of development land in the city is a is a finite resource , er given given the constraints that are current holding , and although some additional windfalls to the two hundred I 'd suggested in my H One may come forward , on the other hand I suspect some of the sites suggested in the draft local plan could fall out of the equation . |
| 23 | He could fall in with the desire of Sapt , marry her secretly and fill the empty place in the Elphberg dynasty . |
| 24 | So I could jump out of an aeroplane and fire a machine gun . |
| 25 | I could sidle up to the hi-fi and turn it off , snap on the light-switch and announce quite calmly to all the sycophants here that Luke Denner is nothing more than a callous murderer . |
| 26 | If he could root back through the maze of moment and incident , would he find premonitory signs sticking out like dire figurations of chicken entrails ? |
| 27 | Davide would say , when he was first starting as a lawyer in Riba , on his return from America , and could speak up against the potlatch inclinations of his clients . |
| 28 | Before he could head off for the dustbin , Elinor gripped his wrist firmly . |
| 29 | I suppose I could carry on with the cataloguing , ’ she suggested . |
| 30 | The 1896 discovery by Eduard Buchner ( 1860–1917 ) that fermentation could carry on in the absence of living cells seemed like the final nail in the coffin . |